TROPICULTURE SPRING SUMMER 2017 BABY TODDLER GIRLS
TREND DIRECTION
MOOD
CUBAN INFLUENCE DEEP JUNGLE
TROPICAL VIBE
GLOBAL BACKPACKER
SUSTAINABILITY WOVEN HANDICRAFTS
RUSTIC BEACHCOMBER
ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
CUBAN CULTURE AND HANDICRAFTS SPILL INTO CHILDRENSWEAR AFTER THE RECENT REDACTION OF THE US TRAVEL EMBARGO. THE BACKPACKER ETHOS OF EXPERIENCING MORE AND HAVING LESS, AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY CREATES A MULTICULTURAL, RUSTIC AESTHETIC.
15-1433 TPX
COLOUR
COCONUT BROWNS
BEACH WHITES
12-0642 TPX 17-1544 TPX
FADED AND WORN
17-1327 TPX EXOTIC BRIGHTS
11-0104 TPX 16-6318 TPX 18-5424 TPX SUNBLEACHED
5-5516 TPX
JUNGLE GREENS
19-4241 TPX 17-1755 TPX
HAVANA CITYSCAPES
HAVANA CITYSCAPES INSPIRE SUNBLEACHED AND WORN BRIGHTS, WHILE THE DEEP JUNGLE GIVES WAY TO RICH GREEENS AND EXOTIC TONES. THESE ARE SET AGAINST SANDY WHITES AND COCONUT BROWNS, INSPIRED BY TROPICAL BEACHES.
GRAPHICS INSPIRATION
KEY CONCEPTS RETRO JUNGLE ENERGETIC FOLIAGE ETHNIC WEAVES MOSIAC TILES PETTERNED INDIGO LAYERED PRINTS TROPICAL FLORALS TROPICAL FRUITS BEACH BOUND BIRDS AND ANIMALS
RETRO JUNGLE
TONE ON TONE PALM LEAF AND JUNGLE PRINTS HARK BACK TO OLD SCHOOL SAFARI EXPLORERS. LIGHT BEIGE BACKGROUNDS ARE KEY, WITH THE OCCASIONAL BURGUNDY INCLUSION.
ENERGETIC FOLIAGE
BUSY AND BRIGHT ALL OVER PRINTS ARE INSPIRED BY DEEP JUNGLE FOLIAGE. DIGITAL AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS ARE POPULAR, AS WELL AS MULTI COLOURED FLAT PRINTS.
ETHNIC WEAVES
ETHNIC AND TRIBAL WEAVES INSPIRE COMPLEX ALL OVER PRINTS AND JACQUARDS. CORAL COLOURING IS POPULAR, WITH EARTHY BROWN INCLUSIONS.
MOSAIC TILES
EXTRAVAGANT AND MIX AND MATCH CUBAN TILINGS ARE REPLICATED IN MOSAIC STYLE PRINTS. TURQUOISE GREENS, BLUES AND WHITES GIVE A TROPCAL FEEL, WHILE OCHRES AND BEIGES HAVE A MORE SUBTLE VIBE.
PAT TERNED INDIGO
INDIGO WEAVES AND ALL OVER PRINTS APPEAR ACROSS A RANGE OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS. SOME ARE WASHED AND WORN, AND REMINISCENT OF BATIQUE, WHILE OTHERS HAVE A STONGER GEOMETRIC APPEARANCE.
LAYERED PRINTS
PRINTS ARE DIGITALLY REMASTERED AND LAYERED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. FLORALS ARE MIXED WITH STRIPES AND TRIBAL PATTERNING CREATING BUSY ALL OVER REPEATS.
TROPICAL FLORALS
TROPICAL FLORALS APPEAR AS ALL OVER PRINTS, BORDER REPEATS AND IN THE BACKGROUND OF TEXT. COLOURS ARE BRIGHT, FRESHM AND SOMETIMES NEON; FRESH FOR THE SUMMER SEASON.
TROPICAL FRUITS
FRUIT PRINTS ARE POPULAR AS SIMPLE, MOTIF DRIVEN ARTWORKS AND MORE COMPLEX DIGITAL REPEATS. PINAPPLES AND LEMONS ARE MOST POPULAR, AND OFTEN APPEAR SIMPLE AND STYLIZED.
BEACH BOUND
BEACH MOTIFS AND SLOGANS APPEAR AS DIGI PRINTS, APPLIQUES, EMBROIDERIES AND FLAT PRINTS. SHELL IMAGES ARE POPULAR AS WELL AS BEACH FOLIAGE SUCH AS CORAL AND SEAWEED SHAPES.
BIRDS AND ANIMALS
TROPICAL BIRDS AND ANIMALS ARE USED BOTH IN ALL OVER PRINTS AND AS PLACEMENT ARTWORKS. THEY ARE NAIVELY DRAWN FOR YOUNGER AGES, OFTEN USING MIXED MEDIA.