Aus der Branche

Am 21. und 22. Juni 2022 begrüßt die VIEW Premium Selection Autumn.Winter 23/24 die Textil- und Fashionbranche im Münchner MVG Museum.

Die VIEW Premium Selection steht seit jeher als Preview Textilfachmesse für neueste Entwicklungen, erste Farb- und Materialtendenzen und die Präsentation eines selektierten, hochwertigen Produktportfolios in persönlicher und professioneller Atmosphäre.

Zum frühestmöglichen Termin werden rund 250 Kollektionen für Autumn.Winter 23/24 in den Bereichen FABRICS, ADDITIONALS, DESIGN STUDIOS sowie DENIM und SPORTSWEAR auf der VIEW präsentiert. Hervorzuheben ist dabei die Internationalität der diesjährigen Aussteller, die neben Deutschland, Italien und der Türkei auch aus Frankreich, England, Griechenland, Spanien, Dänemark, Hong Kong, China und Japan kommen.

Vor Ort werden Bellandi, Dynamo, E. Miroglio, Lisa Spa, Manteco, Max Müller, Agentur Püttmann, Set und Tejidos Royo neben zahlreichen weiteren Herstellern sein. Erstmals auf der VIEW vertreten sind die zukunftsweisenden Vorstufen-Anbieter We Nordic, Knopf und Knopf, Le Studio Copenhagen, Thermore und Kipas, die die VIEW zur Informations- und Inspirationsgrundlage für die kommende Saison machen.

Die Textil- und Fashion-Branche ist außerdem herzlich zur nächsten MUNICH FABRIC START Autumn.Winter 23/24 vom 30.08. - 01.09.22 im MOC München und zur BLUEZONE vom 30. – 31.08.22 auf dem Zenith Areal eingeladen. An zwei bzw. drei Tagen warten Informationen, physischer Austausch und Innovationsgeist sowie ein neues SOURCING Show-in-Show Konzept auf die globalen Player der Industrie.

• This Black History Month, the brand is announcing a series of ongoing initiatives focused on celebrating, uplifting and supporting Black women - starting with elevating stories of their lived experiences
• New community actions include an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs; a series of adidas Community curriculums and mentorship opportunities; and an industry-changing design program for the next generation of creators
• Powered by its Impossible Is Nothing attitude, adidas is accelerating its mission to create real , lasting change for historically underserved communities

In a continuation of the brand’s Impossible Is Nothing attitude – and its biggest ever commitment to women – adidas is centering its Black History Month initiatives around celebrating, uplifting and supporting Black Women in sport, fashion and innovation.

Brought to life through athlete partners like Kahleah Copper, Erica Wheeler, Angel McCoughtry , Imani Dorsey, Kendra Harrison and Sarah Nurse , this year’s Black History Month platform focuses on the representation of Black voices by spotlighting the real-life experiences of Black athletes. Meanwhile, sustained community programming and actions will offer Black women creators with real-life opportunities for education, mentorship and growth.

Among many long-term community initiatives that create more opportunities for Black girls and women, adidas is deepening its commitment with the following programs launching this month and beyond:

• Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M (Building Legacies Out Of Movements) an adidas Accelerator - adidas has created an accelerator program that aims to close the opportunity gap that exists for social entrepreneurs of color.  
• S.E.E.D. (School for Experimental Education in Design) Program - S.E.E.D. is a two-year program at the adidas Brooklyn Creator Farm in partnership with Pensole Academy
• adidas Community Platform - adidas Community is a digital network for education, creative collaboration , and growth opportunities that pairs community members with community mentors

Other ongoing programming and partnerships includes work with adidas Legacy, the Black Women’s Player’s Collective, U.S. Soccer Foundation, Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD foundation, Pharrell’s Black Ambition, United Negro College Fund scholarsships, Blavity.org Growth Fellowship, Appeitie for Change youth programming, Wood U in partnership with Pensole and the Iovine & Young Academy and Sound Labs  - an initiative to foster creative collaboration , innovation and proactively support music programs in public schools lacking in financial support.

adidas and IVY PARK CEO Beyoncé announce IVY HEART, a new capsule collection inspired by love , just in time for Valentine’s Day, from the ongoing adidas x IVY PARK creative partnership.

As with previous adidas x IVY PARK offerings, this latest collection features distinct looks with inclusive and in gender-neutral sizing in fashion styles, performance gear, footwear, and accessories. The line is available online at adidas.com on February 9th and February 10th in selection stores globally.

The Campaign
The campaign focuses on the guiding thematic color behind the collection. In the Western world, red is commonly associated with love , romance and sensuality. While in the East, red is attributed to good fortune and joy. Wherever you are, it’s clear that this color represents positivity. The concept is centered around bringing people together from all different backgrounds through this one color that’s sentimental to so many. This theme is illustrated through enhanced lighting, bold yet minimal production design, elevated styling and most importantly the international cast. Cultural cues from specific iconography and symbols are explored in visual motifs with sensitivity and intention. IVY PARK pays homage to various cultures inspired by this color, incorporating red through a futuristic yet authentic lens.

The Collection
No matter how you define it, love - most importantly love of one’s self - is at the core of IVY PARK ’s newest drop. Bold and sexy looks are an integral part of IVY HEART, which is aptly decked out in a spectrum of vibrant reds, playful pinks, and nuanced neutrals. In colors that include Candy Paint (Shock Pink), Lipstick Smudge (Red), Raspberry Beret (Power Red), Red, Red Whine (Cherry Wood) and Cheeks (Off-White), the line is punctuated by tactile materials like velour, ribbed knit, and faux latex.  IVY PARK ’s latest collaboration with adidas is further complemented by performance fabrics and graphic prints, allowing ample designs to mix-and-match from work out to night out.

The capsule collection’s design touchpoints are rooted in Beyoncé’s love of athleticism and fashion, merged with adidas’ performance and innovation. The references culminate in a collection of silhouettes that are sporty, stylish, and above all, unique. Conceived around three pillars of foundation, active, and fashion, IVY PARK ’s latest collection is highlighted by the Velour Dress and Tracksuit, Faux Latex Puffer, Pique Jumpsuit and Sequin Duster. Accessories include a 5-Panel Hat, a clutch and a Heart-Lip Belt Bag.

Footwear consists of both on-the-court and off-duty models.  The range is highlighted by a new iteration of the classic Stan Smith sneaker in Cheeks (Off-White), with a rubber dipped midsole.  Additionally, the collection introduces a new silhouette, the IVP Superstar Plim, a mule style shoe inspired by the iconic adidas Superstar in Cheeks (Off-White).  The line also features a new colorway of the IVP Savage sneaker in Cheeks (Off-White), a IVP swim slide in Lipstick Smudge (Red) and the Ultra boost in Candy Paint (Shock Pink).

The new claim “Crafted Elegance” embodies Bemberg™’s values of preciousness, uniqueness, quality and refined aesthetic blended with innovation and responsible values. In 2021 Bemberg™ celebrates nine decades of commitment to deliver true timeless beauty, style and touch thanks to its responsible innovation heritage and soul. And today it relaunches a new gender aesthetics that speaks about contemporary values of transparency, inclusivity and sustainability.
 
Bemberg™ is all about joyful comfort, premium values delivering an unparalleled wellbeing. It’s the one-of-a-kind material that offers design, beauty, innovation and responsibility all at once.

Its heritage talks about premium high-quality lining for formal and sportswear, but the contemporary and worldwide journeys and designers’ cooperation are talking about fashion, outerwear, innerwear dedicated to contemporary consumers.
 
Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei is the brand name of the regenerated cellulose fiber made from the smart tech transformation of cotton linters - short downy fiber enfolding cotton seeds. It is pre-consumer materials obtained from manufacturing process of cotton oil that are converted through a traceable and transparent closed loop process, taking place in Nobeoka, Japan, the only plant producing Bemberg™ at worldwide level. So, the Bemberg™ DNA is really based on a circular economy approach.

Bemberg™ fiber is the key ingredient of some of the most cutting-edge design innovations on planet Fashion, proving to be a sustainable, responsible and innovative material.

The Bemberg™’s 90th anniversary signs also another important moment for the company. Mr. Koji Hamada is appointed as new CEO of Asahi Kasei Fibers Italia. Mr. Hamada has a strong connection to the Italian market having already spent more than 5 years in the Gallarate’s headquarter working in close contact with all partner of the territory.

Koketa, a brand of premium womenswear based in Peru, has begun sampling leggings, undergarments and workout wear featuring Acteev® Protect fabric. Produced by U.S. manufacturer Ascend Performance Materials, Acteev incorporates the odor-fighting and mildew-destroying antimicrobial benefits of zinc ions embedded into the matrix of superior nylon yarns and fabrics.

“When it comes to what’s closest to your most vulnerable skin, being safe and sanitary is a top priority,” said Juan Daniel Del Carpio, commercial director for Koketa. “The Koketa woman wants beauty, comfort and protection, and a partnership with Acteev makes it easier than ever for us to deliver all three.”

Koketa garments with Acteev feature Koketa’s signature innovative styles, including unique knit patterns, on-trend colors and flattering silhouettes. The Acteev fabric is buttery-soft and breathable yet long-lasting and resistant to pilling.

Additionally, clothing made with Acteev is resistant to unwanted odors, keeping garments as fresh after 100 washes as they are on day one. The active ingredient – labeled safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – targets the bacteria and microbes that can cause odor, mildew and discoloration.

“Zinc is nature’s safeguard,” said Juan Toro, global principal business development leader for Acteev in the Americas. “It is a mineral needed for human health, and we have harnessed its power to protect the garments in a natural, sustainable way.”

ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei, specialized in sustainable premium stretch fibers, and Bemberg™, a fiber made from the smart-tech transformation of cotton linters pre-consumer materials and converted through a traceable and transparent closed loop process, have been invited to showcase at Filo, the international fair of orthogonal weaving yarns for clothing and furnishings, circular knitwear and technical textiles from the 29-30th of September.

ROICA™ will show its main innovations and four key pieces of the modern and sustainable contemporary wardrobe able to enhance the versatility of the fibers, applied to fashion, sportswear, legwear and underwear.
The brand will also be the protagonist of “The contemporary consumer: Stretch your imagination with ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei smart innovation” speech on September 30th, 11am, organized by the fair to tell its sustainable story.

Bemberg™ will be at Filo showing some selected fabric innovation, and three responsible-driven designers representing different and complementary part of contemporary consumer wardrobe: ZEROBARRACENTO, Maurizio Miri and WAXEWUL.
Bemberg™ will be also involved in two speeches – entitled “Il viaggio di Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei verso una moda contemporanea, premium e responsabile” - organized by the fair (Sept. 29th and 30th at 4pm), where it will share its story made of creation, production and process, as well as product performance, aspects related to sustainability and circular economy approach.

Damit Outdoor-Kleidung und -Equipment lange im Einsatz bleiben können, ist die richtige Pflege entscheidend. Die Reinigungs- und Imprägnierungsprodukte von ATSKO bewahren und schonen das Gewebe – und auch die Natur.

Die Outdoor-Saison hat begonnen – Wanderer, Trailrunner, Biker, Camper und viele andere zieht es nun wieder hinaus in die Natur. Damit Funktionskleidung und Gear für jede Situation optimal gerüstet sind, sollten sie regelmäßig gereinigt, gepflegt und imprägniert werden, vor allem wenn die Wasserdichtigkeit nachlässt oder Verschmutzungen dem Gewebe zusetzen. Eine gründliche Reinigung und Pflege zum Saisonende sorgen zusätzlich dafür, dass das Outdoor-Equipment die Einlagerung im Keller oder auf dem Dachboden gut übersteht und auch im nächsten Jahr wieder seine volle Leistung entfalten kann. Seit fast 90 Jahren entwickelt der US-Hersteller ATSKO nachhaltige Produkte für die extremsten Outdoor-Herausforderungen. ATSKO steht für Nässeschutz sowie imprägnierende und pflegende Mittel für Schuhe, Kleidung und Outdoor-Zubehör, die die Funktionalität erhalten und die Lebensdauer verlängern. Dank ihrer natürlichen Inhaltsstoffe sind die Produkte von ATSKO nachhaltig und schonen die Natur.

Bekannt ist ATSKO vor allem für drei Marken: SNO-SEAL® Bees Wax wird eingesetzt zur Pflege und Schutz von Lederschuhen und Lederprodukten und basiert auf natürlichem Bienenwachs. Das SILICONE WATER-GUARD®-Spray schützt Funktionstextilien und Equipment vor Nässe sowie Abnutzung und ist atmungsaktiv. Seit 1982 hat sich SPORT-WASH© zum führenden Waschmittel für High Performance-Sportswear und Funktionskleidung entwickelt. Alle Produkte sind auch in praktischen Reisegrößen erhältlich, die sich problemlos mit auf Tour oder in den Urlaub nehmen lassen.

Kontaktbeschränkungen, Homeoffice und ein veränderter Alltag – das Corona-Virus hat das Leben 2020 komplett verändert. Das gilt auch für viele Wirtschaftsbereiche, wie die Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie. Dennoch, Krisen bringen auch Chancen und regen zum Umdenken an. Unter dem Motto „Still Physical“ erzählen Hersteller ihre persönliche Erfolgsgeschichte 2020 - die Branche darf sich auf eine Auswahl an nachhaltigen Materialien freuen, die die PERFORMANCE FORUM Jury eigens gekürt hat. Im Mittelpunkt: Naturfasern, die das persönliche Wellbeing in den Fokus rücken, pflanzenbasierte Materialien, die uns stark machen und Emotionalität hervorrufen, Bio-Nylons und biobasierte Finishings, die Funktion neu denken. „Still Physical – Your Success Story of 2020“ wird vom 17. bis 21. Mai 2021 erstmals innerhalb einer digitalen Messewoche Online zu sehen sein.

Transformation: Technology first?
Die Pandemie hat uns in neue, vorrangig digitale Lebens- und Arbeitsformen gedrängt. Unser Alltag ist geprägt von Home Office, Homeschooling und Online- Meetings. Das Verlangen nach realen, physisch wahrnehmbaren Erlebnissen ist innerhalb des letzten Jahres extrem gewachsen. Im gleichen Zusammenhang ist der Mensch heute stark vom technischen Fortschritt getrieben - doch wie weit darf der technologische Wandel am Ende gehen und wie wollen wir in Zukunft leben? Lange vor der Pandemie entwickelte sich der Trend zur Selbstüberwachung und Kontrolle wichtiger Körperfunktionen. Die Sportindustrie entwickelte Tools, die Leistungen messen und Körperfunktionen beobachten, um am Ende die Performance zu verbessern. Selbstoptimierung, Körperformung und Gesundheitsförderung sind heute selbstverständlich. Gesund und fit zu bleiben ist in unserer leistungsorientierten Gesellschaft zu einem gesellschaftlichen Zwang geworden. Die Pandemie hat uns zum Umdenken gebracht, lässt uns innehalten - nachhaltige Funktion bleibt im Fokus, dennoch muss Funktion in Zukunft neu gedacht werden. Weg von reiner Leistungssteigerung, hin zu Bekleidung, die Menschen dabei unterstützt, sich wohlzufühlen.

Touch & Feel
In einer visuellen, digitalen Welt ist ein Sinn in Vergessenheit geraten: das Fühlen. Materialien lösen bewusst oder unbewusst völlig unterschiedliche Reaktionen aus. Darüber hinaus entscheidet die Oberflächenbeschaffenheit auch über die Funktionalität eines Stoffes und verleiht ihm damit ein ganz anderes Charakteristikum. In Zeiten von Kontaktbeschränkung und Lockdown, braucht es einen Raum für Emotionen, für Regeneration und physisches Wohlbefinden. Dies spiegelt sich auch in dem Wunsch nach entsprechender Bekleidung wider, die ein gutes, samtes Gefühl auf der Haut hinterlässt. Leichte, warme und weiche Natur- und Pflanzenfasern decken den Wunsch nach Geborgenheit und unterstützen das Wellbeing.

We are physical – we are nature
Wie werden wir die Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie nach der Pandemie gestalten und anpassen? Die Corona-Krise zeigt einmal mehr unsere existentielle Verbundenheit mit der natürlichen Welt. Während die Menschheit mit sozialer Isolation gegen die Ausbreitung eines tödlichen Virus kämpft, geht es einem aber gut: dem Planeten. Er erholt sich von den Abgasen, die Autos und Fabriken täglich in die Luft pusten. In den Fokus rückt die Auszeit in der Natur, sei es in Form der morgendlichen Laufrunde, sei es in Form einer Bergwanderung, einer Yogasession auf der Wiese.

Your success story of 2020
Wie haben Faserhersteller und Materialexperten das Jahr 2020 durchlebt? Was hat sie bewegt? Welche Erfahrungen die aktuellen Innovationen geprägt? Birgt die Krise auch Chancen? Chancen für Neues, für ein Umdenken, für einen noch nachhaltigeren, ökologischeren Weg? Welche Highlights, welche Stories lohnt es sich zu kommunizieren und wo lag 2020 der Fokus? Viele Materialhersteller haben längst damit begonnen, Nachhaltigkeit und den sorgfältigen Umgang mit den Ressourcen in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen. Innovationen im Materialbereich und in den Verarbeitungsmethoden sind längst Treiber der Entwicklung hin zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit. Dennoch müssen Prozesse und Strukturen in Liefer- und Produktionsketten neu ausgerichtet und an die Erfordernisse einer ressourcenschonenden, verantwortlichen Industrie angepasst werden. Ein wegweisendes Beispiel für eine solche Anpassung war die Entscheidung der PERFORMANCE DAYS, ab der Messeveranstaltung im November 2019 nur noch nachhaltige Materialien im PERFORMANCE FORUM zu zeigen. Auch der Aufbau der neuen digitalen Sourcing-Plattform „THE LOOP“ zeigt, wie Technologie abseits von Material- und Verarbeitungsinnovationen so eingesetzt werden kann, dass unsere Abläufe und Strukturen an schwierige Bedingungen angeglichen werden können.

Informativ & aktuell: die digitale Messewoche vom 17. bis 21. Mai 2021
Die Highlight-Stoffe aus dem Focus Topic „Still Physical“, die die Aussteller als ihre persönlichen Success Stories definiert haben, stehen wie gewohnt in Kürze auf der Webseite der PERFORMANCE DAYS mit allen Details und Facetten zur Verfügung.

Royal DSM announces that its DSM Engineering Materials business will launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel®, a thermoplastic elastomer, together with Sympatex Technologies. In this way, DSM Engineering Materials is taking the next step on its sustainability journey and enabling its customers to transition to a more circular and bio-based economy.

To address growing consumer and legislative demand for lower carbon footprint and more sustainable feedstock, the sports and apparel value chain is increasingly integrating bio-based materials into its designs. By offering a new range of mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel®, DSM Engineering Materials is enabling membrane manufacturer, Sympatex Technologies to meet these demands and make more sustainable choices.

DSM’s bio-based Arnitel® is manufactured with bio-based feedstock using a mass-balance approach¹. The end product contains more than 25% bio-based content by weight.

Sympatex uses Arnitel® to manufacture its waterproof, windproof, and breathable membranes for sports applications. The transition to bio-based feedstock will maintain the unique functional properties of Arnitel® and will enable Sympatex to easily shift to a more sustainable solution with a lower carbon footprint without having to requalify materials.

¹ Mass balance accounting is a well-known approach that has been designed to trace the flow of materials through a complex value chain. The mass balance approach provides a set of rules for how to allocate the bio-based and/or recycled content to different products to be able to claim and market the content as ‘bio’-based or ‘recycled’-based. Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation (Mass Balance White Paper).

Sicomin’s latest marine collaboration with Sonntag Fins sees its industry leading GreenPoxy® 33 bio-based epoxy resin used for custom carbon fibre windsurf fins - combining speed, fatigue performance and sustainability for some of the fastest sailors afloat.

Targeted at windsurf slalom sailors, racers and speed sailors, each Sonntag fin is a custom made product, tailored specifically to the user based on a discussion about riding style, physical size and weight, as well as how the rider likes to load the fin whilst sailing.  This attention to detail and bespoke manufacturing places a huge importance on the performance and consistency of the raw materials used, with all new materials having to be validated in production, on the test rig in the lab, and on the water by the team riders.

With this in mind, Sonntag Fins approached Time Out Composite, Sicomin’s German distributor,  looking for a new resin system that could reduce cycle times and improve manufacturing output.  Bio-based systems were discussed, but the first product used by Sonntag was Sicomin’s SR1280 laminating system which delivered immediate results, enabling shorter cure cycles, and exceeding all of the previous mechanical test targets.

In 2020, Sonntag and Time Out Composite revisited the topic of a more sustainable epoxy resin system. It was the perfect time for Sonntag Fins, with their new unique bright green UV resistant outer finish, to go green on the inside too with Sicomin’s GreenPoxy® 33 resin.

Test fins were produced with the new material performing well in production trials. Pure resin samples were also tested and post-cured at 140 ̊C, with the new GreenPoxy® 33 samples showing significantly higher elongation at maximum resistance, meaning the cured epoxy was less brittle and susceptible to damage should a customer’s fin meet a rock. With mechanical properties improved, Sonntag switched production to GreenPoxy® 33 in August 2020.

Sonntag fins are manufactured in CNC machined aluminium moulds using GreenPoxy® 33 and a bespoke lay-up of woven, stitched biaxial and heat-set unidirectional carbon fibre fabrics in four steps:
• The first step in the moulding process is the application of Sonntag’s unique green in-mould coating.
• Next, the individual fabric plies, cut using precisely machined templates, are placed into the mould and then wet-out with the low viscosity epoxy. With the laminate stack complete, the mould is closed and loaded into a heated press for around 2 hours to consolidate and cure the fin.
• After curing, the demoulded fins are tempered in an oven at 140 ̊C, then only a light sanding is required to create the final surface roughness for optimum flow characteristics in the water.
• Finally, the fins are cut to the required length and the base adapter is molded to the epoxy-carbon blade in a specific mould.
With each fin being optimized for its rider, it is critical that each piece produced will bend and twist in exactly the way it has been designed to do so, providing the rider with exactly the feel and feedback they want for their board and fin. Each Sonntag fin is tested on a unique CNC controlled servo and stepper motor driven test bench that Joerg has developed, building a database of test results that not only ensures the products perform as designed but also validating the consistency of the manufacturing process and raw materials.
“We produce high-performance windsurfing fins that need to accommodate significant loads during sailing. Fins need to combine flexibility with extremely high torsion stiffness that places high interlaminar shear forces on the resin, especially in our softer fins.” commented Joerg Sonntag, MD, Sonntag Fins. “A key requirement for us is a resin that maintains its mechanical properties for many years, and this is where the Sicomin systems deliver”