TRENDS
(Main Pavilion: Lower Level, Ground Floor, Upper Level, Cavaniglia Pavilion)
Pitti Filati features the collections that herald the esthetics of the future.
The colors and textures of the yarns on display exert their influence on fashions, lifestyles,
foods, cosmetics, communications and design.
Knitting Together is the guiding theme for the 2004/2005 Fall-Winter season and for the
Spazio Ricerca at the 53rd edition of Pitti Immagine Filati. The intent is to suggest a new vision
of the world, of society and fashion where the knit, made from yarns that differ as to fiber,
gauge, look and color, is the symbol of union and unity. In a world governed by chaos, the
group - from the family to the volunteer association, to politics - is a necessity for breaking down
distinctions and diversities to create a new social reality and a new concept of fashion.
For the first time, the main concept of the Pitti Immagine Filati Spazio Ricerca is not subdivided
into themes. This time it is represented by a single physical and ideal place, a workshop for
exchanging and mixing influences and styles in the name of creativity.
The 2004/2005 Fall-Winter season is urging us to discover that the knit is not just a sweater or
pullover, but a complete way of dressing; it is a quest for shape, for new proportions, for
asymmetry and motion. Materials, color and shape joined with a new concept of the natural in
the sense of purity, spontaneity and imperfections are the essential elements for the product of
the near future.
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The yarns suggest a sense of care and quality, the surfaces are alive with motion and even in
the most classic versions are used creatively and ornamentally. The fantasy effect is achieved
by combining relief surfaces and colors.
Let’s take a closer look at their main features.
Natural is no longer a synonym for rustic, but rather precious and elegant, full, bulky, puffed out
yarns, like cotton wadding. Shot and uneven. Neutral and pastel shades, cashmere blended with
wool and cotton, angora and baby alpaca, lambswool, sporty knits, comfortable, embracing
volumes.
Lightness and pet-like fuzziness are recurrent themes and tie in well with the lively pastel colors
borrowed from the summer palette. Alpaca, mohair and cashmere characterize those yarns
which, thanks to chiné and misty effects, ultra light bouclés, fringes gauzes, cut laces, loose
ribbons and tapes and transparent chains with a sweet and delicate air emulate the fur and
coats of our animal friends.
The new concept in tweed means mixing colors and represents those complex yarns born from
the combination of different materials, with surfaces that come alive to the touch and through
color too. They are strong, warm, slightly felted and develop into compact and protective knits.
Color is the primary element of the yarn and the knitted garment. The strong presence of chiné
and blended ton-sur-ton mélanges in the collections confirm its importance.
Ornamentation is de rigueur. Threads with velvety or leather-like surfaces join with shiny threads
that recall medieval chain mail. Fringes, furs, feathers and chenille. Deco style jacquards, tartan
and argyle patterns are being rediscovered.
And if wool is the season’s main fiber, biodegradable corn fiber is the most widely in the
experiments. And, all over there is just enough elastic fiber to make this comfortable.
The yarns are mostly thick; the most important colors are white, red, turquoise and the acid
tones.
The Concepts
To offer eclectic yarns open to high quality innovative creations with special effects and high
creative content.
The knit as a refuge, as an ornament that is symbolic of freedom from rules
More style and less luxury as an end unto itself.
The charm of the primordial, the magic of material
Learning to accept a simple lifestyle
Harmony, lightness, protection
Comfort as self-gratification
Going beyond the superficiality of formal, studied, perfect elegance
Sportswear and casual wear
Emphasizing the content rather than the form
Color as the protagonist
Creativity and rigor
Elegance and comfort
Renew, reread, modernize
Sport as the binding element
Sensuality and seduction
Ethnicities as representations of the different ways of being in our world
Evening as a time of sharing and enjoying
The Fibers
Extrafine Merino Wool, Merino Super 100’s
Very fine carded wools, with a technical or very elegant hand
Wool/acrylic
Alpaca
Angora
Baby Kid Mohair, Super Kid Mohair blended with silk
Ultrafine, worsted and carded cashmere blended with silk and cotton, stretch and pile effects
Fibers for all seasons
Soft cotton in wool and mohair blends
Silk
Viscose
Soy
Elasticized polyester, polyester film
Elitè
Lycra
Tactel
Acetate
Lurex
The looks
Bulky
Full
Feathery
Fuzzy
Round
Padded
Soft
Elasticized
Light
Tulle
Chains
Gauze
Flowing
Mélange
Mouliné
Chanteclair: five different shades of the same color blended together
Shot
Tweed
Flannelly
Felted
Fleece and pile
Misty
Shiny as metal
Fine, full and fluffy chenille
Silky ribbon and tape
Satiny
Velvety
Slippery
Clean and even
Fur
Gauges
2 ½ ; 3; 12
All the exasperated gauges: from the finest 2/28000, to the thickest 1/2000, to puffed-up
candlewick even in cashmere
The Colors
Natural and rope. Sand
White
Pale and rosy grays are the season’s new basics.
Colored acids
Iron, metal
Camel, biscuit
Dark browns
Yellow, ochre, amber
Gold
Burnt and orangey tones, copper
Orange
Red
Bright and antique pink
Aubergine, violet, periwinkle
Aqua green, dark green
Banana
Turquoise
Bluette and ink, dark and lunar blue; Azure
Black
Sprayed yarns, a new chapter in dyeing
Printed yarns
Optical revisited and reinterpreted
Deco jacquards
Plaids and tartans
Cross stitch
Embroideries and appliqués
Frayed and used lace