Trend Flash emails come exclusively to Members of The Trend Curve™ subscriber family with immediate updates from major markets and trade shows around the globe. Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director for The Trend Curve, is in Frankfurt, Germany for Christmasworld 2011, a very important seasonal show. Her top-line trends are below.
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Trend Flash from ChristmasWorld 2011:
COLOR
– Blues—and lots of them—were key to newness
– Purple was even stronger than before
– Gray kept growing
– The newest Browns included Taupe
– Green explored its potential via mid-tones and deeps
– Pewter offered the most-updated metallic option
MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
– Metal mesh started to expand
– So did cut and folded paper
– Felt remained trend-right, but scale became an issue
– Knit remained a top textiles texture
– Layered finishes created a new view of color, metallic and pattern
– Dimension was more pronounced than before
– Wood figures got dressed up—literally
PATTERN AND THEME
– The word SIMPLE kept coming up in conversations about form and pattern
– Icons looked newest when contained within another figure
– Plaids could not be stopped
– Photos had real emphasis
– Pigs popped up everywhere, sometimes with wings
– This was the year for anything folkloric