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Trend Flash™ Showtime Textiles Market, June 2011

June 7, 2011 By Trend Staff -

Trend Flash is exclusive to members of The Trend Curve™ subscriber family with immediate updates from major markets and trade shows around the globe.

Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director for The Trend Curve, was in High Point for the semi-annual Showtime textiles market. Her top-line trends are below. For more detail, read the next issue of The Trend Curve.

COLOR
– Grays were outselling browns for key companies
– Coral surged ahead in light and dark middle values
– Blues shook off spa overtones for red-cast indigo and pale blue
– Black advanced, especially as a ground color
– Many new greens cooled down
– Citron entered the mainstream

MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
– Cotton-price increases drove more exposure for linen
– Chenille was no longer a dirty word
– Prints got more attention
– Tiny textures contrasted with large-scale ones
– Embroidered looks pushed forward
– Metallic hints accented popular dry hands

PATTERNS AND MOTIFS
– Ikats remained the top pattern and top influence on other designs
– Lace inspired print, pattern and laser-cut looks
– Mid-scale geometrics expanded
– Chevrons, abstract zigzags and wavy lines grew substantially
– Stripe widths crept wider, going beyond shirting scale
– Damasks got lots of makeovers to modernize them

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