Leading elastane producer Hyosung’s creora brand collaborated with a group of top Brazilian designers to feature a new collection of Swimwear Innovation with creora highclo at this weekend’s Interfilière show in Paris. The Korean company showcased the ultimate in fashion plus function in swimwear from leading Brazilian brands Rygy and Brigitte using its creora highclo for longer lasting fit. 

“My inspiration is the forthcoming 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, one of the world’s most beautiful cities. I am so proud that we will be the first city in South America to host the Olympics and I wanted to incorporate the Olympic spirit and athleticism in my newest collection. Creora highclo  elastane in beautiful colours and print fabrics from TDB  gave me the ability to do that while still creating the fashion and fit that I believe is so important to my customer” said Regina Aragão, Rygy’s designer.

TDB Textil S.A. is a leading Brazilian warp knitter located in Sao Paulo. Founded on a passion for fabrics, TDB are recognized as trendsetters, with an ability to anticipate trends and directions in the textile market, by breaking rules and standards, so allowing freedom of expression to stylists, designers and fashion brands. 

Garments designed by TDB's Creative Team

TDB, one of creora highclo largest customers in Brazil, produce collections of stunning fabrics, prints, laces and surprising colour palettes which has helped it grow to the global swimwear fabric producer it is today. 

In 2005, swimwear brand Rygy launched swimwear collections with exclusive prints and then moved on to reinterpret the crochet bikini. Produced with a fabric that was light, elastic and did not absorb water it was an instant success.  The company has 25 stores in Brazil and is globally recognized as one of the success stories of the Brazilian swimwear market.

Brigitte is another Brazilian swimwear designer featuring creora highclo.  The brand was founded in 2006 by Fernanda Maia, who has stayed true to her vision of contemporary and classical styling with stunning, flashing colours – each design a personal, timeless piece and “a tribute to the star who the brand is named after but with a 100% Brazilian polish” Fernanda Maia says.

“I’m always looking for new fabrics that give me the ability to create exciting swim wear collections. I chose TDB fabric with creora highclo yarn because they allow me the freedom to concentrate on my designs as I know the shape and performance will come from the fabric.”

Other creora partner mills with fabrics featured at the Paris show also will included Sofileta of France, Sitip (Italy), Hyunjin (Korea) Hungyen (Vietnam) and Derun (China).

Creora highclo is engineered from the high power performance family of creora products to provide higher modulus with outstanding quality, uniformity, consistency and knitting efficiencies in warp and circular knitting. As a higher power spandex/elastane, it is said to be excellent for compression, shaping, and now, will retain its power longer after exposure to chlorine to provide lasting fit and shape retention.

Hyosung Corporation is one of Korea’s leading multinational conglomerates, with annual worldwide sales of more than $8.7 billion. Hyosung maintains a global network of more than 36 subsidiaries and international branch offices and operates in seven performance groups: Chemicals, Construction, Industrial Materials, Information & Communication, Power & Industrial Systems, Textiles and Trading.

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