In the winter/spring of 2009, I was doing some research for a personal project, and ended up spending massive hours at the Charleston Town Center. One of the things that stood out to me the most were the lack of pastels for the spring lines, and the introduction of lots of citron green and a bright colbalt blue. The citron green, which is similar to the color of Mountain Dew, took some time to grow on me, but it was love at first sight for the colbalt blue. I'm happy that these colors have stuck around, although I haven't seen as much as I would like to for this upcoming spring.
Once there's not quite so much snow on the ground, or I can write about dressing for spring without sighing, I'm going to do a week's worth of posts featuring shots from the Spring 2011 Fashion Weeks, and how to get the look without dropping too much money. Already starting to shop? Here's a short list of what to look for:
Pantone is a company that more or less regulated the science of colors. For example, if I were a fashion designer and wanted to paint my house the same color as a dress from my collection, I could tell the painters the Pantone code like the one above, and know I'll get the exact same color. Pantone has taken to naming a color of the year, and basically, that will be the color you'll see all year long on everything. Last year's color was turqouise, which to be fair, was already in vogue. This year is honeysuckle, a reddish pink that I'd actually call rose. My coworker calls it "coral minus the orange," which for some reason the guys in my office seem to understand. Because this is the "in" color, expect to see it for all seasons this year.
-Not into Honeysuckle? Look for citrus-y oranges and yellows as well.
-Still not into fruit salad colors? Fleshtone neutrals are another big trend.
-And if you're not into any of that...well, feathers are big. I really haven't looked at the malls or online, but they were all over the runway shows.
