Fabric Report: Look for eye-catching color along with performance qualities and sustainability

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Sunbrella’s new fabric offerings offer colorful styles and textures that allow consumers to create authentic spaces.

HIGH POINT – At Showtime Market this month, the return to adding pops of color is welcome news for many textile manufacturers – and can be seen on vibrant accent pillows and throws.

“Our personal design choices speak to who we are and how we want to be seen, and consumers are recognizing myriad opportunities for individual expression through eye-catching fabrics that help to tell their stories,” said Emily Robinson, design director at Sunbrella.

Eye-catching color and pattern
Sunbrella is continuing to expand its portfolio of indoor fabrics, at a time when personalization in design is more important than ever, with alluring colorful styles and textures in order to curate one-of-a-kind, authentic spaces.

“Striking patterns such as Escher, Changeup, Midora and Montrose provide a range of scale and color accents, while luxurious textured neutrals such as Gusto, Cozy Quilt and Catana create an inviting and inspired foundation. All newly showcased fabrics can be effortlessly layered and coordinated across collections to create any desired look,” the company said in its promotional materials.

Sunbrella’s Emerge collection, which offers UV protection along with being stain repellent and fire retardant, is introducing a host of new yarns to its portfolio. In this collection, “classic patterns are modernized and old and new hues alike are paired for a fresh take on the familiar” said the company.

“With so many people seeking comfort in their homes, we designed the Emerge collection to provide timeless comfort that still feels fresh,” said Greg Voorhis, executive design director at Sunbrella. “The fabrics in Emerge are highly versatile to fit in with any style and can be easily layered into an existing space or serve as the foundation of a new design.”

The new yarn colors span the spectrum from calming blues to muted earth tones, all designed to be combined with contemporary neutrals. With 11 patterns and 35 colors, Emerge draws from the origins of traditional fabrics and adapts them for a more contemporary experience, Voorhis said.

The company’s Luxury Plains collection is offering new patterns called Odette, Catanta and Explore Elin. The collection is available in a range of classic neutrals enhanced by charcoals, cool grays, warm parchment and rich indigo blues.

Revolution Fabrics/STI is moving forward with three new collections that encompass a variety of trends in both colors and patterns. These include Paris to Borneo, a take on globally inspired looks that displays new yarn developments in both color and texture; Wildlife by the Sea, a coastal collection which marries together animal skins, Greek key designs, and stylized sea life; and Street Life, which is reminiscent of the late 80’s in New York City, “when art galleries still proliferated old SoHo cast iron buildings on the first floors and on the upper levels you could still hear the wiz of sewing machines still sewing garments for the fashion trade,” according to Glen Read, Revolution/STI signature designer.

“Our move into the outdoor fabric world has allowed us to introduce an exciting array of new fresh colors which has really breathed new life into our residential features,” said Read.

Each one of these groups contains a multitude of patterns that address the warming of the palette, such as warm saffron hues with linen color combinations, along with warm sunsets, spices and dusty rose hues that combine with flannel and linen with a loopy, nubby texture, according to Katharine Dotterer, creative director for Brentwood Textiles, a division of STI.

The new Brooklyn collection from American Leather features upholstery leathers that play with color, dimension and smooth textures. Some of the finishings include nubuck style buffing, full anilines, pull-ups and waxy colors for articles named after neighborhoods in Brooklyn, N.Y. The company is also offering Metropolitan and Maverick articles that feature neutral and elegant color lines with off-white and gray scale options in very smooth performance leathers.

Jacquard Designs Consultancy Group’s Tayo Originals is introducing four new fabrics this market. These include Super Nova, a colorful, modern geometric design done in high density fabric construction using spun poly and banded multi-colored accent chenille colors to create a three-dimensional effect; Fantasia, a dynamic modern contemporary fabric with color block diamond shapes; as well as Reno and Peninsula which are inspired by the original acrylic paintings created by Tayo Onadein, the designer and manufacturer of the fabrics.

Richloom has partnered with designer Christiane Lemieux to create a new 83-SKU collection called Material Archive. “For this archive, I pulled inspiration from my personal collection of textile fragments, a library I have been building over a lifetime,” said Lemieux. “But this archive isn’t just a celebration of print. It is a celebration of process and of history.”

The archive includes solids, wovens, prints, embroideries and novelties. Standouts include Theodore, a hand-painted Tibetan tiger prowling a field of botanical motifs; Edition, a linen/cotton blend featuring hand-dyed watercolor stripes; Dialogue, a striped woven with a supplemental weft, which has been clipped for a fringe effect; and Lyla, a luxurious faux wool, brushed on both sides for extra depth and softness.

Performance fabrics
The consumer need for both outdoor and indoor fabrics to have performance qualities such as durability, UV and stain resistance, has led several textile companies to offer new products to meet those demands.

Sattler’s Outdura will be offering the Ovation 4 collection of 103 nature-inspired fabrics at Showtime. These fabrics are able to be used both outdoors and in because the U.S.-made fabrics have color pigments that penetrate through the fiber for easy cleaning and fade resistance, the company said.

Another new indoor/outdoor fabric is Coast from Ultrafabrics which “looks and feels luxurious while hosting a range of resilient properties and features designed to combat even the toughest climates”, according to the company. The new fabric is designed to inhibit the growth of mildew, bacteria and has inherent stain protection.

The new Coast collection drew its inspiration from where the land meets the sea and has a subtle pebble-like texture that has an incredibly soft touch, according to the company. The new line includes 16 shades of sand, driftwood, coral, sea glass and sky blue.

Manufacturer Crypton Home Fabrics will be offering products such as Performance Cotton and the Artisan Textures thanks to the company’s acquisition of the former Abercrombie textile mill now known as Crypton Mills at Broad River. The company is also introducing a new quick-ship program which will be stocked for speedy delivery.

The new cotton and artisan textures lines are spill-repellent, stain-resistant, go-to woven plains and textures including Colby, a linen-like cloth available in six colors and Neve, a rich, lively bouclé available in 10 colors.

Crypton’s Artisan Textures design team has created a line of 112 new performance fabrics that provide a broad range of looks and colorations. The company plans to add more Performance Cotton fabrics which may be developed collaboratively with manufacturers that wish to create an exclusive look.

Another new performance fabric debuting at Showtime is Milliken & Co.’s new Outdoor Collection, which has a solid foundation of 10 patterns and a total of 74 SKUs that will be continually updated with unique patterns and designs. The fabrics are purposefully designed with durability in mind, according to the company, and they work for both outdoor and indoor environments since they are easy to clean and water-resistant.

Inspired by Nature
In a nod to the consumer push for more sustainable materials, Regal Fabrics is introducing its new line Kindred by Regal Fabrics, an offering focused on lifestyle looks made from natural fibers, a high percentage of recycled materials or both. The company said Kindred offers both physical comfort and peace of mind with lifestyle looks made from sustainable yarns.

Covington is introducing its second collection for designer Hilary Farr which offers sustainable and eco-friendly embroideries, woven jacquards and texture to outdoor fabrics.

“One of the most popular patterns is called Thornbury, which is a magnificent embroidered stylized leaf design with a retro flair inspired by vintage silk embroidery,” said Chari Voehl, Covington senior vice president of design. “It is embroidered on a slubby 100% cotton base cloth which adds surface interest as well as a nice allover texture to the contrasting colorful embroidered areas.”

Voehl said the pattern is available in several colorways since Covington was able to mimic the fine silk appearance from the original fabric inspiration.

The Covington open line has an eclectic mix of sustainable products including embroideries, multi-colored textures and basic solids. Additionally, the company is introducing new coordinated print and woven stories – Bashir is a printed damask design with an Old World appeal inspired by vintage Persian carpet motifs; Paisley Park is a contemporary allover printed modern paisley design that was inspired by a hand-painted paisley design. It coordinates with a new printed stripe called Pauline that’s offered in three colorways.

The company is also showing new product from Magnolia Home Fashions which features cotton prints and woven textures. While several popular patterns are being introduced with new colorways, Covington is also coming out with a broad offering of essential printed cotton patterns.

Valdese Weavers is offering several new offerings in its partnership with the Sequal Initiative which offers sustainable and beautiful fabrics woven with upcycled marine plastic. The company’s Linenia collection, which offers a domestic source for linen-like textiles, is also expanding in color and styling.

To recognize the need for comfortable environments that are inherently connected to nature, Culp is introducing its new LiveSmart Evolve Oasis collection which uses nine recycled post-consumer plastic bottles for each yard of fabric. The collection features layered greens and neutrals that accent natural wood tones and lighter colors in homes today.

“As the world speeds up around us we are all searching for our own personal oasis where it is possible to enjoy a less complicated life,” according to the company. The collection is inspired by lush forest foliage and wildflower meadows accented with calming ocean blues and relaxed neutrals.

The company is also offering the new Kismet collection, a combination of coral, blush and taupe which makes a statement without overpowering a room; and the Outdoor Collection, which is inspired by the qualities in nature, natural hues and linen looks.



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