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wider insight in the world of tomorrow. The zeitgeist is changing. Welfare over wealth, positivity over gloom, empowerment over dependency, ideals over greed. A crisis with challenges and developments brings forward a fresh, light and airy mood in fashion, lifestyle and textile design.
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Another element will be the theme The Sampling of Cultures. Folkloric and ethnic prints will be shown in a new context. A dialogue between cultures will create a new and merged imagery. A contemporary aesthetic for the ethnic. Furthermore attention for a technical revolution, manufacturing methods enable the creation of complex and exciting new textiles. Modernism was all square and efficient, but now we have other machines and materials and there is an explosion of possibilities. MOTION. A concept that ephasises both the emotional side of textiles as well as the technical possibilities and esthetics.

Many people are now convinced the crisis will continue to influence our lives. Facing the facts and accepting the status quo might be the best way to deal with the many challenges of our time. It is all about recognizing and cherishing special moments and things in everyday life. To re-connect with our surrounding and to be in-touch again. Textiles with attention to detail and meaningful innovation. A new generation designers is reviving traditional craft techniques. Less is more, Humble yet precious textiles are leading. Sustainable Sophistication.

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Gentlemans Club & Poetry Club

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Twigs that Sprout & Rippling Organic Sculptures

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The Sampling of Cultures & Blue Hues

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Playful Pastels & Vibrant Angles

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Gentlemans Club
The Gentlemans Club puts a twist on the familiar classic. Shifted use of classical reference and ornamentation - tracing, fragmenting and replacing it. Splendours from the past are salvaged and remixed in a relaxed look. A graphic renewal of tapestries and lace. Elegant, sophisticated, new classics, refined, quality, elegant. Fabric & Motifs Leather, marble, jacquards, matelass, metal yarns, velvet, fake fur, snake and crocodile leather, tweeds, velvets, military type woollens for upholstery, devor velvets, butler stripes. Metal shine in cloques together with woollen yarns. New and interesting shapes through folding, pleating and coiling.

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Gentlemans Club
A dark or black basis supplemented with a range of rich classics. Lots of ochre yellow and gold shades, camel, maroon and bronze.

Colour Key Pantone

15-0927 TCX Pale Gold

14-1031 TCX

16-1305 TCX

19-3920 TCX

19-1102 TCX

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Poetry Club
A contemporary feminine interpretation of the Gentlemans Club. A place with a poetic feel to it. A new Avant Garde luxury created by lush upholstery, jacquards, lace and embroideries. Tradition seduces the contemporary. Luxurious, lustrous velvets and velour. Crushed pleats, ottomans, large patterned jacquards and oriental prints. Generous use of trimmings, decorative fringes and braids. Venetian and Baroque paintings. Keywords: Refined, humble, soft, lace, trompe loeil, transparency, referrals to the past, velours, damast, linen, cotton, trimmings. Fabrics & motifs Silk satin jacquards. Opulent fake furs. Re-embroidered and heavy weight lace. Decorative cutwork. Rich embroideries, delicate floral motifs. Ribbon yarns, vintage romance, Jugenstill arabesque art and Japanese blossoms.

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A subtle refined luxury reflected in a range of gentle pastels.

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14-4306 TCX

15-4008 TCX

14-3803 TCX

14-1313 TCX

17-1547 TCX

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twigs that sprout

A new serenity. The soothing tranquillity of nature, focussed in the beginning where twigs sprout to new blossom and leaves. An almost spiritual approach to the nature theme; fragile, balanced and pure. Focus on simple, functional and essential sustainability quality. Fabrics are low key with dry and matt finishes. The power to transform the ordinary in to the extra ordinary.
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Keywords: Lines, reliefs, layers, scratches, patterns from nature, voile, layers, fragile. Fabrics and motifs Featherweight transparent sheers, veils and chiffons, highly structured surfaces with an irregular texture. Scratches from nature. Landscapes, botanical studies. Etchings, (shadows of) twigs and branches.

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Updated pastels ,counterbalanced by warm and cool neutrals.

Colour Key Pantone

17-0205 TCX

15-4008 TCX

12-0418 TCX

11-0107 TCX

15-0703 TCX

13-0403 TCX

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rippling organic sculptures

A new movement, sculptural textiles inspired by austere sculptural shapes and product that surface from art and design world. Where shapes and materials are shifting from animal to human, from minerals and rocks to other products or vice versa, resulting in a contemporary sculptural style. Big influence of carved wood that looks like soft rippling fabric. Hightech innovation, patterns are replaced by structures and reliefs. Irregularity creates surface in motion. Metalics are blended and integrated in fabric. Shimmering surfaces by using lightweight semi-transparant layering that is folded, twisted and draped. Recomposing with matter. Fragmenting it, reassembling it, straining it, Sculpture it!
Keywords: Carved reliefs, 3D effects, ripples, hard soft vs soft hard, motion, waves. Irregular textures and structures, bold, contrast, sculptural, shape, lines, curves, organic, layers, felted surfaces, roughened wool, matt vs shine.

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Sedimented colours, wood tones, greys, camels, metalics combined with neutrals.

12-0601 TCX

17-0000 TCX

17-1227 TCX

16-1325 TCX

12-1404 TCX

18-0403 TCX

Fabrics and motivs Innovative materials, super volume, padding, feathers, light matlass. Unwoven materials, fibre glass. Foile effects on leather. Honeycomb networks. Refections, illumination, optical illusions. Torn and blurred patterns, dying that gives a distressed patina feel. Crushed surfaces, rough grids. Precious stones, marble and mineral grains. Rubberised liquid looks, anamorphic motifs, thermoquilting molded, structured double cloths. Memory latex, foam silky and caressing textures.
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This a true story about textiles and kraft alchemy. A focus on mixed, bonded and layered materials. A bold and sometimes rough and hand-crafted look. Handwoven structures, melanges, hairy finishes, tweed, irregular yarns, wool checks, cord, collage. Boiled, felted and heavenly-brushed finishes. New yarn uptake and production technology in tufting and bonding. The fabrics have 3D effects, are sometimes shorn or contrary very woolly and fluffy. Recylced and assembled materials. Fabric & Motifs Indigo blue, Ikat, Batik, Basket wave techniques, raffia and straw beadwork, handcrafted details, tactile clay arte facts, linens and jute. Textured fabrics with a tweed handcrafted feel. Giant graphics patterns in upscale weaves. Decorative mirrored striping resulting in a modern graphic tribal motion. style. Exotic foliage and animals.
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Muted saturated colours combined with black and white. A rich palette of warm and lively mid-tones, earth browns blood red, saffron, ocher, turqoise, pink, copper and aged gold.

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Blue Hues.
15-0948 TCX

18-1449 TCX

17-1643 TCX

Wax batik prints. Tie dye textiles. A carpet of tiles, inspired by the finest Japanese porcelain. Refined floral, herbal and stardust patterns and a poetic flirt of butterflies in deep blues. Neo camouflage watercolours, lines, scribbles and mishmash shapes.

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19-4342 TCX

18-0629 TCX

19-1621 TCX

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The artists canvas, the abstract canvas as a source of inspiration for textile design. This story enjoys a blast of colour with a splash of pattern. Brushing, drippings, stippling, spraying and scribbling. Besides new transparency, clarity; glass like and tread like constructions. Keywords: Pastels with bright accents, fluid and flexible, movement, splashes, paintbrush, pointillism, random, a-symmetric, powder like, double weaves. Embroideries, unexpected designs, transparent, clarity, intense tones with pale skin tones. Fabrics & motifs Spontaneous brush strokes splashes and streaks, flaking paint. Painterly dip and dyed effects add a touch of craft and vegetal treatments. Fluid, painterly watercolour florals. Garment dyes in briljant colours. Dessins are influenced by technical innovations. Water reflective prints and moir effects. Overstiching and embroidery threads.

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Pastels and brights. Colours with a fresh and youthful energy.

Colour Key Pantone

12-0426 TCX

14-1313 TCX

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18-3820 TCX

16-1546 TCX

16-4529 TCX

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A constructivist and architectural style that uses geometric elements especially tiangles but also circles rectangles and lines. Full of contrast; light and dark, colour and texture. Colours appear in front/back are bright and playful. Colours are used in binary tones or in trios. Keywords: Modernity, colourful, bright, triangles, lines, stripes, geometry, colour blocking, fluor accesnts, checkers, graphic, translucent, plexiglass, laminatted surfaces.

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Distorted checks, geometric repeats, kinetic patterns, high contrast, linear and graphic motifs. Ultra shiny materials, coloured laminations, colour blocking, interlocking 3D patterns. Abstract digital camouflages, underwater inspired digital prints, oily water reflections, optical fibres, game with light and shadow. Digital prints of photographs and hologram effects.

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Colours play a key role and are vibrant and energetic. Reflecting black and powerfull fluor.

16-1664 TCX (Firewater fluor)

15-5209 TCX

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16-1305 TCX

18-2043 TCX

19-3951 TCX

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMITTING

HOME TEXTILE AND CONTRACT FABRIC SAMPLES

Please be informed that the upcoming trendforum will feature both home and contract textile. These segments will be shown separately on the forum. Please indicate clearly on the form for which market the fabrics are and put a label on the fabric itself. By doing this, the trendteam knows where to use the fabrics on the trendforum. Entries that are not complete with a correct entry-form, may not be used.
How to prepare your entry 1. Dedicate 1 person in your office for handling this sample request. 2. Have a close look at the 2013 trend themes in this file and select product samples and fabrics swatches (1m) from your collection that resemble these moods, colours and materials. 3. Save the sample request form on your computer (Word-doc). Fill out all requested details on the form. 4. Please indicate on the form if the concerned fabric is home textile or contract textile. 5. In case a fabric is suitable for both home and contract market, please fill out two forms and enclose two samples. 6. Please indicate on the form if you have more stock available in case we would need larger amounts of fabric or more readymade products. 7. Attach a label/sticker on the fabric containing your company name + home/contract info. 8. Make sure that you use a new form for each additional product sample. Every sample needs to be labelled/stickered and accompanied by a form! 9. Print the form and make sure that the form is attached or sucurely packed in a box or envelope with the correct sample or fabric. 10. Send your samples and forms to the following address before Monday 16th April 2012:

Send sam befor ples e mon day 16th April 2012!

General notes: Products will be handled with care and treated confidentially. Colour cards may deviate because of screensettings or print ink. For correct colours please refer to the indicated Pantone numbers. The trend team will make the final selection of all products that are submitted to the forum. Product samples will not be returned. Your samples my be re-used on other fairs.

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