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Color Trends from Guimarães Home Fashion Week 2022

May 31, 2022 By Michelle Lamb -

Guimarães Home Fashion Week is a gem of a trade fair. This compact event, held in April, welcomed 230 attendees from 30 countries. They met at the historical Pousada de Santa Maria da Costa in Portugal’s birth city of Guimarães. More than 55 Portuguese home-textiles companies, representing 60 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: European Trade Fairs, Guimarães Home Fashion Week, International Trade Fairs, Trend   Tagged With: Black and White, Color, GHFW, Guimarães Home Fashion Week, Texture, Trendcurveteam

Updating Neutrals for Christmas

November 18, 2021 By Michelle Lamb -

When the pandemic began, the black-and-white duos that had been so popular just a year or two before dropped off fast. So did angular geometrics. That’s because—suddenly—high contrast and hard-edged motifs felt too bold for a population that had been whipsawed by Covid. As high contrast looks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Black and White, Christmas, Color, Metals and Metallics, Trendcurveteam

Color Preference and Perception Insights from New Sherwin Williams Study

May 23, 2017 By Trend Staff -

The Trend Curve is all about color forecasting, but our team also pays attention to color psychology. That's why we took notice of The National Painting Week Color Psychology Study, conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Sherwin-Williams. This new study reveals color preferences and perceptions for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trend   Tagged With: Black and White, Color, Paint Color

Luster Is In For The Long Haul

December 29, 2016 By Michelle Lamb -

At the recent High Point furniture market, luster confirmed that it is in for the long haul. It appeared at price points from high to medium, and in décor products from seating to framed art, with metallic the primary point of view. One factor in luster’s continued growth and forecasted longevity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Black and White, Color, Details & Embellishments, High Point Furniture Market, Metals and Metallics, Michell Lamb, The Trend Curve

I’ve Got a Thing for Lambs

August 7, 2016 By Michelle Lamb -

OK, I’ll admit it. With a last name like Lamb I’ve had a predisposition to loving these soft, wooly creatures all of my life—I’ve got a thing for lambs. But you don’t have to be one of my siblings or cousins to recognize that there are more lamb and sheep in the market now than there have ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ABC Kids Expo, Atlanta, Christmas World, European Trade Fairs, Kind & Jugend, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Americasmart, Black and White, Christmas, Kids, Paper, Textiles

The Skinny on Animal Skins

June 20, 2016 By Michelle Lamb -

The Showtime textiles market is an early indicator of things to come. That’s because fabrics seen at this important semi-annual market are selected by furniture-company designers to show on upholstered pieces at the next High Point furniture market. Then, retailers show these sofas, chairs, ottomans … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: Animal Skin, Black and White, Color, Pattern, Showtime, Texture

Adding More Black to Black Friday 2017

March 7, 2016 By Janice Carlson -

If there was one color story to take away from the Christmasworld 2016 show in Germany, it was black. In fact, The Trend Curve's trend-spotting team believes that black can singlehandedly bring any Holiday theme into the realm of trend and you’ll ignore it at your own peril come Black Friday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas World, European Trade Fairs, Trend   Tagged With: Black and White, Christmas, Color

Décor is Getting Bookish

January 21, 2016 By Michelle Lamb -

Have you noticed that books keep popping up as décor devices? Just as news outlets like the New York Times confirm that print is far from dead, and GeekWire reports that sales of printed books rose 2.4% in 2014, "real" books are making a comeback. Now décor is starting to look a bit bookish, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Atlanta, Books, Michelle Lamb   Tagged With: Americasmart, Black and White, Books, Christmas, Halloween, Key Items, Metals and Metallics

Our Top 10 Blog Posts from 2015

December 31, 2015 By Trend Staff -

The Trend Curve team authors has two blogs, one public and one private. The private blog is reserved for Members of The Trend Curve's subscriber family, and includes our newest and most actionable trend forecasts. Some of our recent posts include Plaidemonium (about the new look of plaids for 2017), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trend   Tagged With: Animal Skin, Black and White, Christmas, Color, Key Items, Kids, Pattern, Texture

Neutral Contrast for Kids

December 3, 2015 By Michelle Lamb -

An emerging color story from the kid’s market is a basic for Mom and Dad: black and white. The popularity of this dynamic duo in the juvenile market has multiple roots. To begin with, black alone is on-trend. Even though gray is the current go-with-anything neutral for the younger set, using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ABC Kids Expo, Kind & Jugend, Member-Only Posts   Tagged With: Black and White, Color, Kids' Trends, Pattern, White

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