AW 20/21 Best Sport & Tech :
Striking a balance between performance and elegance

This season's Bests survey reaffirms the notion that different universes and genres are intersecting and nourishing each other. The new textiles buyers are seeking combine technical performance and elegance, taking the hybridization between outdoorwear and tailoring a step further.

Tailoring codes mix it up with sport and technology codes, as in wools with technical qualities or typical city motifs - think checks - on technical fabrics. Fineness enhances active sport fabrics, thanks notably to slimmer layers and bondings with high-performance properties. Textiles are lightly shiny and shot, with a metallic or satiny effect.