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Trends Spring/Summer 2007

Colours

· Acid Brights
· Black & White
· Block
· Fuchsia
· Neutrals
· Purples
· Yellow

On one end of the spectrum of colours for spring summer 2007 we have the acid colours in yellow, fuchsia, orange, gold and silver. Dolce & Gabbana collection was a riot of main colour deep purple, dark green and gold. Fendi chose sheer fuchsia skirts and jackets accompanied with black. Satiny reflections seemed all the range as acid brights seem to work with this type of fabric type. The designer Future classics were one of the few designers who chose a mixture of prints for their acid colours choosing fuchsia and orange/tangerine. Again the combination of colours tangerine/orange and fuchsia seemed to be used. Gaultier opted for jewel colour tones of deep turquoise and candy and acid pinks and lime greens. Again reflective fabrics were used. Jewels pastel sweetie shop pastel colours such as deep lemon, violet, Lime green and raspberry were teamed together at Kane in baby doll type dresses with frills.

The Pucci collection was a riot of beautiful prints again with mauve/tangerine/orange and accents of black. Beautiful prints. Pucci have also concentrated on the block colour of fuchsia in floaty, short, chiffony baby doll designs. Dresses both long and short with sleek, simple lines. Pucci have also concentrated on using the block colour of Tangerine alone for some of their collection pieces. Again the main theme again running through this third collection was the use of tangerine/orange and fuchsia together. These colours work together very well. Pucci have also used light emerald green and cobalt blue. Colours such as Fuchsia, cobalt blue, emerald green, gold, deep candy pink, purple and lime green were the block colours of choice.

Colour winners: Fuchsia, Fuchsia and orange/tangerine, cobalt blue, lime green, emerald green, gold, deep candy pink.

Acid Brights

Every shade of purple from the lightest lilac to deep glossy satiny purples from Dolce & Gabanna. Citrusy colours such as tangerine and yellow to lemon.

Neutrals

Black and white is never going to go away! And it shouldn't because it's like coffee and cream. You can have one without the other, but they work together so well.. Designs in black and white were used for the more formal attire, such as short shorts teamed with sheer black/cream or white blouses teamed with a huge pussy bow tie scarves. Polka Dots and Polka squares were in abundance as pattern.

Light and dark greys, beiges, white and cream were in evidence. As is black and white there will always be neutrals. Again classic silhouettes used

Give Me Details!

Embellishment, embellishment, embellishment! Sparkle! Sparkle! Sparkle! There is still a lot of love for crystal embellishment. Crystal is on shoes, necklaces, handbags, scarves, dresses, skirts, hems everything! Crystal is used as intricate beading beadwork and takes the place of sequins. For one crystal is the more upmarket counterpart of Sequins.

Watch out for: Crystal on tights - something to upgrade a boring wardrobe staple.

We said that sequins were the poor sister to crystal, however they are still being used. Chanel used large sequins on a white blousy blouse that worked teamed with short black sequined shorts and sequined belts teamed with matching black sequinned blouses. Sequinned shift tube dresses teamed with sheer chiffon black shirts.

Chanel, Dior and Dolce & Gabbana being the main proponents of the beaded looks. We are absolutely loving Dolce & Gabbana, full beaded deep lilac short tunic dress and sequined bustier tops flared at the hip. We also like the short full beaded grey sequined tunic with blue sequin diagonal stripes.

Dolce & Gabbana have gone all out with their fully sequinned long dresses in acid based colours of fuchsia, Lilac, gold and cobalt blue tones. They are works of wearable art.

We love the way Pucci have teamed their iconic prints with sequins. Beautiful.

The volume silhouette of Autumn/Winter 2006 is still reminiscent in sleeves. Sleeves veer from batwing, bell bottom, puffed, short, and ¾ length.

Stripes are in evidence and the nautical look is still in evidence.

Waisting/hourglass is key and how waists are shown is key. Belts ride either well above the waist or below the waist. Big, very large thick belts are used to cinch in the waist with the main focus being on big, bad belts. Waists are used to accentuate the hour glass figure, wasp waisted with the help of thin, double, treble or very big single belts also teamed with very big hipped looks - hips are super acceuntaed with the wasp waist hour glass look. Even the more floaty diaphanous creations are waist and hourglass concentrated. Puffball skirts acceuntaed with a thin belt. Tulip style skirts,

Hourglass figures accentuated with the use of corsets ala Dolce and Gabbana.

Use of double and triple belts is key.

Fabrics

Combat-Camouflage in black and white, neutral and leopard skin prints. Also in blue, dark mottled green, diagonal diamond prints in tradional camouflage colours, and green autumnal colours

Floral - large floral prints, black and white floral prints,

Knitted - acid colours yellow, purple, cobalt blue, neutrals and blacks, soft greys,

Mesh - large, fine square mesh, chain mail type bronze mesh, webbed mesh, beaded mesh styles, meshing used on belts, jackets and skirts, and on hems and on bags and pockets. Mesh footless tights with almost a sports like feel and used on tights for a more formal dressy look. Tights come in acid colours such as blue and yellow. Mesh used in short little mini black dresses and long tunic style dresses. Mesh vests used under jackets.

Metallics : silver, bronze, gold, lilac, light blue, deep purple and acid colours.

Paisley

Plastic Fantastic - glossy wet looks plastic style materials

Print - ranges from floral tones, to spotted, floral on satiny sheeny backgrounds. Abstract prints on chiffony drapey material, medium floral, small floral print, tie-die affect, abstract Pucci style prints with flowers, stripes, checks, swirls, dots, psychedelic,

Satin-Sheen - in acid based colours of emerald green, fuchsia, candy pink, blue, lime green, gold, silver, cobalt blue, light emerald green, sea green, raspberry, deep purples, chocolate brown, steel greys, lime green, black, taupe,

Sheer - sheer fabrics teamed with short baby style dresses, short dresses, short tunics, and short tunic style long tops and sheet sleeves, bodices, and top part of dresses, sheer diaphanous styles especially in shorter, tunic style dresses, sheer whites, and sheer metallics.

Synthetic

Corsetry

Dolce & Gabbana are winners with the use of intricate corsetry design.

Shorts

Shorts of all lengths, from Bermuda style lengths, to sequinned short shorts and boy style pant shorts from Chanel.

Skinny Pants

Skinny pants bought to us by Chanel, Dolce, Giles, Pucci, and Givency in satin reflective like material.

Fringing

Fringing on hem and arms, bodices, with Givenchy, Prada and Victor and Rolf using fringing.

Pockets

The pocket has gone lower and is now at hip height. This pocket look works for slouchy, comfortable clothing seen on Givenchys patterned dresses, Tulip hemmed skirts.

Pleats

Pleats are on bodices, used in skirt and dresses. Chiffony, baby doll style dresses have ethereal softly pleated pleats as used by Dolce & Gabbana.

Pleats are used in tulip style silhouette skirts. The shorter the skirt, the mort softer and gathered and wider the pleat.

Silhouettes

Dresses come in a range of silhouettes from Grecian halter neck style to Grecian baby doll style from Dolce and Gabbana. The short, sexy tunic style dress is also still very much in evidence.

The mini shirt dress is in for Spring/Summer 2007. Either sleek, or with volume in the skirt or belted or worn loose. Chanel have Mac style shirt dresses which are the epitome of style and class in white. Chanel also have updated the tennis dress silhouette using linen and cotton and pleating on skirt and front and sleeveless but with collar.

Hems

Handkerchief hems on the more sheer, diaphanous, floaty style dresses and skirts. Teamed with sheer or/and floaty style fabrics such as chiffon.

Mini - the mini is still reigning seen in the tunic style mini dresses in sheer or sequined styles, floaty. Tunic style or baby doll style dresses. Minis from skirts to shorts.

LOOKS

Glamour Full On
Gender bend
Military
Abstract/Psychedelic Prints
Luxe-Sportif
Le Smoking Jacket/Tuxedo
Romance Modern
Utility

SILHOUETTE

Accentuated Hips - especially teamed with corset style tops ala Dolce and Gabbana
- mini dresses, baby dolls, empire style, gathered short styles flaring from large hip silhouettes, tunic style dresses with larger hip silhouettes,
A line - on tunic style short dresses reminiscent of the 1960's either belted or worn loose smock like, very short mini dresses a line shirts 1960's,
Asymmetric - Asymmetrical details used on shoulders (one sleeved dresses, bare shoulder one sleeved look, one long sleeve, one short sleeve, or one very long sleeve draped and the other shorter, especially on Dolce & Gabbana's tunic style dresses. Also shows on hems especially on pieces made with chiffon, sheer drapey material.

Curvaceous
Hourglass

More Key Looks

Volume

Last summer's craze for puffball skirt has followed on and there is more volume. Skirts and dresses are constructed using more fabric meaning that shapes such as empire waistlines and trapeze are in play. Shoulders have more volume bell shapes, short puff sleeves.

Back To the 90's

Fabrics: Nylon, Gortex. Tank tops, short short minis, bold use of saturated blocks of colour. Metallics are not going to go away… gold, bronze, silver, copper. Re-emergence of sports-luxe, pared down utility chick and geek cool (think Daphne from Scooby Doo).

Colour Saturation - Use of Blocks of Colour

Key colours, tangerine, pink, fuchsia yellow. Strong, rich, intensely jewel like colours in clothing, fabrics and accessories.

Tulip Silhouette

Tulips for spring. The tulip silhouette is carrying forward the volume look. More popular in skirts but some dresses in this style. Focus is on the hips.

A-line mini Dress

Following on the tunic look from autumn/winter 2006 - the a line mini dress will make a statement for spring summer 2007 worn bare legged, with tights or slim fitting trousers.

Ultra skinny trousers

Super skinny trousers v. volume. Key fabrices cotton, stretch denims, super tight leathers and the cigarette silhoutte. The super skinny trouser also ties in with the casuel/mascualine look teamed with jackets and white shirts.

Key Fabric - Metallics

As stated above, metallics have not really gone away and continue their reign for Spring/Summer 2007. Metallics seen on dresses, womenswear, accessories, bags, shoes etc.

Clear Plastic Heels

Work extremely well - especially with the focus on bright, block of colours such as tangerine, fuchsia, pink and yellow. Perspex heels are key.

Decoration:

Metal studs, beads, sequins, crystals - its all about the sparkle, sparkle, sparkle.

Big Bags are Still Cool

The super bag is a key look for Spring/Summer 2007 and metallic colours such as gold, silver, and copper will rule.

Stand Out Print: Abstracts

Abundance of flowers, prints, appliqué, swirly prints (a la Pucci). Stand out prints look very good when teamed with the seasons bright bold colours for Spring/Summer 2007 hot pinks, fuchsia, tangerine, deep and bright blues, whites, citrus colours, purples. Vintage inspired graphic prints.

FashionFinders Team