The collection features several types of prints which are inspired by the work of William Morris, an iconic textile designer and key influencer in the English “Arts and Crafts Movement” of the late 19th century. Graphics combine ornamental floral motifs with playful brushstrokes and Japanese influences, for a true reflection of DENHAM’s “East meets West” mantra. The autumnal color palette is filled with rich tones like merlot, gold, burnt caramel and deep seaweed.

Crop Loose Carrot Fit Jeans – GRS

Golden Rivet Seoul (GRS): Cut from 12oz, comfort stretch denim with a vintage wash, subtle tint, blanket stitch patches and heavy repairs. The style features golden rivets; they’re a seal of premium quality and are used only on denim made by Candiani, the renowned Italian mill. Candiani is known worldwide for its innovative, sustainable approach to denim manufacturing. The Crop has a dropped crotch with a looser fit at the seat, a carrot fit through the thigh, and a straight fit through the knee. It has a cropped hem that’s designed to be worn rolled-up, above your ankle.

Ransack Indigo Shirt – TIS

Textured Indigo Shirting (TIS): Classic indigo that’s been specially rinsed for extra softness. The Ransack Indigo Shirt was inspired by a selection of indigo work shirts found in the DENHAM Garment Library, a collection of 1,500 pieces used to inspire design team of DENHAM. It’s designed to be worn as an overshirt, with a jacket-style collar, larger buttons and side pockets. Cut a little bigger for a slight dropped shoulder look, this shirt utilises the reverse side of the fabric in panels on the body and arms. The style puts a modern spin on the traditional aesthetic.

Bolt Skinny Fit Jeans – LHL

Left Hand Lisbon (LHL): Cut from 10oz, left hand indigo denim, with a subtle wash and matching threads. The comfort stretch fabric has just a little bit of stretch added, for improved wearability and movement. The Bolt is the brand’s modern take on a classic: a five-pocket jean designed with a tight fit. This sleek and sharp silhouette fits close to the body through the thigh, knee and ankle.

Pursuit Top – CTD

Cotton Tencel Denim (CTD): A supple, lightweight fabric that moves with your body and gives off a subtle sheen. The Pursuit Top is crafted from a cotton tencel denim for supreme softness and wearability. It’s been dyed in a rich shade of indigo and finished with an authentic look. The design team included tonal elements like grosgrain detailing and an exposed zipper to add unique texture. The flattering drape of the tencel fabric, together with the rounded neckline and dramatic trumpet sleeves, create a playful and feminine piece that’s a step up from a simple tee on a night out.

Downtown Jacket – VAD

Velour Aged Denim (VAD): Cut from premium Italian indigo denim, this fabric has tactile velour bonding on top, which has been subtly washed and brushed for a lived-in finish. An update on the classic Western denim jacket that has been reimagined with a looser, oversized fit.

Adventure Dress – SIT

Soft Indigo Tencel (SIT): A supple, lightweight fabric that moves with your body and gives off a subtle sheen. This dress has been crafted from a super feminine, indigo tencel fabric with their seasonal petal ditsy print. The print takes inspiration from Japanese calligraphy art, and the British rose. The rose’s petal is created with an organic, minimal brush stroke, and the petals are repeated in an abstract design for relaxed wearability.
The tencel ensures beautiful drape on the body, while the addition of a fabric belt allows extra definition at the waist . The silhouette was inspired by a vintage piece found in the DENHAM Garment Library.

Balmain

With a futuristic theme , Balmain played with distressing on jeans and tried to improve its aesthetics . Designed tatters were held together using clear plastic coverings. Hems played an important role in some of the pieces as they became part of distresses or for creating structural patterns on the dress.

Miu Miu

Focusing on teen subculture of 50s and 60s , Miu Miu brings bleached denim paired with leather jackets, coats , tweeds etc. The high waisted double belted bleached denims brought out the 60s rocker teen looks…

Roberto Cavalli

Glamour, Glitter and exoticism define the new collection by Paul Surridge for Roberto Cavalli .

Faustine Steinmetz

Faustine Steinmetz has always been the designer who gave her own interpretation of denim in each collection. Most of the time, seeming to be playing with elements, her pieces had that ethereal flow which made them come out as kind of super normal . However, current collection is more subdued , though she has used hand felting and knitting techniques to give a super imposed additive look rather than desconstructed distressed look. The ethereal touch still remains in some of the pieces as the felt looks like snow sticking on to them.

Christian Dior

Patchwork and mixing of fabrics – denim and others – together to get strong visual patterns on overalls, jeans, tops etc.

Dolce & Gabana

Sumptuous embroideries , embellishments and brocades

Balenciaga

Quilted and Stuffed denim bomber jackets.

Alberta Ferretti

Buttonless studded dark denim jackets and loopless high waist studded denim acid washed jeans.

Image credits: Vogue.com

Pocket-Square-Detailed Denim Western Shirt | USD 615

Embroidered-Yoke Welt Pocket Denim Western Shirt | USD 1260

Medium-Simple-Little-Hole Wash Cool Guy Jeans | USD 750

Medium-Simple-Little-Hole Wash Cropped Flare Jeans | USD 705

Denim Western Shirt | USD 710

Denim has long been a symbol of resistance, rebellion, challenging the norm. Its iconic status is rivalled by none. Other than Khadi. For scores of Indians, Khadi is more than a fabric. It is an enduring legacy of India’s collective resistance against the British Raj of India’s journey to independence. Arvind brings the two together in a beautiful harmony called Khadi Denim. The fabric is created by artisanal communities in India, and brings environmental and social sustainability to fashion, while empowering those who create it. The processes – hand-spun yarn, hank-dyed in natural indigo, creating hand-woven fabric – ensure that Arvind is fashioning possibilities for a sustainable trend.

We bring some of the pieces of Khadi denim from Arvind’s collection .

Khadi is not the only category of creative fabrics that Arvind has in its stable. Going from Azurite to Boomerang and others, Arvind has created some highly technical fabrics for their AW18 collection which stand apart.

AZURITE: Azurite is a line of premium, saturated Indigo fabrics for rich blue hues in your denims. Azurite is Arvind’s patented technology in India that uses indigo dyed weft and warp yarn, creating saturated blue fabrics that would delight fans of Indigo and denim alike.

BOOMERANGâ„¢: Denim that comes back! It’s the perfect choice for a pair of super comfortable jeans with significant snapback and amazing hand feel. Boomerang has been exceptionally popular in the market, with major brands adopting the athleisure look co-created by Arvind. Its shape retention, high recovery, low shrinkage along with an amazing natural stretch makes it one of our bestsellers.

Wool denim combines wool – with cotton, creating an iconic fabric that is perfect for all seasons. Wool’s natural moisture management properties when brought to denim, make for a soft, breathable fabric that is suitable for both fashion and performance.

Jelt Denims – Arvind is bringing this product back with a modern take on it. In addition to recreating a faithful reproduction of the original – there are shuttle loom versions with selvedge and grey heather weft – Arvind has re-imagined how that fabric would have been created if they had access to today’s new fibers.
The range of products is inspired by a vintage product, but with modern performance attributes with fibers like Lycra fiber, Tencel, Coolmax etc .

For more information on the AW18 range of products, contact at this email Saurabh.Samnol@arvind.in