INSPIRATION // NEW YEAR 2016

2016

SHINE ON IN THE NEW YEAR

xoxox

TRENDS // TRENDSTOP - NEW UTILITY . 2016 FASHION TREND OF THE YEAR

A great resource for fashion and creative professionals is Trendstop.com an online fashion and trend forecasting agency based in London. They have an extensive data for forecasts and trends in all areas of clothing, accessories and beauty for Mens and Womens.

2016 FASHION TREND OF THE YEAR


Trendstop has announced New Utility as their Fashion Trend of the Year for 2016. Fusing fashion with function to create a clean, contemporary take on utility aesthetics, this inspirational trend direction will influence fashion, beauty, home and lifestyle products and campaigns throughout the 2016 year. The Trendstop team first identified the trend in early 2014.

NEW UTILITY

New Utility reflects the way today’s consumer is increasingly on the look-out for practical yet well-designed products, as demonstrated with the growing popularity of modern Scandinavian-look brands like COS, Acne and Punkt, along with exclusive yet functional devices like the Apple Watch. Here, Fashion Vignette readers are presented with three key components from the New Utility trend. 

    WOMEN'S FASHION - ULTIMATE UNISEX APPEAL    

• Utilitarian aesthetics and uniform influences represent genderless dressing. This trend is the ultimate unisex look, fusing practicality with sophisticated design. 
• Defined by androgynous shapes and uniform styling.
• Key looks include clean-cut overcoats, relaxed suits and chic casualwear. 
• Pared-back mono and khaki shades complement functional fabrics.

     BEAUTY - WELL DEFINITED & UNDERSTATED    

• New Utility beauty looks are is well-defined, with the brow or bone structure highlighted over an understated base. 
• Hair is controlled or swept back, as textural elements add contrast. 
• Strong groomed brows introduce masculine undertones.
• Rosy lip tints and defined lashes inject a feminine dimension.

Trendstop invites FV readers to join us for our first Trendstop Fashion Trend of 2016 New Utility online trend briefing,which will take place on January 14 2016. This 30-minute presentation is full of essential trend information about New Utility, helping you learn how to leverage New Utility to create in-demand products for 2016. Find out more here.

TRENDS // FASHION SNOOPS - WOMEN'S COLOR FORECAST . SS 2017

Fashion Snoops is an online forecasting trend service that reports on color, design themes, key items, details, etc., for women, men, youth, kids, accessories, beauty, home, and culture. To learn more and to subscribe to their services, go to fashionsnoops.com to view their site.

Women's Color Forecast, Editors' Top 10 Picks for S/S 2017

Fashion Snoops’ SS17 Color Forecast identifies five key palettes: Rise, Blossom, Subtropics, Shore and Dusk. Emphasis is placed on two mid-tones palettes: SHORE colors reflect that of the Northern California coastline with soft land and sea tones; while SUBTROPICS offers a lively color suited for high Summer collections. The BLOSSOM palette includes pastels coloring the romantic looks of the season. RISE features both proven and emerging bright colors, while DUSK offers dark and mysterious jewel tones. This special report is for Fashion Vignette members, courtesy of Fashion Snoops. The full report is available in our Trend Shop.

BLOSSOM - PASTELS PALETTE

Blossom features this season’s new pastel range, with both equally soft and more saturated hues. Bluebell is a favorite as the most influential pale blue. Warm pastels include petal pink and thistle purple, while frost pink and ice purple are cooler options. Yellow proves influential particularly in a creamy shade of buttermilk, as well as a more traditional daffodil hue. Aqua and orchid are offered as brighter pastels. The nude conversation evolves with peach fuzz, and dark salmon serves as a nice contrast to the lighter traditional pastel hues. 

    ORCHID    

Orchid is the most saturated hue in the pastel palette. Evolving from lighter shades of lilac, orchid embraces bright purple tones.

    DARK SALMON    

Dark salmon brings something new to the pastel palette, with coral undertones. 

    BLUEBELL    

This season, bluebell is one of the most essential hues of the season. Tones range from a cloudy shade to a slight aqua undertone. 

    BUTTERMILK    

 Buttermilk offers a creamy yellow pastel in contrast to the more saturated daffodil.

SUBTROPICS - WARM MIDTONE PALETTE

Subtropics explores a well-rounded palette of mid-tones. Warm colors like lava, Indian red and chili powder apply orange and red undertones, adding spice to the group. Crimson red remains relevant along with oasis, this season’s teal hue. Yellow is featured in marigold and a brown cast mustard seed. Other fashion colors include cerise pink, purple rain and juniper green. Syrup is offered as a new warm brown hue.

    OASIS    

 The teal conversation continues to be relevant with this season’s oasis. 

    CHILI POWDER     

Shades of copper have become a major focus over the past several seasons, evolving to a warm chili powder.

SHORE - MUTED MIDTONE PALETTE

The Shore palette features faded mid-tones that borrow from the scenery of the Northern California coast. A complete range of new neutrals brings newness to the group, including tawny, bisque, hay stack and taupe. Brittle enters as a warmer Spring alternative to camel. Tones like sea glass, dove and lavender grey give off a cloudy, yet soft feeling. Antique white fits right in as a weathered alternative.

    PERIWINKLE    

Periwinkle is the brightest color in the Shore palette, evolving from a softer chambray hue. 

    ANTIQUE ROSE    

Antique rose brings something fresh to the traditional range of pinks. As a mid-tone, the color is fully saturated and looks best when paired with delicate materials. 

DUSK - JEWEL TONES PALETTE

Dusk features jewel tones as well as dark, rich neutrals. Familiar favorites include maroon and ivy, while on the base end of the conversation, olive and navy remain powerful. Blue alternatives include an intense shade of indigo, as well as deep sea, which signals that teal shades are still relevant. Brown tones include cacao and sludge. Mulberry, ivy and army round out the fashion color offering for the palette.

 
    OLIVE   

 Olive remains a power player, though it becomes darker this season.

    MAROON    

After the past few seasons with burgundy at the forefront of the jewel palette, maroon emerges with slight brown undertones.

Purchase the Full Report

This SS 2017 Women's Color Seasonal Guide by Fashion Snoops is a comprehensive report, breaking down the key colors & palettes for the upcoming season. Visit our Trend Shop to learn more!

The complete series of forecasts for Spring/Summer 2017 and previous seasons are available now for purchase through the Fashion Vignette digital Trend Shop. Additional comprehensive reports are also available across all markets and incoming seasons.

INSPIRATION // HOLIDAY MOOD

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A HAPPY HOLIDAYS

LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH

xoxox

TRENDS + PATTERNS // PATTERN OBSERVER + TEXTILE DESIGN LAB . TIDAL BEACHCOMBER

Pattern Observer strives to help you grow your textile design business through their informative articles, interviews, tutorials, workshops and private design community, The Textile Design Lab. To learn more and sign up for their resources, visit their website patternobserver.com.

We have been a regular reader of Pattern Observer since Fashion Vignette was launched.  We wanted to share their recent and inspiring post from their blog, a challenge on their Textile Design Lab on WGSN's "Tidal Beachcomber" trend for Spring/Summer '17.  Below are some of the featured and stand-out work that was created for this challenge.  You can view the entire post and other prints here. 

    ADRIANA GENERALLO    

“The actual oceanic motifs were the primary inspiration for this collection, but I wanted to abstract these a bit and work with textures that evoked an underwater sensation. I spent a lot of time creating the individual motifs with layouts already is mind so when I moved to Photoshop it was mostly execution mixed with some unexpected deviations. Watercolor seemed like a natural fit and helped keep the tone of the collection consistently on brief.”

Portfolio site: www.generallo.com

Blog: https://agenerallo.wordpress.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agenerallo.surfacedesigner/?ref=hl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agenerallo/

    PARMEET ARORA BORI   

“Inspired from the WGSN Tidal Beachcomber story-  I was particularly drawn to painted shells, splashes of water and markings on sand. Instead of going for just indigos I wanted subtle colours showing through. I played around with few mediums but found Gouache paints  and pencil colours best to experiment with. As am doing sellable sketch course too, it really helped me focus on just sketching once my mood board was in its place. I truly enjoyed a month challenge to keep sketching and coming up with this collection of prints.”

Blog: http://parmeetarorabori.blogspot.ca

Website: http://www.plaincurious.com

[ INSPIRATION + ILLUSTRATION ] series by MELANIE BOYCHUK

Here is the latest Inspiration + Illustration series #12 for 2015 by Melanie Boychuk, illustrator contributor for FV. Her inspiration is from the Spring 2015 issue of Dress to Kill.

You can also check out her website, missmel.com to view more of her work and to contact her if you need an illustrator for any projects. To also view her past illustration posts on FV, go here.

©MELANIE BOYCHUK illustration and Fashion Vignette layout. All rights reserved. No part of these images may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the illustrator.

TRENDS + EVENTS // PREMIERE VISION - SS 2017

PREMIERE VISION, the world's premier fabric show will be held on February 16-18, 2016 at the Parc d'Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte. To register online, go to PV's - Registration. Here is a preview of their Spring/Sumer 2017 trends and colors.  You can view their trends and interactive color info, here.

You can find all of the season’s fashion information and themes in the Spring Summer 17 colour-range booklet on sale in their e-boutique, and illustrated in the Première Vision Paris forums. 

A colour range for Spring Summer 17 with unexpected affinities fostering attractions between markedly different tones.

The range brings out the bond between fragility and strength, and strives for a balance between hyper-expression and ultra-discretion. It reveals subtle harmonies between luminous vibrancy and colorful neutrals, and plays on jolting rhythms and explosive synergies.

A STORY OF TANGIBLE COLOURS

Tones look almost too realistic, full, warm and ruddy tones, the colours of skin, flesh and raw meat, colours that are edible, sensual and sensory. 

NUANCES OF SHADOW AND LIGHT 

Colours play together in nuances of vapours, powders and transparencies, hesitant colds and fresh lively tones with a shy dreaminess, and an interplay of evanescent brightness and magnetic darks.

A GRATING AND COLOURFUL ENERGY

An energising rhythm of colourful pales and dazzling brights, of effervescent and jubilant bitter-sweet notes, of supernatural, sweet and pungent floral tones, of vitamin-boosted, dissonant and impertinent contrasts.  

DESIGN COMPETITION // MITTELMODA . FASHION AND ACCESSORIES COMPETITION - 2016

23 | Mittelmoda

#WEARECREATIVITY

23rd EDITION OF MITTELMODA THE FASHION AWARD

Fashion and Accessories Competition

Mittelmoda is coming back for the 23rd year and is calling out for the 2016 edition of the most international fashion design contest ever.

Budding fashion designers and fashion design students of the art & design colleges from all over the world have until the 20th of February 2016 to get their submissions in to run for the selection phase and then, if they are lucky enough, to get a capsule fashion show on Mittelmoda’s catwalk and be awarded one of the many prizes available. Mittelmoda The Fashion Award is not only a competition for fashion designers and fashion design students, it is much more than this, it is a totalizing experience, an occasion of comparison and exchange, an occasion of growth.

Do you want to be part of the Mittelmoda dream? Then start getting ready and follow precisely these steps.

All candidates must pre-register on-line by completing the application form below and, once pre-registration is granted, the candidate will be required to submit ALL the qualifying documentation (download the application to apply HERE) to the Mittelmoda offices.

To go to their main website, go to mittelmoda.com.

TRENDS // FASHION SNOOPS . WOMEN'S ACCESSORIES - F/W 2016-17

Fashion Snoops is an online forecasting trend service that reports on color, design themes, key items, details, etc., for women, men, youth, kids, accessories, beauty, home, and culture. To learn more and to subscribe to their services, go to fashionsnoops.com to view their site.


 WOMEN'S ACCESSORIES TREND FORECAST F/W 2016-17 - NATIVE FOLK  

Native Folk opens our souls to a hearty and earthy destination. The Native Folk woman retreats to a log cabin surrounded by towering trees and winding rivers, set in the Smoky Mountains. She leaves the hectic world she knows for a quiet surrender. By day, she may go on a trail ride, while in the evening she is content to knit by the fireplace. She learns about folk through music and handmade crafts and appreciates that the genre is deeply rooted to the native inhabitants of the area. This trend preview is one of a series included in the latest Accessories Trend Stories Series. The full report is available in the Fashion Vignette Trend Shop. 

    EDITOR'S TOP ACCESSORIES TREND THEME PICK    

    NATIVE FOLK MOOD    

    WORD BANK    

    COLOR COMBOS     

A heavy autumnal color palette is accented with cool shades of slate, indigo and forest. 

    NATIVE FOLK DETAILS     

Details include fringe, suede appliques, and leather stitching.

1. Leather Stitching 
2. Fringe 
3. Mixed Media Furs 
4. Bone Toggle 
5. Whip Stitch 
6. Fur Trim 
7. Yarn Fringe 
8. Fur Heel 
9. Laser Cut Fur 
10. Charred Trim 
11. Metal Plaiting 
12. Suede Appliques 

    PATTERN AND GRAPHICS     

The key graphics play off the folk inspiration with braids & stitches, sun dyed nature, and felted stripes.

1. Indigo Dyed 
2. Braids & Stitches 
3. Sun Dyed Nature 
4. Dirt 
5. Felted Stripes 
6. Sashiko Embroidery 
7. Crafted Earth 
8. Nordic Weave 

    FOOTWEAR DIRECTION     

Key items are fit her simple life in nature with the lace up ankle boot, hand stitched fedora, and bone toggle belts.

     HANDBAG DIRECTION    

    COLD WEATHER ACCESSORIES DIRECTION    

    STYLE GUIDE    

PURCHASE FULL REPORT

This  Womens FW 2016-17 Accessories Forecast seasonal narrative by Fashion Snoops with a focus on a clear, concise product & lifestyle road map for the women’s accessories customer. Visit our trend shop today to learn more!

A complete series of forecasts for Spring/Summer 2017 and previous seasons are available now for purchase through the Fashion Vignette digital Trend Shop. Additional comprehensive reports are also available across all markets and incoming seasons.

TRENDS // SPIN EXPO - ACTIVE TRENDS . AW 2016/17

Spin Expo is a leading fibers, yarns, knitted fabrics and knitwear show. This show is organized by independent textile specialists in fibers. If you missed their show in September, their next shows are scheduled for March 1-3, 2016 in Shanghai and July19-21, 2016 in New York. To attend their show you can pre-register online Spin Expo pre-registration.

Below are their A/W 2016-17 textile and color trends.  Select the images below to view them larger and in a slideshow mode. Go here to download the full report.

TRENDS // PATTERN CURATOR - COLOR + PATTERN . A/W 2017

FV contributor, Pattern Curator curates an insightful forecast of mood boards & color stories and we are thrilled to have them on board as our newest FV contributor. They are collectors of images and photos to offer print, pattern and color trends. Each of the boards curated is visually directional, relevant and trend-right. An amazing site for inspirations, check out their site here.

Our picks for this week are When in Rome and Road to El Dorado.


    WHEN IN ROME    

sources: modelcouture.livejournal.com, flickr.com (Gentile da Fabriano, Coronation of the Virgin), flickr.com (via verybigjen), irenebrination.typepad.com, christies.com, fletchingarrows.tumblr.com, foursquare.com, swide.com, flickr.com (via Christopher Rose)

    ROAD TO EL DORADO    

source: trendhunter.com, lyst.com, bestdress.com.ua, decora-art.com, vogue.com (Givenchy), etsy.com (via MMCL), treasuremountainmining.com, fashionising.com, eg-wallcoverings.co.uk

TRENDS // FASHION SNOOPS - SS 2017 GRAPHIC TRENDS

Fashion Snoops is an online forecasting trend service that reports on color, design themes, key items, details, etc., for women, men, youth, kids, accessories, beauty, home, and culture. To learn more and to subscribe to their services, go to fashionsnoops.com to view their amazing site.

Here is a preview of their SS 2017 Graphic Trends which you can order the full report in our Trend Shop here. For viewing of their previous SS 2016 Graphic Trends, go here.

This visually comprehensive online report by Fashion Snoops features the key women's forecasted graphics for Spring/Summer 17.

Exploring other cultures and appreciating their traditional design processes is the main objective for Spring. This is evident in Colorful tradition, which brings to life Wax prints, Havana Tiles which adds perfect symmetry to the season and Lasting Imprint, which appreciates the beauty and talent involved with woodblock printing. Designs are intricate and cultural within Bazaar and Mandala, both of which benefit from a rich berry palette, and the tribal print is reinvented for Spring when it comes to pattern composition and color choice.

TRENDS // TREND ATELIER - WONDER WANDER . AW 2016/17

Trend Atelier is a London- based trend studio specialized in design direction and future trends research for clients ranging from WGSN to Seven for All Mankind and Samsung. Their work inspires design teams through seminars, targeted trend research and design advisory. They also work with fashion labels on bespoke creative strategies which have led to best-selling collections for companies in the USA and UK.
 

Trend Atelier:Macro Trend Forecast “WONDER WANDER” AW 2016/17

WONDER WANDER proposes a new definition of cultural identity and spirituality and focuses on design leaders exploring these concepts and propelling them into the future. Stylistically it creates a hybrid of anthropological references, combining futuristic aesthetics with nomadic and Inuit inspiration.

In terms of shape and design details- look into Ceremonial robes and costumes, oversized and over-layered with inclusions of decorative patterns, referring back to Alaskan and Inuit cultural references. This inspires elongated parka shapes, experimental knitwear combinations and patchworked outerwear inspired by polar clothing.

A strong direction for beauty, Wonder Wander refers to digital face mapping, new 3D digital makeup printing and resonates these groundbreaking technologies with Ancient tribal masks. There is a Legendary and mythical quality to the trend looking as fantasy empowers people to create superhero versions of themselves.

For Colour, utilize a PRIMAL AND STARK combination, pairing fire red and sunflower yellow with moody darks, greens and touches of ochre, which ground the palette.

To listen to the full Mp4 recording of their WONDER WANDER forecast click here -http://geraldinewharry.com/filter/trend/AW-2016-17-WONDER-WANDER

Sued- Malmo-1982 BY Harry Gruyaert FOAM MAGAZINE Mark Gong photography

The Young Never Sleep is an interdisciplinary creative studio operated by Branden M. Collins and Madeline Moore. AW15 Nadi studio Inuit amauti or tuilli (woman’s parka) ca. 1890–1925 Iqluligaarjuk Inuit Gallery of Vancouver Marisa Jiwi Seok’s debut jewellery collection for her label Jiwinaia.

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