Future Fabrics

 Calvin Klein

 Prada

Niel Barrett

The Olympics is coming closer and closer people and this is evident with the autumn winter menswear collections, adding a wealth of high performance fabrics and sport silhouettes, Calvin Klein introduced classic silhouettes combined with tech fabrics to create stiff foam filled jackets, and padded pullovers. Prada used a soft liquid lurex in emerald greens and frosty teals in a range of 70’s V-necks and button up polo’s as a result the collection combines tailoring and sportswear, now that’s powerful!!!!

Neil Barrett again plays around with silhouette pumping up the volume by combining knits with high performance fabrics, for me this has many similarities to the fencing outfits, I am expecting to see more of sportswear fabrics introduced into menswear.

The most exciting part is the Calvin Klein collection, I’m intrigued with the masculine approach they have applied, and the cut allows the human form to be this powerful structure something which I associate with sport. This has opened a box full of ideas for me now, for further projects I can consider combining contrasting fabrics, play around with silhouette to emphasise a gender, the possibilities are endless.