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EQUATORIAL ESCAPE Lose yourself amongst the tide pools. Have your senses heightened by the sea breeze. Absorb the life-giving light of the sun. Recognize your interconnectedness with nature. Equatorial Escape is allowing yourself to appreciate the delicate intricacies of nature in an increasingly hectic world.
COLORS
Tropical Peach ConchShell
The bright, life-signifying hues of the equator evoke the feelings of a seaside escape among the flora. Hues of Bleached Aqua and Paradise Green conjure the image of the warm and sun soaked shallows of the ocean just beyond the shore. Marlin Navy reminds of the depths of the sea, with neon brights of Orangeade and Lavandula referencing the lavishly colored residents of the deep.
Sundress Paradise Green Dark Green Marlin
Contrasts of Dark Green and Leather Brown take us into the untouched and ancient jungle, home to botanic blooms in colors of Conch Shell and Tropical Peach. Above, the life-giving sun is evoked with yellow Sundress, and Beige and Champagne refer to the shore that alternates between lives above and below with the tides.
Bleached Aqua Lavendula Champagne Beige Beige Orangeade Leather Brown 13 1318 Pantone TCX/TPX 15 1624 Pantone TCX/TPX 12 0729 Pantone TCX/TPX 13 0220 Pantone TCX/TPX 19 5513 Pantone TCX/TPX 12 5410 Pantone TCX/TPX 18 3932 Pantone TCX/TPX 15 3620 Pantone TCX/TPX 14 1012 Pantone TCX/TPX 14 1118 Pantone TCX/TPX 17 1461 Pantone TCX/TPX 18 1142 Pantone TCX/TPX
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Sun Bleached Sun Bleached challenges binaries in life and humanity through exploration. Go somewhere new and discover tropical fruitlike colors, found amongst the depths of the jungle and sea, while wearing soft and airy plant fiber materials. Stifling rules of masculinity are reconsidered with fresh hues and breezy patterns.
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POP TROPIC Pop-Tropic is the feeling of eating a fruit popsicle at the beach with your toes in the water. Feel the sun, see the brightly plants reflect off the blue water, and experience the feelings of life. Explore, climb, and play amongst the trees, in the sand, and in the water. Make friends with the residents of the tide pools. Discover nature.
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Botanique Botanique represents the divine relationship between femininity and nature. Awaken your inner goddess with vibrant colors inspired by blooms and flowing cuts that skim the movement of your body without constraint.
WOMENSWEAR
Appreciate the ways that nature is sacred and the source of life, and realize that so are you.
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Salt Salt is the only relief from the simmering heat of the peak of the day. Dive in. Feel the refreshing coolness, the calm quiet of being submerged. Slip out, lay out.
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Repeat and rejuvenate yourself.
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Lush Lush is the decadent plant life that create shady pockets of cool even in the brightest points of the day. The floral blossoms and supple fruits that decorate the greens of the jungle. These details are what give nature such dimension and diversity.
Trend Influences Our natural wonders are depleting with time and it is time we highlight the ailing Mother Nature.
The natural world is a clear source for Amy’s work. She is fascinated by the flow of water, the shape of beehives, and the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, and seaweed.
The Great Barrier Reef ’s coral are getting bleached and dying rapidly. Where last year’s bleaching was concentrated in the reefs northern third, the 2017 event spread further south, and was most intense in the middle section of the Great Barrier Reef.
Her pieces bring to mind aerial landscape views, satellite imagery, and biological cellular processes.
Equatorial Escape takes a deep dive in the Australian blues and spreads awareness of the vibrant corals and aquatic life.
Deforestation in the Amazon has been concerning many environmentalists since the past few years. Equatorial Escape tries to inspire designers to take a new approach at summer tropical mood. It gives you walk in the wilderness and spreads the word of conserving our lush forests.
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Artist Courtney Mattison draws our attention by her hand-sculpts and intricately detailed ceramic sculptural works inspired by the fragile beauty of ocean ecosystems. “I believe art impacts our emotions and can move us to value the blue planet we live on in ways that scientific data often cannot.”
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Compiled by:: Disha Poray & Tanner Lunetta