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Vicki Lederman, Editorial Correspondent to The Trend Curve, is in Manhattan for NY Now. Her topline trends are below:
COLOR
- Blues, from pale-and-watery aqua to indigo, dominated color stories
- Mid-tone pastels struck an optimistic note
- Malachite green was building
- Spun copper and gold metallic were modern and sophisticated as colors
- Incoming: metallic pastels (think pink and teal)
- Black/white duos continued in strength
MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
- Laser cuts and etching made sheet metal appear delicate
- Ceramics had a slight hand touch
- Malachite reinforced its trend status as a material
- Simplified stone, marble, splatter visual textures recalled natural materials
- Gem-cut chunk crystals were incorporated into patterns on Holiday textiles
THEMES AND MOTIFS
- Parisian glam, with hand-sketched fashion silhouettes, emerged
- Representational marbleized designs felt natural and peaceful
- Small-scale, symmetrical geometric repeats covered tabletop items
- Tribal geometrics signaled a comeback
- Malachite patterns completed a trend triple play (color, material, surface design)