How Fashion Borrowed Military Aesthetics and Lost the Context

January 18, 2026, Military Times published "How Fashion Borrowed Military Aesthetics and Lost the Context"

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Pantone Color of the Year for 2024: Peach Fuzz

PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It's a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul.

Read and see more HERE

What is Viva Magenta?

Pantone’s Color of The Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative.

More information and images HERE.

AATCC Announces 2022 C2C Student Design Competition

This year’s theme asks students to design a sustainable travel wear line that incorporates recycled materials, sustainable manufacturing, and antibacterial and/or odor-control properties. Entries are due April 5, 2022.

Read more or submit HERE.

2021 AATCC Design Competitions, Now taking applications!

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Hey Students, Time to start working on your design competition entries!

View this email in your browser Don't miss out, start working on your entries!  Two Design Competitions = Double the opportunity Fashion For All Design Competition  Textile Accessories for people with disabilities Entries due February 9, 2021  Create or transform an accessory (bags, belts, jewelry, shoes, etc.) that reimagines fashion and function for people with disabilities. All accessories MUST be textile based! 1st Place Prize: Runway of Dreams Foundation will award a minimum of US$5,000 scholarship to the first place winner. The award will be given at Runway of Dreams Annual Fashion Revolution Gala and Fashion Show in NYC in September 2021 Must be a US citizen to apply!    Learn More C2C Design Competition  Fashion Evolution Entries due April 1, 2021  This year’s theme celebrates AATCC’s 100th year anniversary. From the 1920s, when AATCC was founded, to the present day, choose a decade from the last 100 years and reinvent the fashions for the 2020 decade focusing on one or more of the following: fit/sizing for various body types sustainable fashion personal protection new textile materials/technology First Place Prize:  US $1,000 from AATCC Pantone Cotton Passport and COY mug US$300 Spoonflower Gift Certificate and Spoonflower DIY Book Bundle US$200 Jacquard Inkjet Fabric Systems gift certificate to obtain prepared for dyeing (PFD) fabric Datacolor ColorReaderPRO Winners will also receive one year free AATCC Student Membership International students may submit entries Learn More Faculty Note AATCC announces this anticipating that design, art, and merchandising faculty may incorporate it as a project for their fall or spring curriculum. Faculty members are encouraged to assist students with the coordination of teams and resources, and to act as liaisons with AATCC for this competition. Questions? Contact Manisha Patel at patelm@aatcc.org

Pantone Names a Marriage of Colors Conveying Strength and Hopefulness for Duo Color of the Year 2021

Emboldening the spirit, the pairing of PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 highlights our innate need to be seen, to be visible, to be recognized, to have our voices heard. A combination of color whose ties to insight, innovation and intuition, and respect for wisdom, experience, and intelligence inspires regeneration, pressing us forward toward new ways of thinking and concepts.

For over 20 years, Pantone’s Color of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion, home furnishings, and industrial design, as well as product packaging and graphic design.

The Pantone Color of the Year selection process requires thoughtful consideration and trend analysis. To arrive at the selection each year, Pantone’s color experts at Pantone Color Institute comb the world looking for new color influences. This can include the entertainment industry and films in production, traveling art collections and new artists, fashion, all areas of design, popular travel destinations, as well as new lifestyles, playstyles, and socio-economic conditions. Influences may also stem from new technologies, materials, textures, and effects that impact color, relevant social media platforms and even upcoming sporting events that capture worldwide attention.

Oxford Bags, Big in the 1920s, Big in the 2020s

As seen in the March 2020 issue of Esquire.

PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue

Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era. https://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/color-of-the-year/color-of-the-year-2020.

Wide Lapels and Cuffs = More Wool Fabric to Sell?

This is not a fashion blog, but I could not but notice the October 2019 issue of Esquire -- pages of roomy suits, wide peaked lapels, and even Oxford bags. As someone who personally never liked the skinny suit and young men in trousers that looked like girls' leggings, I love it! The photo below is the most dramatic a departure from the fashions of the past dozen years, but there are several others in this issue.

Pantone Color of the Year Living Coral

An animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge.

Vibrant, yet mellow PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral embraces us with warmth and nourishment to provide comfort and buoyancy in our continually shifting environment.

In reaction to the onslaught of digital technology and social media increasingly embedding into daily life, we are seeking authentic and immersive experiences that enable connection and intimacy. Sociable and spirited, the engaging nature of PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral welcomes and encourages lighthearted activity. Symbolizing our innate need for optimism and joyful pursuits, PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral embodies our desire for playful expression.

Representing the fusion of modern life, PANTONE Living Coral is a nurturing color that appears in our natural surroundings and at the same time, displays a lively presence within social media.

ANNOUNCING PANTONE 18-3838 ULTRA VIOLET, PANTONE® COLOR OF THE YEAR 2018.

Inventive and imaginative, Ultra Violet lights the way to what is yet to come...READ MORE.

Navy Plans to Phase out Iconic Pea Coat

The change was announced in August, 2016, that, beginning in 2019, the Pea Coat and All-Weather Coat would be eliminated from sea bags. Starting 1 October 2018, the black Cold Weather Parka (CWP) would begin transition as the standard Navy outerwear worn with service and service dress uniforms and issued as a sea bag item for recruits and new accessions. The CWP will become a mandatory sea bag requirement for all sailors on 1 October 2020.

The announced change has the U.S. wool fiber, yarn, fabric, and apparel industry deeply concerned.

The impacted US Pea Coat supply chain:

• Northwest Woolen Mills(RI): Fabric Provider
• Sterlingwear of Boston(Mass): Prime vendor and Pea coat manufacturer.
• American Woolen Mills (Conn): Woolen Fabric Manufacturers
• GH Littlewood(PA) : Wool Dyers
• Chargeur Wool: (SC): Raw wool Providers

Questions and Concerns regarding the impending phase out of the Pea Coat.

• Did the Navy do an industry impact study?
• Did they factor in the future increase cost of other wool items due to the reduction of the textile supply chain?
• Did they factor in that some other wool military items may be impacted regarding availability and capacity.
• Are they aware that the Pea Coat is a small Business Set Aside and the Parka manufacturer is Located in Puerto Rico and is not a small business?
• Is the Parka Flame Retardant?

Note: The parka that they want to replace the pea cock with is made of 100% Nylon with a Gortex lining. This material will melt onto the skin if exposed to high temperature or direct fire. If it will not ignite , it will melt.

Call me a traditionalist, but I can't imagine the Navy without the Navy pea coat.

Greenery Is Pantone Color of the Year

Pantone names GREENERY the Color of the Year.

URI Presents PolyFashion SpringSlash 2016

The University of Rhode Island Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design Department and the Textile Advisory Board invites you to attend PolyFashion SpringSplash 2016, student fashion show and awards. For more information contact David Trumbull at david@agathonassociates.com.

Sensing the Motion at SPINEXPO New York 2014

Attendees at the 6th edition of SPINEXPO NEW YORK, July 15-17, 2014, got a preview of autumn/winter 2015/2016 knitwear trends, whenit'll all be about Sensing the Motion.