#Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2020-01-23

Overview Winter 2021/22 – Focus on Cosmopolitan

While most people who take careful consideration toward their workwear style do the same for their sportswear style, many are continuing to bring performance sportswear looks into their daily lives. A general shift toward urban outdoor style with sustainable performance elements is the norm, along with unique fabric function stories that are authentic and clear in their design language.

For winter 2021-2022, these multifunctional, versatile high-tech textiles at Schoeller fall under a theme of REAL FICTION. REAL meaning real responsibility, practiced sustainability and true innovation, and FICTION representing the future, adventure and magical dreams.

GREY DILUTIONS

The trendy, supersoft mulesing-free schoeller®-WB-400 Merino wool blend in a denim look flows softly and cuts a fine figure in each situation. Tailored into washable, chic pants, jackets or suits in jeans-like shades of blue and grey, the fabric becomes the ideal all-rounder both at work and during leisure activities. Thanks to the new bio-based iLoad Comfort Bio technology, which actively balances the temperature, the fabric has a very pleasant feel in the most varied of climate zones. In addition, sustainable water repellence is ensured by the fluorocarbon-free ecorepel® Bio technology, also based on renewable raw materials.

ENHANCED CLASSICS

The comfortable schoeller®-shape wool blend in fine herringbone with shades of brown and blue can be tailored into a piece that takes its wearer through the day with sporty elegance, radiating casual Brit chic and comfort. Thanks to the corkshell technology based on cork by-products, the mulesing-free, washable merino fabric keeps the wearer reliably and naturally warm. In addition, the re-interpreted classic item is finished with ecorepel® Bio technology, providing ecological, PFC-free water repellence.

ULTIMATE RED

Flowing lightly and falling softly best describe the new schoeller®-shape jacket and pants weights in full-bodied shades of red, burnt henna or warm wine. The blend of cotton and classy cashmere, together with recycled polyester, lends the fabric a vibrant, urban elegance. In its function, the eye-catcher makes a convincing impact with a new aerobrane e-spinning membrane. This offers optimum protection from wind and weather and is extraordinarily breathable.

ECO CREATED

The matt soft-shell with recycled polyester and cotton, as well as the ecorepel® Bio technology, is a shining example of sustainable and responsibly-produced quality products from Switzerland. The comfortable schoeller®-WB-400 quality with a soft, recycled fleece on the reverse keeps the wearer wonderfully warm and adapts to every movement – whether on the bike, in the city or even enjoying winter sports on the ski slopes.

YKK receives ISPO Textrends Awards for circular innovations

YKK Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Koichi Matsushima; hereafter, YKK) is pleased to announce that the ISPO Textrends judges have selected YKK's 3D Composite Puller as the Best Product in the Accessories category. They also selected YKK’s NATULON Plus® Fiber Sourced™ zipper with Recycled PET Open Parts as a Top 5 item in the same category. The competition, held twice a year in conjunction with the ISPO trade show, recognizes the most innovative performance textiles, components, and apparel.

Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris unveils redesigned show layout for 2026

From February 2 to 4, 2026, Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris will once again bring together all the key players in textiles and clothing at the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Center. For 3 days, visitors will discover, compare and select among 1,300 suppliers who will shape the collections of tomorrow, from ready-to-wear to luxury.

Asteks and Nexrone launch global investment initiative

A new joint investment company, Westure Ventures, has been founded by Asteks and Nexrone to focus on the development of next-generation transformative technologies. Türkiye’s long-established industrial powerhouse Asteks and one of the rising innovative forces in Europe’s startup ecosystem Nexrone Global announced the launch of their new investment company built on a shared vision: Westure Ventures.

ISKO’s SS27 collection and latest collaboration with Adriano Goldschmied land in Milan at Denim Première Vision

ISKO returns to Denim Première Vision to present a powerful showcase of next-generation denim innovation. At booth D17, visitors will discover a full spectrum of ISKO’s latest developments, including the brand-new SS27 collection, its advanced material collaborations with RE&UP, and the much-anticipated design project with Adriano Goldschmied: Moonskin Denim.

SHIMA SEIKI returns to ShanghaiTex

Leading flat knitting solutions provider SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Hong Kong and Chinese market subsidiary SHIMA SEIKI (HONG KONG) LTD., will exhibit at the ShanghaiTex 2025 exhibition (Booth No.: Hall N3, Booth A20) held in Shanghai, China this month. This marks the return of SHIMA SEIKI to ShanghaiTex after a 14-year hiatus, its last exhibit at the show having been in 2011.

Fraunhofer CCPE presents the “Monomaterial Design Set” – Innovative solutions for circular product design

Composite materials made from different types of plastic often extend the lifetime of products but make recycling more difficult in the circular economy. That is why Fraunhofer CCPE has developed the “Monomaterial Design Set”. This new approach helps to reduce the variety of plastics used in durable products and offers circular solutions for designers and product developers.

arena introduces renewable LYCRA® EcoMade fiber in its latest swimwear collection

Italian swimwear specialist arena has unveiled a new collection that brings sustainability and performance even closer together. Launched on December 4, the line features swimsuits made from recycled nylon and renewable LYCRA® EcoMade fiber — the first time the bio-based spandex has been used commercially in swimwear.