One thing I always find fascinating around this time of year is Fashion Week! Although it is a little confusing if you think about it. Fashion week was just last week, but it was for Spring 2013. Am I the only one that think it's a bit weird? I guess for buyers and manufacturing purposes I can understand why they have to be a whole season ahead, but when I'm looking at fashion I want to know what is about to come into play, not what I can wear in six months when the weather starts to get warm again. I'm the epitome of the American public, wanting demanding everything right now as soon as possible.
I think my favorite thing about Fashion week happens even before any of the models walk down the runway. My favorite part is the release of the new Pantone colors each season. Pantone is a company who uses color for "accurate color communication" basically "Pantone" colors are the standard in design, fashion, media, anything that has to do with colors. If your job involves the manipulation of color you've probably heard of Pantone. Before each fashion week, Pantone releases a prediction of what ten shades will be most popular on the runway. You can see these ten colors everywhere. (Pantone recently teamed up with Sephora to create a collection full of color.)
I wanted to compare how much things have changed over the years (two years, four seasons). In their report, Pantone also uses input from designers and has multiple sketches of outfits by different popular designers to show off how the color might be used.
I am so sorry that the sketches I'm showing you are turning out blurry. Once upon a time, I made sure that my blog knew to have pictures a certain size and now I'm stuck to it and I don't know how to get out of that size. Once I figure it out I will have the images fixed, but until then you can always click on the link to see the sketches at their true glory. The sketches I have provided are by no means the only sketches! They are just a few that caught my eye and made me gasp.
Grayed Jade
Monaco Blue
Women's Colors Fall 2011
Men's Colors Fall 2011
Title: "The Paper Trench" by Admiral Fallow
Labels: Color, Designers, Fall, Fashion, Music, Seasons, Spring
