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New York Fashion Week for Spring 2012 saw colour blocking return, hemlines lengthened, femininity making a come back, bird and floral inspired prints and twentieth century tailoring as the strongest trends that will inform the season.
Written by Eryn Behan, a resident contributor to Fashion Exposed Online and the director of Ginger Trend Consulting, a trend analayst and a provider of fashion forecast services and consumer insight trends to the fashion and interior design industries throughout Australasia.
Super bright
Super-bright, neon and tropical hues are coming through as essential palettes for the season against contrasting colours, in fact NYFW saw a welcomed rainbow of colours brightening the gloom of the city just after the 10th anniversary of September 11. BCBG Max Azria explored a palette of yellow and orange and Peter Som’s collection showered us with bright beautiful sorbets. An amped up version of Neon hues were also seen at Jason Wu, shown in exotic lime and parrot blue colour ways on red carpet worthy gowns.
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Oversized Blooms
Suggested by many fashion critics as the must have print for summer large floral blooms are set to hit the main stream as key a must have trend for the season. A favourite again Jason Wu interpreted the oversized floral blooms alongside Graffiti artist KAWS who’s flower petal print dominate the show. Peter Som also featured a floral print in a fabulous saturated pallet of colour. This key print direction for the season was also seen at Diane Von Furstenberg yet in a more muted palette of nostalgic green, indigo and white.
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Femininity and the 20’s inspired
Floating and draped silhouettes, floor length skirts, silk taffeta and layered styling were all strong looks to emphasise the return of femininity. The look strongly influenced by the 20’s and mixed by many designers with casual every day styling such as utility boots and/or a casual tee. Marc Jacobs was the one who had everyone talking on this trend, with his boxy, drop-waist shapes of the 1920′s including loads of sequins and fringing. Another favorite for me was Christian Siriano who cited Katherine Hepburn as an unassuming inspiration for this collection. Using loads of Tulle and organza in his range I consider to be perfectly understated and retail ready. Glamorous full-length figure hugging skirts teamed back with basic tee’s. A style strongly predicted to translate into commercial retail ranges.
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Sporting
Inspired by the upcoming London Olympics in 2012, sporty attire was again strong. We saw extreme use of mesh and high shine fabrications. Victoria Beckham embraced the sporty theme with hoods, stretch fabrications, stark construction pieces, shift dresses and the introduction of flat shoes a first for VB. Alexander Wang also taking inspiration from extreme sports such as motorcycling and BMXing and attire such as technical skiwear. Dark hues, laser cut mesh juxtaposed with bright polo’s and cargo pants were an interesting combination of mix and match co-ordinates.
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