TRENDS // MIRELLA BRUNO - PRINT/GRAPHIC/COLOR INSPIRATIONS . SS 2017

FV contributor, Mirella Bruno is a Fashion Print Trend Graphic Designer currently living in the French Swiss Alps. She curates an insightful forecast of mood boards for print, graphic and color direction. You can see her work on mirellabruno.com.

Our picks for this week are Fruit Sorbets, Geo Zen and Seashell Slipper for the S/S 2017 season.

    FRUIT SORBETS    

    GEO ZEN    

    SEA SHELL SLIPPER    

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - TIBET . S/S 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest - Tibet  - S/S 2017 season.

TRENDS // WHAT NEXT . AN EXTRAORDINARY MADNESS - 2017

What Next is a premiere lifestyle and fashion trend forecasting agency.  We track and translate cultural trends, technological innovation, new social mediums, and advancements in art and design. Our macro trend forecasts are designed to educate buyers, designers, merchandisers and planners. We siphon the best colors, patterns, graphics and silhouettes, and help translate how upcoming trends will affect your brand and target consumer. If you’re looking for fresh insight, require detailed market research or inspiration for your next collection, we deliver on-trend analysis every step of the way.

For their market research, forecasting and deep branding info, go to their site, What-next.com.

Below is a recent blog post from their site that we found interesting and visually mesmerizing as what we would interpret as the adult version of the tea party from Alice in Wonderland.

2017 Fashion Trends | An Extraordinary Madness

During my graduate study at Harvard University, I read and wrote extensively on the intersections between depth psychology, philosophy, religion, culture and gender. Today’s blog on 2017 fashion trends brings to mind some of that research, particularly a book called, The Far Side of Madness by John Weir Perry. Perry’s book explores different classifications of mental illness in the context of Jungian philosophy and mythology, and gives different and new meaning to the conscious and unconscious psychological underpinnings of schizophrenia.

I’ve been trying to put my finger on the how to explain why I chose the images for today’s post. It often begins as an intuitive leap – when my inner voice that says, “Aha! Yes. This image. Not that one. Etc.” It’s not always easy to put intuitive leaps into words. I’ve written before about madness and fashion, and I wanted to make sure I wasn’t repeating myself. But perhaps it’s not so much repeating myself, as it is providing further evidence for the hows and whys of this particular aesthetic development.

In The Far Side of Madness, Perry writes:

Plato tells us that Socrates enumerated four kinds of madness that conveyed a wisdom higher than the wisdom of the world: that of prophecy, of initiation, of poets, and of lovers. […] Socrates was not merely quipping, for his praise of madness was part and parcel of his doctrine of “recollection”: when the soul is born into the world it is inclined to forget its previously acquired vision of the divine light of heaven and must enter into these extraordinary mad states in order to retrieve what has been lost.

There is a kind of madness to today’s constellation of images that’s important for those interested in tracking 2017 fashion trends. In some ways it’s a madness that mirrors those days when I feel like my brain has “too many tabs” open. There’s so much to track, so many interruptions, and the pace can be overwhelming. We’re constantly inundated with information from all sides. But rather than bemoan how fracturing this can feel, let’s look instead at the tremendous amount of energy that’s around us and what it’s really pointing toward. Fashion is an excellent mirror during these times and often points to answers before all the questions have been asked. Take a look below and tell me what you see.

TRENDS // FV MICRO TRENDS - SPRING 2017 . MONOCHROMACITE

MICRO TREND - SS 2017

    MONOCHROMACITE     

Norm Core color combo Black and White continues to be one of the leading palette used in both fashion and interior.  We think infusing it with a splash of neutrals, a color accent and textures will give it a new level of dimension and look.

IMAGE SOURCES: 
Couleur Locale Marble Bowls | Model Soo Joo by Kevin Mackintosh for Vogue Italia Sept 2012 | Patternity/Bubble Repeat/Robin Broadbent

IMAGE SOURCES: 
Zach DeSart Photography | Mary Katrantzou |  Wout Werensteijn Paintings

TRENDS // FV MICRO TREND . URBAN NATIVE - SS 2017

MICRO TREND - SS 2017

    URBAN NATIVE    

The inspiration below is based on the recent, but a little late (well more then a little) on watching the gang girl movie remake of the Mad Max.  The 2 micro trend we created is called URBAN NATIVE for the SS 2017 season, a take on the more feminine yet strong warrior presence surrounding the end of the world and what limited resources would inhabit us to collect and craft by depending on the limited natural resources.

  

IMAGE SOURCES:   Warrior , Wooden Sticks, Desert Vista by Kevin Hardin

IMAGE SOURCES:   Warrior , Free People DIY Windchime, Stitch Collage by Daniela Maschera

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - PRINCESS CHARLOTTE . JUNIORS S/S 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Juniors Key Trend - Princess Charlotte for the S/S 2017 season.

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN . SS 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Key Trend - California Dreamin for the S/S 2017 season.

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST . SS 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Key Trend - Architectural Digest for the S/S 2017 season.

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - GLOBAL COLOR DIRECTION . SS 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Global Color Trend - Pinks, Corals, Yellows, Aquas, Greens and Blues for the S/S 2017 season.

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - WOMEN'S COLOR TREND . SS 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Women's Color Trend - TANGELO for the S/S 2017 season.

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - WOMENS TREND . SS 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Womens Trend for the S/S 2017 season. 

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - JUNIORS S/S 2017

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Juniors Trend for the S/S 2017 season. 

SS17 Long Term Junior Trends feminize the post apocalyptic steam punk into a trend we are dubbing "Carny Kitsch™". Burning Man's future art theme "Carnival of Mirrors" will lock this in as one of the most important Junior Trends of the season.

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL . WOMEN'S S/S 2017 - LOST IN TIBET

Trend Council is a fashion trend forecasting company who delivers expert analysis and design inspirations. Their team provides a great wealth of consulting services for all your company's design needs.  Trend Council focuses on the Ladies, Juniors, Mens, Young Mens and Active markets. To learn more about their services, go here.

Here is a preview of their latest Women's Lost in Tibet trend for the S/S 2017 season. 

TRENDS // HYOSUNG + CREORA - SS 2017

Hyosung, the largest elastane producer in the world and the manufacturer of Creora.  Here is a preview of their Spring/Summer 2017 season. Go here to learn more about Creora and here to view additional 2016 textile trends for Intimates, Swimwear, Ready To Wear, Active Wear, Hosiery and Denim. 

    INTERACTION    

The interaction between the body and garments fuels this direction. High compression with creora® Power Fit for anatomical support features for protection, embracing the body and connecting with the movement. Perfect surfaces allow for a new direction in optically appealing tone-on-tone prints, while the perfectly geometrical textures correspond with the body in enhancing performance. Black is always core item with creora® Black to eliminate grin through.

     TRUTH     

Instinctively organic in inspiration, natural and synthetic yarns create the desired natural hand feel. An eco story features with creora® eco-soft and/ or recycled synthetics to reduce energy usage .. creora Color+ dyeable spandex offers stretch without grin through in ranges from comfort to core stability to deliver on this natural nuance inspiration in brighter colors . Enhanced by traditional feeling and functionality designs deliver a smooth, calm and truthful aspect for soft sports like Yoga and Pilates.

    CHARGED    

An electric approach to activewear, pushing up a notch in colors with creora Color+ and performance. There is a new dynamic in play with bright and energetic prints and colorways pushing forward. Lightweight with the fit from creora®, an exciting and vibrating direction for garments that cannot be ignored. This isn’t just about pushing the workout zone it is also about pushing boundaries, not playing by the rules but still achieving success.

    PHANTASM    

An illusive aspect to the activewear sector, focused on the pro and semi pro market. Deceptive in appearance, fabrics are micro fine and featherweight but with so much power from creora® Power Fit. Luminosity also features affecting the surfaces with moiré finishes and calendared look. Next generation, polypropylene fabrics with creora® eco-soft offers new blends for this futuristic influence .