Episode 59 • • 1:05:46 - 1:08:58
59: Smells Like Tee Truffle
Fashion Manufacturing Cycles, Color Trends, Dye Industry
The fashion industry operates on a six-to-nine-month lead time, with color palettes determined by ink and dye manufacturers long before clothes hit the runway. Designers like Karl Lagerfeld select from pre-manufactured fabrics that already incorporate these seasonal colors. Discrepancies between European and American fashion markets are noted, where certain bold color trends fail to cross the Atlantic.