Pitti Filati Florence Knitwear Trend Aw1718

A sensural knit story of soft handfeel. Drape and viscose in fine gauge. Hairy soft and transparent yarns in chunkier gauges but still ligtweight. lots of pattern and a sophisticated palette of dark nightskies a beautiful combination of purple, blue and jade.

Pitti Filati Florence AW1718 Knitwear trends

Weave and Embroidery and other crafts have been heavily influnencing knit, artisan crafts. Pattern is heavy in this trend, winter garden, applique leaves, kidsplay, scribbled embroidery crafted yarns and interwoven layered yarns. Again jacquard this time in bright contrasting playful colours on double beds and textural heavy guage sweaters for later seasons. Treated yarns, fringes, checks, woven in ends... this is a playful trend full of creativity the only limit is imagination.

Spring 17 Its a Fine Balance

"Its a Fine Balance" our world... and this fashion knit trend takes inspiration from that. Honeycomb textures in stitch make referance to the bees. Fine linear stripes look to topography and landscape through mapping. Micro jacquards take influence from the interior of broken rocks or micro- biology and cells under the micro-scope. 3D printing has already begun to break into the high end of the industry, it may be some time before it is afforable enough for the mass market, however the publics awareness is already there. 3D texture and articultion may increasingly become prevalent on the high street.

Spring 17 Indigo Maritime

Spring 17 will promise to be truely blue. Working denim has had a huge influence and washed indigo tones influence colour and texture, as well as workwear detailing. The space dye and twist yarn cottons reflect the broken nature of denim and cotton twill. Mending has been a trend through the Autumn season and may continue into summer. Micro patterns and textures break up the monotony of colour. Adding opposites of orange and reds in unexpected stripes or mixes accents helps to keep this truely blue palette fresh.

Pitti Filati Report, Florence

I was on my annual trip to Florence last week, 38degree temperatures and Autumn kit inspiration... in flip flops!...  The two are difficult to marry, but with some ice cream as incentive I tried to to distill the from the fair the basic trends, of patchwork, denim looks, lofty hairy pile/short length, and sewing over cracks.

Spring 16 An update from the catwalks