Texworld is one of the largest sourcing event in the world for apparel fabric buyers, R&D and product development specialists, designers, merchandisers and overseas sourcing professionals. Go here to learn more about their upcoming shows. Here are some of their current trend information for the Spring/Summer 2014 season and you can download the entire comprehensive, 84 page report in PDF format, here. To view below images larger, select an image and a slideshow will appear.

Yesterday, a friend and I had a lovely day near Manchester using plants and fungi to make dye and pigments. The day was run by James Wood who is a young materials artist, and in collaboration with a wild food forager, Fergus Drennan, they are part of 'The Foraged Book Project'. This is a project…

From the initial inspiration of 'A Supermarket in California' (Alan Ginsberg, 1955), the six outfit menswear collection is based on the fictional relationship between the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca and the artist Salvador Dali. Drawing further inspiration from 1970s beach films the abstract expressionists, the narrative depicts a drowning Lorca, who is saved by this fantasy of a lifeguard, Dali. The infatuation grows but when reality strikes, Lorca commits suicide in a Supermarket in…

stitched and gathered calico

Italtex is the Italian trend studio based in Biella specializing in fabric fashion trends since 1959.