Sensorial fabrics from HBF aim to be more than skin deep

Hickory, N.C. — Designer Erin Ruby’s third collaboration with HBF Textiles celebrates being comfortable in one’s own skin.

The new In Your Skin collection features six sensorial textiles, each with its own unique name to match its pattern.

• Matriarch is a twill weave with strong, bold, color combinations meant to evoke the wisdom that comes with age and experience.
• Laugh Lines mimics is a joyful casual stripe pattern.
• Tattoo Toile is a modern play on the traditional Toile de Jouy, incorporating floral and hummingbird motifs common in tattoos.
• Chubby Baby is a soft and smushy matelassé tufted in a way that mimics the arm rolls of a baby.
• Goosebumps is a nubby wool texture meant to feel like a warm hug.
• Stardust is a reflection on the vastness of the cosmos and each person’s small part in it.

Produced in 55 colorways, each piece was made to have a handmade quality, with performance attributes as a plus. Each of the fabrics in the collection is certified Indoor Advantage Gold (SCS), woven and manufactured in the United States with wool locally sourced from the Midwest, and most of the patterns are manufactured using post-consumer and/or recycled materials.

Most of the patterns in HBF Textiles’ new collection are manufactured using post-consumer and/or recycled materials.

“In Your Skin truly showcases Erin’s strengths as a creative,” said Mary Jo Miller, VP of design and creative direction at HBF Textiles. “She maintains a sophisticated color palette, weaves in meaningful stories to showcase her inspiration, and executes her vision by minding the smallest of details.”

Ruby noted that while the collection was holistically designed to be layered and coordinated together, each pattern can stand on its own.

“Sometimes contract textiles can tend toward being cold or lifeless for pragmatic reasons, but this collection is so warm and tactile even with its high performance functionality. It’s full of life – imbued with optimism and aspiration, which I think will resonate within a space,” the designer added.

In Your Skin previewed last week at NeoCon 2022 in Chicago and will launch on July 5.

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