Images Magazine November 18

KB INDUSTRY EVENT www.images-magazine.com 24 images N0VEMBER 2018 on environmentally-friendly garments, and a new polyviscose scarf, designed with a more corporate/collegiate look to appeal to colleges and older pupils. Woven products specialist Winterbottom’s was focused on three main areas: its Recycled Blazer, the new BT10 boys’ trouser and five new house tartans. “Trousers are price-sensitive and are loss leaders for the supermarkets,” said Craig Ferriday, director, “so our suggestion is to trade up; ask people to pay a little more to get a little more.” The key features of the new BT10 are its slim- fit shape, stretch fabric with Lycra and its active waist with concealed elastication that allows an inch of give (a full-size) for a level of comfort that’s “hard to describe”. The Recycled Blazer is made from PET fabric and will henceforth be available in all eight colours across the Winterbottom’s standard blazer range. This means it is now possible for retailers to offer matching blazer designs in both standard and recycled fabrics. (See page 61 for more details.) The five new tartans double the size of Winterbottom’s tartan collection and are exclusive to the company. Winterbottom’s will stock the fabrics and has a supply chain that is cost-effective for large-volumes and flexible for small- volumes. “The key thing about the new tartans is that they will allow schools to differentiate themselves much more,” Craig explained. He demonstrated how the colours within the new tartans can be teamed with blazer colours and trims to create permutations of the same garment designs with a different look – ideal for school houses or academies that manage several different schools in an area. Heads up Over on the PenCarrie stand, Stefanie Gross and Beechfield’s Caroline Rylance were demonstrating Beechfield’s latest autumn/winter knitted headwear styles, including the B412a Infant and B412b Junior Fur Pom Pom Chunky Beanies. Also new to the range are the B443 Snowstar Printers Beanie, B480a Infant Cable Knit Melange Beanie, B468a Infant Corkscrew Pom Pom Beanie and B486b Junior Corkscrew Pom Pom Beanie, along with new black and bottle green colours in the B406b Junior Reflective Bobble Beanie. By far the most fun products on display, however, were the new B400 Fur Pom Pom Key Rings, which are designed to be “popped and swapped”, explained Caroline. The fur pom pom can be removed from the key ring’s webbing strap, which is designed for decoration, and then attached to various compatible headwear styles, including cable and chunky knit beanies, using a stud fastening. There are six pom pom colourways to choose from. There was also a distinct headwear focus on the Charles Kirk stand, where visitors were greeted with an impressive display of different hat styles. These included half-cardigan hats – with pom poms attached, if required – which have been designed to fit better with a smoother top, explained Deborah Horton, director. Also on show were Noddy hats featuring tassels – used in nursery schools; hats with twills in three colours that allow stripes (including verticals), lettering and so on; plus new scarves that are lighter in weight and hemmed on the knitting machines, making them easier and more economical to manufacture. Other new developments included the jacket-style Senior Academy Cardigan for girls, snoods for junior school pupils, and an expanded palette for the Colour+ range of school sweatshirts. Images’ favourite product, however, was the fashionable dog jumper. Every Print Shop Pooch should have one! This year’s (imaginary) prize for the most new products on display went to Russell Europe, whose stand was packed with never-seen-before, soon- to-be-announced garments. ‘Contrast’ was a key theme, with Russell’s country manager, Andrew Clark, keen to point out the contrast colour cuffs, tie loops, buttons, bottom button details and plackets appearing across numerous new shirt and polo styles. These included a new washed Oxford shirt in 100% organic cotton and four contrast colourways, and a new addition to the brand’s HD range – a raglan polo shirt with two-tone colour buttons and matching placket. Other highlights included new shirts in Cool Max fabric, tailored Oxford shirts in stretch fabric, an HD Henley T-shirt, and a pure organic GOTS-certified tee in men’s and women’s fits and nine colours. [L-R] John and Dan Turner on William Turner’s stand where the company was celebrating its 50th anniversary; [Above] the new polyviscose scarf Winterbottom’s director, Craig Ferriday, with the company’s new Recycled Blazer Charles Kirk’s Sarah Horton with some of the company’s new and popular headwear styles [L-R] Beechfield’s Caroline Rylance and PenCarrie’s Stefanie Gross with the new Snowstar Printers Beanie and the Verbier Fur Pom Pom Chunky Beanie, fitted with the pom pom from a Beechfield Fur Pom Pom Key Ring