At the seasonal novelties of exhibitors presented at the Californian-inspired Trends Area of the last edition of Denim Première Vision, there was much contemplation on what’s trending during spring/summer 2017. The season will see vivid colours find their way back into collections while floral and tropical motifs in jeans too make a comeback. This is in contrast to the previous summer season dominated by dark shades and decent silhouettes. The key inspiration for 217 trends is the summer festivals and fashion lifestyle around.

Pastels will be in, with the colour intensity of the jeans following pastel shades of light green, pink and blue embellished sometimes with interesting coatings. Patched jeans and denim vests in mid to dark blue hues are also likely to be a big thing, especially due to customisation and DIY possibilities that the trend might offer to consumers.

Texturing will be in vogue and textile surfaces, fruit of geometrical shapes, will all be in demand. Besides, it’s predicted that featherweight denims, with little shrinking, high shape recovery properties and a super soft touch will be in. These were present all over the fair as well. Floral and palm print jeans, degraded and blend jeans imitating the look of sea waves with different tonalities of blue is set to be a part of the denim collections as well.

Along with pastels, sprayed denims with a worn-out look and various earth tones, especially camel, will be prominent during spring/summer ’17. A new twist to distressed denim is to superimpose it over denim patches stitched under the garment with skin remaining out of sight and frayed edges on legs, sleeves and pocket rivets will be in trend.