Texworld Evolution Paris to begin from July 4

The Autumn-Winter 2023-24 Trend Book, which will be presented at the Texworld Evolution Paris sourcing event, will explore the boundaries of reality... a universe that is both real and virtual, where generations meet, the organiser said in a press release.

Based on emerging aesthetic trends and contemporary economic and social signals, the transgenerational journey proposed intertwines the real and the virtual in a unique universe: 24H01, neither tomorrow nor yesterday, like the beginning of a new Big Bang... The new edition of the Trends Forum, which is inspired by this, will be organised around four major generational themes, all of which will be staged using a selection of exhibitors' fabrics and clothing.

Meta babes are a fusion of the real and the virtual, like a natural cross between two species. For them, the future is Meta. The environment of these Metavers' contemporaries is also that of childhood, school and play. The contrast of colours, drawn from the world of toys, but also of materials, attests to this: it is the world of nylon, of small polyamide knitwear, of chic ribbed jersey, but revisited by digital technology in a luxury sportswear spirit.

Digital swipers is a reflex behaviour. The «swipe», a digital symbol of a new approach to reality, is also the sign of adolescence in a hurry to enter the adult world. This runway expresses the gap between style and age, in a flashy but sophisticated way, with amplitude (transparency and lightness). Lycra materials, small fine meshes (fishnet, mesh) and transparent veils are in the spotlight.

Lost transitioners are like the times: pragmatic, driven by opposing winds, complex and ambivalent. In search of naturalness, it (re)opens the way to cocooning, softness and tradition with Vichy prints and checks. Materials such as wool, hemp or linen, used in natural tones, give substance to the themes of authenticity and pop culture.

Silver boomers is the Totem generation of this new time; outdated but uninhibited, it expresses a style worked to resemble the natural: new fabrics given an air of the past, a crumpled effect awakened by acidulous colours. They oscillate between the natural and the fake, cotton and nylon which is making a comeback, but also "seventies" materials such as corduroy to which we apply a contemporary treatment.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RR)