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Christmas Redux: Letters To Santa

March 13, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

Letters to Santa is a sweet, child-like Christmas theme that The Trend Curve highlighted last in our 2012 color-and-trend forecast, ‘Tis The Season. For 2022, it is making a comeback. In fact, at Christmasworld in Frankfurt and at the Atlanta Gift Market, this theme was just emerging (we posted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Atlanta, Atlanta Gift Market, Christmas World, Color, Domestic Shows, European Trade Fairs, International Trade Fairs, Michelle Lamb, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Americasmart, Christmas, Christmasworld, Color, Key Items

Red or Green, Not Red and Green

March 11, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

When it comes to Christmas, conventional wisdom holds that the most salable color story is red and green. I’m here to tell you that while this may be absolutely true for core products—the bestsellers you repeat with success year-after-year—nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Atlanta, Atlanta Gift Market, Christmas World, Color, European Trade Fairs, Michelle Lamb, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Americasmart, Christmas, Color

A Mix of Horror and Fun Midsummer Scream

November 6, 2019 By Michelle Lamb -

Because I forecast color and design trends, consumer shows are not normally on my radar. After all, the products shown at consumer events come way too late in the trend cycle to be of any use to forecasts for the industry. But I have learned that this is not necessarily true of Midsummer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domestic Shows, Haute Halloween and Fall, Michelle Lamb, Midsummer Scream, Trend   Tagged With: Halloween, Midsummer Scream

Gingham? Check!

August 13, 2018 By Michelle Lamb -

If you count yourself among gingham’s adoring fans, get ready to be wowed. A revival of these cheerful checks is emerging for tableware and décor that feel breezy and lighthearted. Assortments debuting at Dallas Market Center in June, and AmericasMart in July showed off a range of sizes, colors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Atlanta, Dallas Holiday & Home Expo, Dallas Market Center, Holiday & Home Expo, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: 180 Degrees, Americasmart, Burton & Burton, Christmas, Direct Export, DMC, Fourth of July, Galt, Gingham, K & K Interiors, Mud Pie, Raz Imports, Spring/Summer, Supreme Silk, Transpac

High Point Had a Lot of Dogs

June 18, 2018 By Michelle Lamb -

Llamas may be on-trend, but dogs are not giving up their share of the whimsical-animal pie without a fight. At the High Point furniture market, dogs appeared in framed art and on trays, as the inspiration for the shapes and surface designs on rugs and embossed onto hardware for kids' furniture. Dogs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Dogs, High Point Furniture Market, Llamas, Whimsy

Dots are On-Trend for Christmas

February 23, 2018 By Michelle Lamb -

I just finished writing Trend Album™: Christmasworld 2018, The Trend Curve's trend report about the Christmasworld trade fair that runs about 80 pages and includes more than 150 images. Among the noteworthy surface-design trends for Christmas was dots. Dots are trending for Christmas because they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas World, European Trade Fairs, High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Christmas, Christmasworld, Dots, High Point Furniture Market, Pattern, Showtime

The New Look For Dots

December 21, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

Dots started to attract The Trend Curve’s attention at the beginning of 2017. The reason they stood out was a new level of sophistication that made polka-dots look positively dated. At December’s Showtime textiles market, dots grabbed the eye again, this time because of a hand-drawn character … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: Dots, Geometrics, Showtime, Textiles, Texture

Deconstruction: The Next Textiles Trend

December 20, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

One of the biggest trends for home décor fabrics features a hand-stitched look that The Trend Curve has been writing about for the past year. Whether woven in for upholstery or done by hand as an embellishment on items like cushions, embroidery and crewelwork looks are experiencing a pile-on of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: Details & Embellishments, High Point Furniture Market, Pattern, Showtime, Textiles, Texture

Get Ready for More Purple

December 13, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

Ultra Violet may be Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2018, but a quick glance around the Showtime textiles market in December revealed that Ultra Violet is not the only purple trending for next year. From amethyst to royal and from lavender to plum, purples made surface designs look fresh. Seen in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: Color, Showtime

Going West at Showtime

December 13, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

While most collections were exploring a Boho revival for décor (driven in great part by the success of Justina Blakeney's book, The New Bohemians), an American West theme was quietly emerging at the Showtime textiles market. Showtime was not the first time a Western trend got noticed. Hints of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: American West, Geometrics, High Point Furniture Market, Showtime, Texture, True West

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