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Trend Flash™ — Maison & Objét, January 2018

January 22, 2018 By Trend Staff -

Trend Flash is available only to Members of The Trend Curve’s subscriber family. Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director, has been in Paris for the Maison & Objet fair. Her top trends are below.

You can read more about this top trend event in the next issue of The Trend Curve, but for an even higher level of detail about color shifts, materials, textures, motifs and styles, purchase Trend Album™ Maison & Objet January 2018 when available.

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COLOR

  • Greens ramped up
  • They became not only cooler, but also more complex
  • Black’s status rose dramatically
  • Blues offered countertrends, focusing denimy shades and values of petrol
  • Cognac kept popping up, sometimes upstaging gold
  • Purples showed up in some surprising places

TEXTURES AND MATERIALS

  • Mixed textures still meant a lot, as did dimension, which often went to extremes
  • Skinny fringe looked fresher than bulky yarn
  • Smoke had more visibility, yet blue was newer for glass and mirror
  • Velvet eclipsed every other fabric at the fair
  • Real leather took a giant step into outdoor living
  • Gold dropped a bit for metal; dark iron picked up the slack

ICONS AND PATTERNS

  • Flowers returned, dominating newness
  • Shibori and batik were even more important than before
  • Several visual effects softened menswear patterns
  • An African sensibility was key
  • Designs evocative of the American West got going
  • Alpacas and llamas replaced last year’s emojis

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