Neoclassical TREND FORECASTING & ANALYSIS | A/W 16
Introduction THE NEOCLASSICAL ERA ROSE IN THE 18TH CENTURY AND CREATED AN AESTHETIC OF HARMONY, SIMPLICITY, SOLEMNITY, AND PROPORTION. TRANSLATED INTO MODERN TIMES, NEOCLASSICISM REFLECTS ELEGANCE AND LUXURY WITH A QUINTESSENCE OF ROMANCE. LOOKING DEEPER INTO THIS, WE CAN SEE THE APHOTIC SIDE OF LOVE. THE LONELINESS, THE ISOLATION, AND THE EMPTINESS. THE THEME OF APHOTIC LOVE CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK IN AN ACCUMULATION OF COLORS, FASHION, AND LIFESTYLE TRENDS.
Color Stories
CHIFFON WHITE
PARCHMENT
CEDAR
ANTIQUE GOLD
DEMITASSE
Nostalgia ROMANTIC NEUTRALS
FROST
FLINT
DREARY GREY
BLUE ASHES
CHARCOAL
Desolate
DELICATE MONOTONES
EMPIRE YELLOW
VERMILION ORANGE
PEACOCK BLUE
SAPPHIRE
Irradiated
OPULENT BRIGHT ACCENTS
GOLDEN HAZE
FORBIDDEN GARDEN
ENVY
OLYMPIAN BLUE
Tranquility REFINED MIDTONES
SENSUAL MAUVE
ROYAL PLUM
RICH BORDEAUX
DARK IVY
DEEP MIDNIGHT
Dark Valentine
LUSTFUL DARKS
Silhouettes & Textiles
Deconstructed Tailoring THE ULTIMATE JUXTAPOSITION. RAW, UNFINISHED EDGES AND ASYMMETRICALLY MANIPULATED FORMS EMERGE AS A NEW TAKE ON TAILORED AND REFINED SILHOUETTES. COLOR BLOCKING AND TEXTURAL CONTRAST ADD AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THIS TREND.
Interior Couture THIS ECLECTIC TREND COMBINES THE RICH PRINTS OF WALLPAPERS, TAPESTRIES, AND UPHOLSTERY FABRIC WITH STRUCTURED SILHOUETTES TO CREATE THAT NOSTALGIC FEEL WITH A MODERN TWIST.
Satin Finish THIS LUSTROUS FABRIC IS KEY FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. PAIRED WITH MATTE, UTILITARIAN SILHOUETTES GIVE IT A JUXTAPOSITION AND A MODERN TAKE WHILE A HEAD TO TOE SATIN SILHOUETTE IS ROMANTIC, SOFT, AND FLOWING.
Lifestyle
Berry Bite DARK LIPS IN THE FALL IS NOTHING NEW BUT CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG TREND. DARK, MATTE LIPS IN SHADES OF BERRIES AND PLUMS GIVE A DOMINANT, DEFINED LOOK. SOFT, PALE SKIN COMPLIMENT THE BOLDNESS TO CREATE THE PERFECT HARMONY.
Neoclassical Revisited SMALL DESIGN DETAILS REMINISCENT OF THE NEOCLASSICAL TIME PERIOD GIVE THE MODERN INTERIORS A CLASSICAL FINISH. WHETHER IT IS GRAND COLUMNS OR ROMANTIC MOTIFS, THE ADDITION OF THESE SMALL DETAILS ADD AN ELEGANT TOUCH.
Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are. - John Dryden
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