From the Sector

Sustainability is part of SEEK’s internal make-up and has always been part of the team and community experience. Over 80 sustainable brands make up the brand portfolio, including players like Veja, Dedicated and Kings of Indigo. Experts will be sharing their experiences on this market-defining topic as well, with a host of live podcasts, talks and panel discussions, and will be shaping SEEK’s programme of content.
 
BIG PLAYER: the new SEEK Culture
 
SEEK is Europe’s most successful trade show for pop, street and sneaker culture. This is where the key players meet, where the looks of tomorrow are showcased, modelled and retold, where classics are celebrated, authenticity rules the roost and where icons take their positions alongside shooting stars. SEEK is essential participation for anyone looking to curate a modern, youthful and relevant range.

The shift from a niche event to a large trade show is now complete with a new logo and campaign design. SEEK has emerged from its transformation to reveal that its content and visual look are as relevant as ever!  

Together with creative agencies Karl Anders and Haebmau, the SEEK team has been working for weeks on the brand’s new branding. The result: a visual concept with a strong message.

“The handshake is the right imagery and commitment to our stance and that of the SEEK community.”

“SEEK stands for strength and business just as much as for communality and good vibes! ‘Get Along’ articulates a feeling of agreement, of moving forward and getting to grips with things. We all want to shape a positive future for our industry – as partners and by joining forces.”, explains Fashion Director Maren Wiebus.

CREATIVE CONNECTION: Karl Anders and Haebmau
 
The Hamburg-based agency Karl Anders, which was established by Claudia Fischer-Appelt and Lars Kreyenhagen, was commissioned to come up with the creative concept and design language for the logo and campaign.

“With the new look we are entering a new era for SEEK as a brand. Lots of brands have chosen a design using Helvetica in recent years,” says Claudia Fischer-Appelt, Creative Director at Karl Anders. “We are now signalling a clear shift in another direction. Confident, bold and independent. With the logo we are inviting the viewer to play with the linear layout in their head; we are breaking viewing habits, making a statement and revving things up a gear. SEEK, there it is.”
 
The artwork is the result of a process of in-depth debate with the SEEK brand that took place over several weeks both within the team and also with the support of lifestyle agency Haebmau. Workshops, research and analyses ultimately led to a new, strong brand identity. SEEK is focussed on both established and new players and stands for the WE.

“I have known SEEK since it was in its infancy, so to me it was always like a little brother of the large, successful PREMIUM. Quirky and different, always interesting but somehow not quite so imposing,” says Markus Bublitz, Executive Creative Director at Haebmau. “SEEK today is more grown-up, confident and sharper. Thanks to its position in the market, which it has conquered over the years, it no longer needs to please everyone but can afford to be controversial. This can offer space for new, creative ideas.”

SEEK is edgy, clean-cut and unpolished.

We are all about statement design, new classics, denim and sportswear. SEEK is the trade show event for the fashion community. SEEK knows who calls the shots; it boosts sales and is the place for the next generation of decision-makers to get together. Unlike all the others, SEEK is unconventional and the antidote to boring.

The restyled line of fabrics for shirts where formal and sporty are perfectly merged: a versatile range with a high technological content, thanks to man-made fibres.

With TECHNO SHIRT Canclini 1925 revolutionises the world of fabrics for shirts, through a line which brings together high performance of technical fabrics with the most traditional and formal look. Thanks to the exclusive combination between ground-breaking technological innovation and made in Canclini creativity, TECHNO SHIRT restyles the traditional concept of shirt in a modern, trendy and green version. It is a collection where technology, performance and eco-innovation are merged, based on an approach which expresses a research and development pathway intrinsic to the essence of the Canclini 1925 product ranges.

What really makes TECHNO SHIRT extraordinary is also the great versatility of this product range, which consists in three lines: Biker, Performante and Dice. These three creations are entirely manufactured using man-made fibres, and they are able to combine the style background of the company from Como with the highest technical performances. For example the use of polyamide with its intrinsic ability to absorb and manage humidity, allows for thermal regulation by the body and for garment transpiration.

• Eine Kollektion zum Anfassen.

Lebensfreude in der 2. Lebenshälfte und das Gefühl, aktiv am Leben teilzunehmen – das schenkt die MODEMOBIL Kollektion Menschen, die in ihrer Mobilität eingeschränkt sind und Shoppingtouren von  Geschäft zu Geschäft nicht mehr bewältigen können.

Das große Plus: MODEMOBIL ist Mode, die ins Haus kommt. Im gewohnten Umfeld der Senioreneinrichtungen oder -treffs saisonale wie auch funktionale Mode erleben, anfassen und anprobieren zu können wird dank einer mobilen Boutique und Rund-um-Beratung möglich. Bewohner, die Spaß an der Vorführung von Mode haben, können an den beliebten MODEMOBIL Modenschauen teilnehmen und die Looks zusammen mit ehrenamtlichen Models präsentieren. Diese Events bringen Schwung und Spaß in den Alltag.

Die MODEMOBIL Kollektion mit ihren über 1.500 Teilen und einem attraktiven Preis-Leistungs- Verhältnis begeistert jedoch auch jüngere Modefans wie Betreuer oder Angehörige und teilt sich in zwei Bereiche: den saisonal-modischen, der aktuelle Trends in Design, Material und Schnitten aufgreift, und den funktionalen, der von der Tag- und Nachtwäsche bis zu bequemen Schuhen und Accessoires alles abdeckt. Passgenauigkeit, bequeme, pflegeleichte Materialien und dezente Problemlösungen wie z. B. extra kurze Längen oder große Knöpfe sind das A und O, wenn es darum geht, den Bedürfnissen unterschiedlicher Seniorensegmente von sportlich-schlank bis zu Konfektionsgröße 66 gerecht zu werden.

Die Trends und Highlights im MODEMOBIL Herbst/Winter 2019/20

Die angesagten Animal-Prints mit stylishen Leo- und Tierfell-Drucken setzen sich auch im Winter fort; dazu Lederimitat-Kurzjacken und schmeichelnde Capes mit Webpelzbesatz bei den Damen. Streifen spielen im Winter eine große Rolle, ob durchbrochen, klassisch oder Galon, sie sorgen für den sportlich-modischen Pfiff bei Hosen und Oberteilen. Bei den Herren geht es sportlich zu mit gestreiften Polos, Sweatshirts mit Reißverschluß und Norwegerpullovern zu Steppjacken. Bei den Damen setzt Millefleurs feminine Akzente, Hahnentritt ist der beliebte Klassiker bei den Schwarz-Weiß-Designs. Nicht fehlen dürfen Camouflage, subtil verfremdet, und Paisley Drucke für Oberteile mit Karree Ausschnitten oder Schalkragen. Bouclé Blazer und supersofte Strickqualitäten läuten gemütliche Wintertage ein. Modische Steppwesten machen jeden Look zu einem Blickfang und lassen die Kälte draußen. Jeans in variantenreichen Herbst-/Wintertönen und unterschiedlichen Passformen ergänzen das facettenreiche Sortiment.

Die Farb-Highlights stammen aus der Natur: Beere, Senf, Curry oder Kurkuma. Bei den Damen werden Mohnrot, Bordeaux und Merlot zu den Basicfarben wie Beige, Grau oder Rosé kombiniert, bei den Herren geben Blau, Grau und ein dezentes Rot den Ton an.

Die Beliebtheit der MODEMOBIL Kollektion und Modeevents sorgt für das gewünschte Expansionspotenzial bei den 30 Franchisepartnern, die deutschlandweit im Einsatz sind. Jüngstes Beispiel ist Sebastian Stolle, der begeisterter Modemobiler mit dem Ziel ‘Aufbau Ost‘ ist. Hier gibt es ein großes Potenzial an Senioreneinrichtungen und ein hohes Bedürfnis nach seniorengereichter Bekleidung, gerade in den ländlichen Regionen. Als ehemaliger Retail- Manager namhafter Modehäuser beschäftigt Herr Stolle mittlerweile drei Handelsvertreter und hat vier Modemobil-Fahrzeuge im Einsatz, mit denen er rund 500 Einrichtungen bereits zu seinen Kunden zählt – Tendenz steigend. Der Markt der Senioren wächst schnell und kontinuierlich. Sie alle wünschen sich eine hohe Lebensqualität im Alter, zu der MODEMOBIL
einen großen Teil beiträgt.

• Customer Story
• Technology takes uniform making to the next level
• To meet new challenges in the professional garment market and preserve over a century of savoir-faire, Balsan chose Lectra to modernize its production tools.

The challenge

A Groupe Marck company, Balsan designs and manufactures corporate and ceremonial clothing, tailored and customized uniforms, and personal protective equipment and clothing for the public and private sector which comply with international standards. The biggest challenge is to meet the new expectations of customers who seek increasing levels of customization with ever-shorter time-to-market deadlines.
The professional garment sector is subject to the same pressures as prêt-à-porter, and Balsan’s challenge was to produce customized clothing more quickly using intelligent manufacturing methods.

Results

Balsan was a pilot partner for the Fashion On Demand by Lectra solution. This alliance allowed Groupe Marck to take a new approach, involving not only the use of Fashion On Demand by Lectra’s connected cutter, but upstream software solutions as well, which are configured based on the company’s needs to best match its work methods while updating and accelerating the production process. “Using a measurement chart, Fashion On Demand by Lectra allowed us to generate well-adapted and customized patterns with which to produce our garments. The solution also provides extensive flexibility: we can send the model to the cutter, select the cutting orders and  even group them by fabric, and detect defects and launch re-cuts when necessary. This improves overall performance and delivers estimated productivity gains of 7%”. Stéphane Quiniou, Industrial and Quality Director, Groupe Marck

Lectra's response

Balsan was a pilot partner for the Fashion On Demand by Lectra solution. This alliance allowed Groupe Marck to take a new approach, involving not only the use of Fashion On Demand by Lectra’s connected cutter, but upstream software solutions as well, which are configured based on the company’s needs to best match its work methods while updating and accelerating the production process.

Angesichts eines krisengeschüttelten Modemarktes steht das Unternehmen MODEMOBIL wie ein Fels in der Brandung im stabilen Wachstumsmarkt der BestAger und Senioren. Das Erfolgskonzept nach Beate Winklewsky, die das Unternehmen im Jahr 2003 gründete: „Wir gehen aktiv und persönlich zu unseren Kunden, Senioren in Einrichtungen unterschiedlichster Art; wir bieten individuellen Service von der typ- und bedarfsgerechten Modeberatung über Einzellieferungen bis zum maßgeschneiderten Änderungsservice und damit eine große Unterstützung für Pflegepersonal und Angehörige. Unsere Zielgruppe sind Menschen, die in ihrer Mobilität eingeschränkt sind und ihren Bedarf an saisonaler und funktionaler Kleidung im klassischen Modehandel kaum decken können. Ein exorbitant wachsender Markt steht einem immer weiter schwindenden Marktangebot gegenüber.“

Dieses riesige Potential machen bereits 30 Franchisepartner täglich zu ihrem persönlichen Erfolgskonzept. Ihr beruflicher Background ist so vielfältig wie die Aufgaben bei MODEMOBIL. Ob ehemalige Modeeinzelhändler, erfahrene Franchisenehmer oder Angestellte aus dem Pflegebereich, neben ihrer Affinität für Mode und den sozialen Aspekt hatten alle denselben Wunsch: selbstbestimmte Unternehmer in einem Markt mit Zukunftschancen zu werden. Entgegen dem allgemeinen Trend der jungen Generation, sich im Zeitgeist von Social Media & Digitalisierung bewegen zu wollen, gehören nun auch Auszubildende dem MODEMOBIL Team an, die die Attraktivität des BestAger Marktes als Chance für den Aufbau eines florierenden Unternehmens nutzen.

• This new version of Modaris speeds up the time to market for collections

Paris – Lectra launches Modaris® V8R2, the latest version of its patternmaking, grading and prototyping 2D/3D solution. This new version of Modaris, the most widely used modeling solution by leading brands in fashion and apparel, offers greater speed, efficiency and precision in product development. With its powerful 3D simulation and collaboration tools, patternmakers are developing patterns faster and speeding up their decision-making procedures. By reducing or eliminating physical prototyping, product development is less expensive and the time to market is as close as possible to trend detection.

To preserve and strengthen its position as a market leader of product development software, Lectra, with this upgrade of Modaris, is giving particular focus to 3D virtual prototyping. Patternmakers can now share with their partners, 360-degree videos, accessible on any device. Designers in response are able to visualize, comment, and approve the style and fit using the new 3D Style module.

New advances have made it possible to reduce the number of physical prototypes by up to 50%. Modaris V8R2 improves the quality of the solution’s 3D simulations and expands its library with new assets (fabrics, 3D top-stitching effects, realistic scenes, lighting studios, Pantone® and Natural Color System®©,…). The solution is now compatible with Vizoo, a high-quality scanner that brings forth a heightened realism to the appearance of fabric swatches, and with other 3D solutions such as Maya, 3DS Max, Iray to make the digital renderings of the prototypes more true-to-life and accurate.

One of the innovative developments of Modaris V8R2 is a special dart feature to help patternmakers add dimension to their garments with ease. Thanks to this new feature, modifying a dart requires half the usual time, resulting in a 50-90% increase in overall patternmaking speed.

Another highlight of this solution, and important nod to the globalized workforce of the fashion industry, is its ability to manage different units of measurement. With Modaris V8R2, Lectra has made it possible for patternmakers and external suppliers the guarantee of size compliance, regardless of the measurement systems used in the countries where production occurs.

Modaris V8R2 is already gaining traction among its pilot customers. Italian womenswear company GGZ was the first to endorse Modaris V8R2. “GGZ is a fast-fashion company and time and quality are of the essence for us. Modaris’s new dart feature helps us save up to 50% of pattern modification time. Additionally, 3D prototyping helps us ensure that pattern volumes and proportions correspond to our designers’ expectations early on, dramatically reducing our lead times,” attests Majla Gottardo, Patternmaker, GGZ.

“We are entering the information age, and we are catering to patternmakers who are dealing with consumers with different tastes, of all body shapes and sizes. Our patternmakers have hundreds of collections to deliver and no time to spare for errors. What we are aiming to do is making their everyday work environment easier for them, by providing the tools to streamline the development process and reduce the number of reworks to achieve the right fit the first-time,” states Céline Choussy, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Lectra. “All this is possible with Modaris V8R2.”

Das hat sich das Franchiseunternehmen MODEMOBIL, das im Jahr 2003 von Frau Beate Winklewsky in Wuppertal gegründet wurde, auf die Fahne geschrieben. Mode soll auch im Alter Spaß machen, soll begeistern und Lebensqualität schenken! Mit einer mobilen Boutique und einem Rund-um-Service für Bekleidungseinkauf besucht MODEMOBIL Senioreneinrichtungen unterschiedlichster Art: von Seniorentreffs, Seniorenheimen und betreuten Wohnenanlagen über Kirchentreffs, Tagespflegen bis hin zu Behinderteneinrichtungen. Die Franchisenehmer oder „Modemobiler“ sind mit Herzblut für eine umfassende Modedienstleistung an Senioren unterwegs und vermitteln ihre Begeisterung im persönlichen Kontakt mit ihren Kunden. Die Kollektion bietet aktuelle, funktionelle und qualitativ wertige Mode für Damen und Herren in jeder Preiskategorie. Dabei ist Passgenauigkeit die große Stärke der MODEMOBIL-Bekleidung. Sie wird deutschlandweit an über 35 Standorten durch Franchisepartner und Mitarbeiter in Form von kleinen Mode-Events und Modenschauen erlebbar gemacht. Rüstige Bewohner der Einrichtungen und ehrenamtliche Models 60+ zeigen komplette saisonale Looks. In vertrauter Umgebung können Senioren nach Herzenslust stöbern, anprobieren und shoppen – inklusive einer individuellen Beratung.

In Zusammenarbeit mit Herstellern wie Raphaela by Brax oder Rabe Moden und mit einer eigenen Linie ist die MODEMOBIL-Kollektion auf über 1.000 Teile angewachsen: von Oberbekleidung wie Hosen, Blusen, Pullover, Westen und T-Shirts über Tag- und Nachtwäsche bis hin zu Schuhen und Accessoires. Das Sortiment kombiniert modische Aktualität mit dezenten Problemlösungen für alle Lebensbereiche, z. B. kaschierende A-Formen bei den Oberteilen, extra kurze Arm- und Hosenlängen, große Knöpfe, Innentaschen bei Jacken, Bequemschuhe oder Zweiwegereißverschlüsse.

Dazu die Geschäftsführerin Beate Winklewsky: „Unser mobiler Mode-Service bietet Senioren, die in ihrer Mobilität eingeschränkt sind, ein komfortables Einkaufserlebnis mit hohem Spaßfaktor und Unterhaltungswert. Rundum modisch und bedarfsmäßig perfekt eingekleidet zu sein: Das garantiert MODEMOBIL und schenkt neue Lebensqualität mit dem Gefühl, aktiv am Leben teilzunehmen.“ Die MODEMOBIL-Events sind ein kleines Highlight im Seniorenalltag. Sie werden von der Einrichtung und Angehörigen im Sinne eines kontrollierten Einkaufs begleitet und bieten unterhaltsame Abwechslung, wobei der Service-Gedanke an erster Stelle steht. Individuelle Nachbestellungen werden ebenso entgegengenommen wie Änderungswünsche. MODEMOBIL ist auch auf ausgewählten Seniorenmessen aktiv und zeigt seine Mode in Modenschauen, bei denen ehrenamtliche Models 60+ vielseitig kombinierbare, saisonale Outfits für unterschiedliche Tageszeiten und Anlässe präsentieren.

Weitere Informationen zum Unternehmen

ROICA™ discloses five key and influencing brands with unique outfits already available in the market, that demonstrate how ROICA™ is able to deliver and transform basic performant stretch in eco hi-tech valuable innovations interpreted in five, completely different, contemporary lifestyles!

Inspired by the need for style-conscious, sustainable garments that are versatile for every life situation, AEANCE was created as a brand that merges ready-to-wear with technical apparel. The brand`s values are timeless minimalism, substance and understated luxury. Less, but better. AEANCE is committed to creating garments with the least possible impact on the environment and has set up a supply chain focusing on eco-sustainability and ethical responsibility. The Women`s Light Padded Jacket of the look selected for ISPO is the result of a collaboration with the acclaimed industrial designer Konstantin Grcic.

Knowing the transformative power of fitness, DAQUÏNI® was founded in 2012 to help women bridge the gap between how they feel and how they think they look when they are working out. Each DAQUÏNI® item is made in the E.U. from highest quality Oeko-Tex® certified materials. The brand’s first choice in fabrics is SOFILETA (founded in 1911) with its luxurious technical fabrics with ROICA™ V550 premium stretch awarded with Cradle-to-Cradle Innovation Institute’s GOLD LEVEL material health certificate.

The New York based brand Erin Snow creates chemically safe, circularly designed, socially fair luxury performance apparel. The Teri pant is Erin Snow's most innovative and highly anticipated pant to date. Teri is made from the finest bluesign® approved Schoeller 4-way stretch fabric containing ROICA™ V550 premium stretch sustainable fiber. The pant is insulated with PrimaLoft® Gold Luxe and repels water and dirt without PFCs, thanks to Schoeller's ecorepel® Bio finishing while giving maximum freedom of movement.

The SCOTT Racing Team, the Italian Mtb Pro Rider Team born in 1988, selected the high performance for active clothing identifying Rosti, SITIP and ROICA™ as strategic partners to ensure unique and performant biking outfit composed by tights and jacket. Made with the special BEHOT fabric by SITIP, constructed with active performance materials belonging to the ROICA Feel Good™ family, it not only insulates, but generates up to 2 degrees of heat as you workout as certified by CeRism, Outdoor Sport Research Centre at Verona University. Long life stretch, superior shape retention and best breathability thanks to the Blizzard by SITIP fabric that ensures thermal comfort and easy care to the users. A valuable choice that perfectly matches the performances of an experienced team of specialists.

SITA hits the European panorama for the first time at ISPO with ROICA™ few days after the official launch in US and Saudi Arabia on January 31st. Its high-tech debut collection for Spring 2019 provides women with an all-new luxury concept of timeless foundational apparel made in New York balancing concealed performance features and style to meet womens’everyday dynamic lifestyle. The newly-created made in Italy SITATECH™ fabric includes permanent agents that neutralize odor, withstand machine wash, and exhibit superior quality. The intricately designed fabric takes on instant appeal with nanotechnology fibers and ROICA™ CF, a yarn with an active smart odor neutralizer property, then knitted in Italy by Maglificio Ripa.

• Lectra provides fashion companies with breakthrough solution that enables them to personalize at ready-to-wear production speed

Paris – Lectra launches its ‘Fashion On Demand’ offer, empowering industry players to uncover new business opportunities brought about by the strong demand for personalization in the fashion industry. Lectra is enabling its customers to produce on demand for the first time ever with an end-to-end offer that automates the entire personalization process from product development to final cutting stages. ‘Fashion On Demand by Lectra’, based on Industry 4.0 principles, is a fruition of four years of R&D with a hundred-strong team of experts, as part of Lectra’s strategic roadmap announced in 2017. There will be a progressive global rollout starting from January 2019.

The digital revolution has prompted consumers to demand personalized products and experiences nowadays. This is an advantageous business model for fashion companies, as it allows them to accurately match supply with demand, and solve a host of problems that regular business models usually face. By simply knowing ahead of time what and how much their consumers want, companies can produce in precise quantities and avoid overstocking and markdowns. In addition, as consumers pay upfront for their orders it improves cash flow for businesses. Fashion companies can use personalization as a way to outshine their competitors and earn consumer loyalty, by offering one-of-a-kind products that make their customers feel exclusive.

While on-demand production is an attractive business model that presents little financial risk, today, fashion companies are encountering huge barriers to entry for this market. Without the savoir-faire and appropriate technology, many companies have to rely on their standard supply-chain infrastructure that lacks the flexibility to create and produce these products. As a result, they have to develop independent workflows for each product, incurring additional production costs, prolonging lead times and even jeopardizing their existing production lines. By having longer delivery times, they face the risk of upsetting their loyal customers who have paid premium prices for their personalized products.

‘Fashion On Demand by Lectra’, is a game changer for the industry. Drawing from 45 years’ experience of working with international retailers, manufacturers and brands, Lectra developed this offer to break down these barriers and empower fashion companies to meet the specific needs of their digitally savvy clientele with best-in-class solutions. ‘Fashion On Demand by Lectra’, available in the form of two packages, one dedicated to made to measure, and the other to customization, is a turnkey solution that automates on-demand production right from order reception to production development stages and the cutting room. Companies can define the product customization criteria and range for each item depending on the package (such as altering product characteristics for customization and pattern adjustments for made to measure) and launch production processes right from the get-go, without interfering with their standard workflows.

Empowering customers through industrial intelligence 2/2

“Personalization, or rather, on-demand production, is going to be an industry-wide phenomenon. It is hence Lectra’s duty, as an Industry 4.0 pioneer, to think ahead of time, and spearhead this movement. Keeping our customers’ best interests in mind, we’ve worked with renowned personalization specialists from different countries to develop this solution. With ‘Fashion On Demand by Lectra’ we’re doing the unthinkable. For the first time in the fashion industry, there will be a comprehensive personalization solution that will be able to perform under the same market conditions as the ready-to-wear segment and produce the same, if not better, results,” says Daniel Harari, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lectra.

This disruptive offer gives fashion companies a 360°-view of the entire personalization process, providing them with the visibility to streamline multiple production processes and manage complex individual demands from custom order to cut piece. Thanks to the supply-chain flexibility that companies gain with this innovative Lectra solution, they will be able to expand their product range and offer more variety, be it womenswear, menswear or childrenswear, and appeal to a broader audience and jump on trends without interrupting their existing production processes. They will not have to waste time on consolidating and communicating information from one production stage to another. This ensures smooth process flows and hence, quick delivery times that can compete with those of standard products.

• Performance Days - November 28 and 29, 2018 – Hall C1 Booth B18
• Two of TINTEX’s fabrics have made it into the PERFORMANCE FORUM Jury’s Pick Category that represents fabrics which are a valuable contribution to this season Performance Days Focus Topic “WATER – OUR RESPONSIBILITY”

See, touch and experience the latest collection from TINTEX as they reveal a wonderful range of innovative fabrics that redefine fashion, inspire creativity, spark emotion and optimize responsible solutions. TINTEX, being an ingenious leader in textile and research innovation for over twenty years, transforms a new generation of cotton and other natural based materials. Established in the Porto region as authorities in superior dyeing and finishing techniques making TINTEX Textiles the perfect choice for fashion.

All the recent awards bestowed, demonstrate TINTEX continue research and commitment. They have been awarded for the Best product of the Base Layer Category by ISPO jury, moreover they have just received the prestigious German Design Awards 2019 and last but not least, they are selected as finalists for the Future Textile Awards in the category Best Innovation for Sustainable Textiles.
TINTEX continues to lead the way, as they proudly take part in the Make Fashion Circular initiative, by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and activate change industry wide. This initiative aims to collaborate and innovate towards a new textile economy based on the principles of a Circular Economy.

In addition, since this November, TINTEX is a bluesign® system partner, thus means that they are responsibly acting parties of the textile value chain committed to applying the bluesign® system, continuously improving their environmental performance and always been focused on a sustainable future.

A milestone for TINTEX and fashion, as they launch Naturally Clean - an exceptional smart finishing process that is uniquely responsible. Naturally Clean enhances the natural beauty of cotton, takes a cost effective modern approach to eliminate aggressive treatments and optimizes clean surfaces, vivid colors, providing an exquisitely smooth handfeel. Naturally Clean achieves this by using Novozymes technology, a company that is indeed the world leader in biological solutions. Second, using textile chemicals with the lowest possible environmental impact, without compromising performance, from Beyond Surface Technologies AG. Naturally Clean maintains the original characteristics for an extended period of time. All materials are Oeko-Tex and soon bluesign® certified, thus eliminating harmful substances.
TINTEX’ Autumn/Winter 2019/2020 collection includes vibrant tones, refreshing turquoise and electric green, light and warm copper with chocolate browns that connect the natural and spiritual in an extra-sensorial universe. Infused with a stunning palette of nostalgic and multicultural colors - warm yellow with darkened reds, dynamic purple with urban greys - that express globalization and human connection.
Key smart ingredients of the season are:

• A New Generation of Cotton: GOTS certified organic cotton, Supima® cotton, and ECOTEC® by Marchi & Fildi the smart cotton that saves up to 77.9% water consumption and introduces the concept of a circular economy.
• SeaCell™ and Smartcel™: produced using the Lyocell process in a closed loop with no chemicals released as waste. The patented process of SeaCell™ allows that the positive properties of the seaweed are permanently preserved within the fiber, even after multiple washing cycles. Smartcel™ includes the essential trace element zinc providing anti-inflammatory capabilities.
• REFIBRA™ by Lenzing technology involves upcycling a substantial proportion of cotton scraps e.g. from garment production, in addition to wood pulp, where the raw material is transformed to produce new TENCEL™ Lyocell fiber to make fabrics and garments.
• Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei: A new generation GRS Certified material, made from cotton linters, with a biodegradability certification by Innovhub. A matchless, high tech natural material, with a special handfeel and aesthetics.
• ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei
  - ROICA™ EF has a percentage of pre-consumer recycled content that is more than 50%, and thanks to this it has been GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certified.
  - ROICA™ V550 a premium stretch innovative yarn boasting the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Gold Level for Material Health product and ingredients as it was evaluated throughout the supply chain for lower impacts on human and environmental health. Striving toward eliminating all toxic and unidentified chemicals for a safe continuous cycle. Hohenstein Environment Compatibility Certificate - ROICA™ proudly breaks down without releasing harmful substances.

Of special interest this season, the two TINTEX’s fabrics that made it into the PERFORMANCE FORUM Jury’s Pick Category for their contribution to this season Topic “WATER – OUR RESPONSIBILITY”.

A smart rib developed to reduce the water usage as most as possible, from cultivation of raw materials until fabric finishing. A blend of TENCEL™ Modal, cellulosic & biodegradable material treated with no hazardous chemicals, pesticides nor fertilizers, and European hemp, a fast-growing plant that requires very little water and no herbicides, pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or GMO seeds. Both fibres are biodegradable.

The second selected article is a 100% Merino Wool jersey made unique thanks to Colorau® by TINTEX, a patented natural dyeing process technique that uses vegetable herbs and extracts. A great amount of water was saved by avoiding subsequent washing steps. Also, lower water pollution is achieved by avoiding synthetic dyestuffs.