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Trend Flash™ High Point Furniture Market

October 21, 2013 By Trend Staff -

hpmktTrend Flash is an exclusive Member benefit for subscribers to The Trend Curve™. Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director for The Trend Curve, and Liz Borsch, Editorial Assistant are in High Point for the this important trade show. Their top trends are below. 

COLOR

  • The market was all about blue, especially navy
  • Greens got interesting again
  • Purples experienced a revival, but this time on the red side
  • Browns surged in multiple values
  • Neutrals looked fresh again
  • So did pastel values

MATERIALS AND TEXTURES

  • Oak had new support
  • Cerused finishes were on-trend
  • The metal story focused on gold, gold, gold
  • Shagreen pushed snake aside
  • Tweeds took off
  • Tapes and stitching began to make nails look dated

MOTIFS AND THEMES

  • Animal-skin patterns proved their versatility
  • Watercolor effects did not slow down
  • Emerging: designs with a faded character
  • Plaids kept popping up
  • Asian elements moved ahead
  • Tribal references turned from far-flung places to home
  • Nordic casual emerged

 

Michelle Lamb has been tweeting links and photos from
High Point all of this week. See her tweets on a single page here.

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