ispo Summer 05 – The Trends in Sportswear

The sportswear collections of the sports and lifestyle companies show sporty casualwear, inspired by the club sports tennis and golf, as well as elements from outdoor and fitness. Polo shirts are a key item in many collections. Regardless of whether for women or men, they are interpreted in many different ways: sometimes conventionally in piqué with refined embroidery, sleeveless with clear logo print, in marine look with small rings or wide block stripes. There are pants to accompany them with a loose fit for men and knee-length skirts for women. While the colors for women are somewhat more subdued, there are glowing colors for men such as citrus and turquoise. Jackets, which defy bad weather even in summer, bring design elements from the outdoor sports into the game and provide light weather protection in fashionable looks.

The current sportswear collections can be seen within the framework of ispo summer 05 in the special community sportswear_ispo in Hall A2, especially during the fashion shows which take place daily, as well as at ispovision in Hall A1 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre from July 3 to 5, 2005.

Materials / Cuts / Shapes

Women:

The topic of skirts is coming from women’s outerwear into sportswear next summer. Usually knee-length, flared or with wide pleats, they are well suited to summer in pure cotton or in blends with linen. The more sporty models from outdoor-inspired collections have knee to calf lengths and are made of fast-drying microfibers with belt loops, cargo pockets and drawstrings. Pants are either sporty in Capri, Bermuda or 1/1 lengths, made of cotton blends or microfibers, with straight legs or boot cut and cargo pockets. Or they come from the fitness sector with flowing, elastic materials, with waistband solutions made of wide-ribbed knitwear or with tunnel waist drawcords. Denims are extensively embroidered or richly decorated with chain stitches, peal appliqués or rhinestones next summer. They are enzyme-washed to a great extent, light and used, so that they do not look too affected.

In addition, there is the main topic of polo in infinite varieties without sleeves or as short sleeve models. Besides piqué, flowing jerseys are really trendy, made of pure cotton with a blend of elastane or fast-drying functional fibers. Conventional T-shirts are refined with high-quality materials, finely combed cotton, intricate prints with logos, numbers or blossoms, in part with additional outline embroidery or sassy sayings. Blouses are important too. Short sleeves with appliqués or prints and knits in marine or polo style compete with casual models made of cotton and seersucker, which bring checkered patterns from outdoor clothing.

There is a wide selection of jackets for cool summer days. Blouses or jackets in uniform style come from the clubs, sweaters with zippers from the fitness area with and without hoodies, but always with a wide band at the hems and sleeves. And it becomes sporty with soft shell variants or water-resistant laminates, which you can wear in the city exactly as well as when you are on the road.

Men:

The shapes are somewhat looser for men in the summer 2006. Bermudas, ¾ pants or long models can be loose without appearing sloppy. The cuts: 5-pocket pants, cargos with pockets on the outside, pleats or casual with waistband drawcord. Stripes with contrasting colors on the side seams make it sporty. The materials: Cotton or linen, sometimes with blend of elastane. In addition to polo shirt variants, other shirts also play a big role. Long-sleeved shirts are becoming quite popular, with hidden half-belts for rolling up the sleeves. Shirts for wearing in the city have stripes, uni-colors with prints or embroidery, or come in sporty checkered variants. Sweaters are made of light, fine cotton with V-neck and bands in club style made of fashionable fibers, while jackets have an outdoor look with waxed cotton, microfibers or laminates.

Colors / Patterns

Floral patterns borrowed from beachwear remain a sportswear topic. However, they are no longer placed all-over, but instead are placed at specific spots. The prints have a graphic and clear effect and also have fine embroidery. Stripes will play a main role next summer: horizontal for polo shirts and T-shirts, and vertical for other shirts and even pants. Argyles for knitwear produce a club look, and there are club style checkered patterns for pants, interpreted casually and with faded colors.

Acidic, clear tones such as lime, grass-green with white, or blue to turquoise, azure and indigo are the new sporty colors, which provide company for the classic marine, red and white. Fruit colors from orange to red berry or pink are used for beach-inspired topics. African influences can be seen with mocha, chocolate and sun-red. But the colors are more subdued in the elegant styles for women: nude colors, sand and skin tones or mother-of-pearl are blended here with pastel shades such as lilac, rosé and violet.

Lime, grass-green, pink and turquoise combined with beige or mocha are the colors for men with fashion courage.

Brugi, Campagnolo, Casa die Stella, Falke, Joy, Kaipa, Killtec and Medico, among others, are presenting current sportswear collections in Munich. Here are the first highlights in advance: Bogner Fire & Ice is exhibiting a jogging suit with sewn-on Swarovski crystals. Alberto Golf will show elastic, 5-pocket Bermudas with dirt-resistant properties. Maier Sports is giving new life to windbreakers. Lymbiacco is bringing a new high-quality T-shirt line. Sportalm is producing polo shirts with refined and decorative logo prints. at.one will show a yoga-inspired collection. Meeting S.p.A. is launching a new sportswear collection "DEHA" with influences from ballet and yoga. Belowzero is orienting itself to the wild west with its "Bandit" line.