Fashion Color Report for Spring 2011 - Pantone

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK | SEPTEMBER 9 – 16, 2010
What geographic location do you feel is currently having the biggest influence on
fashion and design? How is this affecting the color palette for spring 2011?
Cate Adair
Costume Designer, Desperate Housewives
It’s not any single geographical location.
In fact, it isn’t a place that you can go to. Or
come from. Or even be in. Rather, it’s a place
that is deep inside each and every person, a place that provides the
pulse of our time – the human heart. For where the heart is, there is
hope. And in today’s difficult world, hope more than ever is the fuel we
must burn to carry on. And more than any city or landscape or physical
surroundings could do, hope still moves us to create beautiful things,
even in the face of adversity.
Spring 2011 fashion will be marked by soft, fluid and romantic accents.
Not to recall a bygone era (even though we all take comfort in old
treasures and what we perceive perhaps as more authentic times), but to
speak to a hopeful future. A future full of the promise that all will be well,
if we only seek out the real, simple things in life. And the color palette of
clear, strong pastels mixed with soft, weathered hues and dappled,
filtered shades blushed with light all combine to create a mood that is
honest, clean, bright and, above all, optimistic.
Colleen Sherin
Fashion Director, Saks Fifth Avenue
It is clear that the colors, textiles and cultures of India
and Africa are inspiring many designers. Earth tones,
Khakis and Olives, in addition to complementary
Vegetable and Berry tones, should be key.
CollierStrong
Celebrity Make-up Artist
Instead of one specific location,
I believe the integration of global
cultures is having the largest impact
on fashion, design and color. Through a multitude of media
sources, our awareness of diversity influences the creativity
that is happening around us right now, from Argentina to
India, the Netherlands to Malaysia. So it is our collective
appreciation for all cultures that communicates to us a fresh,
bright palette of optimism.
Simone Legno
Chief Creative Officer, Tokidoki
I think that Los Angeles and Southern
California have become a standard for
influencing design, particularly Japan and
Europe’s contemporary and street wear style. It’s the convergence
of the pop and glitter of the Los Angeles lifestyle and the earthy
colors of nature around California (the sand and the water) that
influence spring 2011’s color palette. The colors reflect a mix of
sexiness and glamour with simplicity, resulting in images of
confidence. Spring 2011 will contain shiny pop colors
mixed with earthy, fresh and watery colors.
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