Organisers of the forthcoming SPINEXPO New York show have released a Collections Overview in the run up to the show which takes place at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York from 18-20 July.

The overview profiles the collections of fibre promoters, spinners, knitwear manufacturers and designers at the show and below is a sample of some of the collections from well known names. Click on the image to the right to view the full Collections Overview.

E Miroglio

The inspiration behind the collection from E Miroglio is based on the planet Earth. The world of wild life reveals natural colours such as amazing greys and earthy browns; the world of dancing life with dusty pastels full of life and metallic light games; the world of psychedelic furs from the late 70's - early 80's with fluo colours and plastic geometrical patterns and the world of countryside English gentleman with wood taste and warm colours of tobacco.

Yarns and structures take on aspects of fish scales, furs and hairy surfaces that mimic animal skins. Special finishings result in amazing softness that can be found also in unusual shapes. Plays with light are key. Perfomance products include Easy Care yarns and vivid fluo coloured yarns.

Filpucci

The Filpucci collection presents a wide range of new and innovative products. Yarns include Starlet, a light and bulky with a metallic effect for a Casual Chic feeling; Tatoo, a special delave tecnique with light printed effects and Delizia, a felted look and overwashed touch. Straw with its special hi tech structure, in extrafine wool and nylon, offers a very soft touch and hand-made effect.

Padding, an extrafine merino and baby alpaca with a bulky structure offers "cocooning" protection. Joint, a new tweed in chanteclair merinos extrafine has a delicate silk touch. Marabù is an "eco-fur" in softpale or strong contrasting colours.

Goccia reveals small-colored wool drops on a bright polyamide structure. Noble, air spun super kidmohair in multi-coloured tones, is light and sophisticated. Diamond, with a texturized structure, is interlocked with a bright chainette of lurex and extrafine merino.

Wykes International Ltd

UK based Wykes International Ltd will launch new technologies. A new super low power yarn for plating gives very low weight fabrics with a soft hand good recovery and comfort.

A new concept in composite yarns actually spins the plating yarn into the original cotton yarn in the greige state. This yarn can then be yarn dyed or garment dyed removing the need for dye to match plating yarns and increasing the speed that machinery can be run by up to 40%. This yarn was developed with Nice Dyeing in China, one of the biggest sweater yarn producers and yarn dyers.

Wykes also worked with Suedwolle to produce a Thermocool/Merino/Spinarex yarn with superb thermal and wicking properties for Triumph Motorcycles recently launched base layer range.

Santoni

This edition, Italian seamless knitting machine builder Santoni focuses on seamless activewear, casual and sportswear collections. Trends for apparel require clothes that combine comfort with hygiene and wellbeing in leisurewear, daily workwear, active sports and fitness exercise.

The sportswear collection is based on natural and synthetic yarns in order to obtain the technical targets. Seamless garments are characterized by moisture management for evaporation of perspiration; padding thicknesses for greater body protection; venting to remove heat from specific areas and thermal pockets strategically placed in specific areas to trap body heat.

First layer items that have a soft handle, very pleasant in contact with the skin, garments with inherent seamless technology features in order to make openwork fabric permit the effective control and management of perspiration, whilst maintaining an attractive garment appearance.

Second layer products are heavier items which incorporate the body mapping technology. Polos and sweaters are made in natural fibres of wool and cotton as well as in plated fabrics combined with synthetic yarns like Polyester. Sweaters in the finest gauges are produced at a very high productivity rate with the possibility of knit structures in the latest fashion trends.

Innovative developments made on compact Warp Knitting Machines will also be presented with two inherent characteristics - breathable and non-run fabric structures. Warp garments ‘Free of any Seams' are produced in the futuristic "entire garment" way with the least possible post-knitting finishing operations required. The sportswear warp collection is the combination of mesh areas, body mapping with compression and support areas of particular interest in athletic or active sport clothing.

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