Discover the silhouette of cotton in the fall and winter collection from New York Fashion Week

When it comes to warm spring and summer clothes, it means that everything is light and breathable. However, at the recent New York Fashion Week, cotton fabrics proved that it was not only the darling of warm weather, but also shined in the 2018 autumn and winter collections.

Of course, people think of autumn and winter dresses of cotton fabrics, the most thought of is denim , such as jeans, denim dresses, denim skirts, denim shirts and jackets. However, cotton fabrics are not only denim, cotton men's evening gowns and formal trousers, cotton ladies pleated skirts and detachable ruffled ladies' poplin shirts are not inferior. Also, special mention is that the fall is everywhere - corduroy.

The New York brand inspired by the 70s surf was founded by Mike Faherty and brother Alex. Mike said that cotton is always his favorite fiber. Faherty showed off its fall and winter collection at the men's section of the PROJECT show at the opening show of New York Fashion Week.

"Cotton is still my favorite," Faherty said. He then listed why cotton fabrics are suitable for both themselves and the brand autumn and winter collections. “Cotton has an unbeatable soft hand, colorful color and ever-changing fabric texture. By using different washing methods, you can get a unique, retro look, while cotton is both warm and breathable.”

Because of the strong feeling of cotton, cotton can be found in the Faherty 2018 autumn and winter series, including shawl sweaters, cloaks, checkered shirts, flannel, bamboo cotton T-shirts, twill casual pants and blue washed denim.

Not only Faherty loves natural fibers. According to the Lifestyle MonitorTM Survey. More than 80% of consumers (81%) said that cotton is their favorite fiber to wear. People love it far more than other fibers, because the next is polyester (only 3%), silk (2%), rayon, linen and wool, both 1%.

According to a study by the American Cotton Company's lifestyle survey, more than 90% of consumers describe cotton clothing with comfort (91%), quality (90%) softness (89%), durability (87%), and fit (86%). .

Timo Rissanen, deputy director of the Department of Environmental Architecture at Parsons School of Design, places great emphasis on environmental protection. When it comes to environmental protection, he mentioned that we have to see that polyester fiber particles must significantly reduce the use of polyester fiber in the near future due to pollution of water resources from the ocean to drinking water.

He said: "From a deeper level, we need to reduce the amount of clothing consumption. I hope we spend the same amount of money to buy half of the clothes. I want to use the same amount of fiber on half the number of clothing. Of course, these two case, which can be, the key is we need to put more fiber into fewer apparel fabrics, and a reason for poor quality fabric today is lower fiber content of the fabric (ie, consumers often feel The fabric is thinner.) We also need to reduce the cost of buying clothes, but the price per item is higher, so we should cherish these clothes more and save and wear them longer."

Most consumers who buy high-end or designer-branded clothing want to wear clothes several times. As the saying goes, "a price is worth the price." This sentence is relatively fast-fashioned. The price is very low, but consumers have to throw it away only a few times. There are several reasons why retailers can keep prices low, one of which is the extensive use of synthetic fibers. Also, synthetic fibers are often used to replace apparel items that consumers would otherwise expect to use with natural fibers.

According to the Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Survey, most consumers said they were dissatisfied by the fact that brands and retailers used synthetic fibers to replace the following categories of clothing, as follows, T-shirts (61%, significantly higher than 53% in 2017), underwear (60%, significantly higher than 2017's 54%), jeans (57%, significantly higher than 52% in 2017), casual wear (56%, significantly higher than 46% in 2017), sportswear (50%) .

Faherty believes that “natural fibers are easier to wash, more comfortable to wear, breathable and unmatched, and easier to fit the expectations of consumers.”

New York's new Chinese designer Gemma Hoi's 2018 autumn and winter fashion show, inspired by the American women's clothing in the 1940s, shows all women's and denim works in cotton, but the style is stylish. For example, whether it is a one-piece dress or a half skirt, it is slightly longer in length to adapt to the colder climate of autumn. Through the three-dimensional structure of multi-layered hem, the design is bold and avant-garde, which makes the female charm multiply. The Manhattanknights collection is inspired by street casual outfits, cotton-blend hoodies and jogging pants, cotton and velvet skateboard pants, flannel shirts, and cotton-padded two-piece raglan T-shirts. Cotton is also found in her Michael Bastian grey card series, such as a denim texture with a cowboy texture, a buffalo plaid shirt, dark jeans, a military shirt jacket, tight overalls, and an old pink corduroy. shirt.

Nicole Miller's cotton work includes an orange boyfriend's T-shirt with a faux fur pilot camouflage mini skirt, a brushed zip hooded cardigan, a black printed cotton-coated metal jacket and a half skirt. Zang Toi, a Chinese-American clothing designer from Malaysia, also has a lot of cotton clothing, such as cotton corduroy loose-fitting pants, cotton corduroy A-line windbreaker, black cotton velvet dinner dress.

Mike Faherty talked about, Faherty men's autumn and winter series with a relatively thick made of cotton, very comfortable, easy care, long-lasting durable, high cost. “The key to using thick cotton yarns is the post-processing skills, especially the use of different sanding techniques to give the luxury of high-end fabrics. Especially when the weather is warm and thick wool jackets are not useful, we can put them on. Ultra-soft, double-strand cotton jacket to enjoy the warmth of time."