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TRENDS // TRENDSTOP - WOMEN'S F/W 2015-16 RUNWAY PRINT REPORT

A great resource for fashion and creative professionals is Trendstop.com an online fashion and trend forecasting agency based in London. They have an extensive data for forecasts and trends in all areas of clothing, accessories and beauty for Mens and Womens. You can shop for all of their trend reports in our Trendstop shop here.

WOMEN'S F/W 2015-16 RUNWAY PRINT REPORT - FLORAL REDUX

Discover exciting new prints hot off the runways of the Fall/Winter 2015-16 ready-to-wear shows, and be inspired with the most influential print and pattern trends of the season. This week, WeConnectFashion readers can get a first look at The Interior Floral trend, a directional print story pinpointed by the Trendstop print experts. This trend was spotted in collections by leading designers like Karen Walker and Marc by Marc Jacobs.

INTERIOR FLORAL PRINT TREND

Image courtesy Trendstop: Marc by Marc Jacobs backstage

Image courtesy Trendstop: Marc by Marc Jacobs, Karen Walker, Thakoon, Simone Rocha, all Fall/Winter 2015-16.

Urban William Morris - This fall, interior-inspired prints look to the winter garden with a bouquet of floral patterns, creating sophisticated modern classic effects. Here, wallpaper patterns recalling William Morris’ iconic designs come to life with a stylized cosmopolitan twist, as seen with textured surfaces across Marc by Marc Jacobs skirts and Simone Rocha Bags. Meanwhile, bold floral prints stand out on dark bases at Thakoon, with oversized repeats adding newness to vintage aesthetics at Karen Walker.

Image courtesy Trendstop: Vivienne Westwood, Erdem, Burberry Prorsum, Michael Van Der Ham, all Fall/Winter 2015-16.

Textural Florals - A key trend on the London F/W15 runways, this trend can be adapted to highlight the tactile nature of interiors design. Textural Florals add drama to the winter wardrobe when flower prints are applied to materials like rustic wovens, jacquards, appliqués and brocades. Color pops and mixed patterns produce modern statements at Erdem and Burberry Prorsum, along with contrasts of texture at Vivienne Westwood. At Michael Van Der Ham, we see how a luxe shine can be created with a touch of metallic.

For more details about the Trendstop Catwalk Focus Reports, click here.

TRENDS // PATTERN CURATOR - COLOR INSPIRATIONS SS 2016

FV contributor, Pattern Curator curates an insightful forecast of mood boards & color stories and we are thrilled to have them on board as our newest FV contributor. They are collectors of images and photos to offer print, pattern and color trends. Each of the boards curated is visually directional, relevant and trend-right. An amazing site for inspirations, check out their site here.

Our picks for this week are Fresh Teal, Red and Purple and Serene Citrine

FRESH TEAL

RED + PURPLE

SERENE CITRINE

TRENDS // TRENDSTOP - WOMEN'S RUNWAY - KEY COLOR REPORT F/W 2015-16

The Trendstop experts have analyzed the must-have shades of the season, compiling them into an inspirational spectrum of Fall/Winter 2015-16 color. Fresh from the front row, a sneak peek at a key color for the womenswear market: Cayenne.

Image courtesy Trendstop: Costello Tagliapietra Fall/Winter 2015-16.

Fresh from the front row, discover how womenswear can be updated with Cayenne, a directional shade, that colors designs in the apparel, accessories and footwear sectors. Cayenne will be influential for fast fashion markets going into F/W 2015-16, as well as mainstream fashion markets for Fall/Winter 2016-17 a season later.

CASUALWEAR APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES

Image courtesy Trendstop: Opening Ceremony, Lacoste, Proenza Schouler, Marc by Marc Jacobs, all Fall/Winter 2015-16.

A spicy shade of Cayenne combines brown with an orange tint, updating the staple shade with an autumnal Fashion Colour twist. A perfect shade for the fall wardrobe, Cayenne injects women’s styles with an alluring warmth and commercial appeal. In casual wear this color adds a laidback look to pieces like utility coats at Opening Ceremony and manipulated dresses at Proenza Schouler, while sportswear inspires contrast trim at Lacoste and slogan scarves by Marc by Marc Jacobs.

FORMAL APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES

Images courtesy Trendstop: Cushnie et Ochs, Zac Posen, Adeam, Proenza Schouler, all Fall/Winter 2015-16.

An influential shade on the New York runways, designers demonstrate how Cayenne can be applied to luxury-based fabrications for a more sophisticated feel. Lurex fibres and silks create elegance in the form of ladylike dresses at Cushnie et Ochs, with monochrome color contrasts adding interest to winter layering at Adeam. Other highlights include plush fur jackets at Zac Posen and glossy reptile skin handbags at Proenza Schouler.

The full report is available now, shop at our Trendstop shop, here.

TRENDS // FASHION SNOOPS - WOMENS AND MENS . SS 2016 ACTIVE FORECASTS

Fashion Snoops is an online forecasting trend service that reports on color, design themes, key items, details, etc., for women, men, youth, kids, accessories, beauty, home, and culture. To learn more and subscribe to their services, go to fashionsnoops.com to view their amazing site and check out their inspiring blog, fashionsnoops360.com.

S/S 16 Men & Women Top Activewear Trends by

FASHION SNOOPS

We are entering into a unique era of style. Along with consumers new outlook comes the opportunity to mix utility, comfort and personal taste into an everyday look - seeking out tech-specific textiles, rioting color palettes, modern aesthetics, street utility details, and new subcultures is the starting line for the occasion. Spearheading this progression in wardrobe and routines are the Millennials who seamlessly fuse active influences with everyday sportswear, and even tailored clothing in some cases. Move over runway, and step your game up contemporary, activewear has found its potential and it's here to compete.

We have compiled this information into a special report for Fashion Vignette members, courtesy of Fashion Snoops – where the full reports are available exclusively to subscribers. The full version of the trend reports are available now for individual purchase in the Fashion Vignette Trend Shop.

S/S 16 WOMEN ACTIVE FORECASTS

We kick off the Spring 2016 forecasts with Vertigo, dizzying visuals and good vibes in a delirious mashup, topped off with a sweet and sassy attitude. Retro shapes inspired by 60’s kitsch swimwear get modernized by mixed media materials, while playful, overtly flirty details get slapped with snarky message graphics.

Seaside inspiration comes from beach bunnies galore. With cheeky and nostalgic surf style shapes like foamy high-waisted bottoms and flirty bras dominating key items and hazy cotton candy hues clashing with poppy watermelon and cherry red.

1. Bad gals
2. Airbrushing
3. Nostalgic neon
4. Sweet and Sassy
5. Apathy
6, 7. Tattooed and Tweaked Icons

MUD is movement under distress. For our third active forecast this season, we focus on the primal state of stability within extreme conditions deriving from baja racing, beach volleyball and mudder races. A fusion of dry environments and sweat.

Dirt and mud terrains of mining camps, outdoors trails, mudder obstacles, canyons and ancient cemeteries create a perspective of moving forms that prove to be more than a landscape but the natural strokes of a living man made artist expression. The depth of color, organic movement of shapes and macro level functionality that it generates all can be translated into design features that coexist with the warrior spirit and articulation.

1. Letter intergrated net print
2. Atlas map
3. Thermal heat
4. Tough letter logo / wrap around print
5. Peel away beauty
6. Rock mosaic
7. Fingerpaint warrior

S/S 16 MEN ACTIVE FORECASTS

Kicking off the active Spring / Summer 2016 season, Open Mind sparks the excitement of creativity, the vibrancy of personality and the quirky fun injected into a sporty lifestyle. Young, involved, interested and intoxicating, this guy is active in expressing his imagination and excited to see where it takes him.

Imagine if you were free to just explore the world and uncover all of the folk richness that history had expressed. Then apply your spin on patterns, colors, perspective, shapes and significance to your own art form — and that is what Open Mind is all about: collaborating with culture to express the future of art.

PATTERN (clockwise from top left):
1. Iridescent
2. Urban Word Puzzle
3. Triangle Code
4. Multi Layered Signature
5. Coral Reef Camo
6. Marbleized
7. Polka Pops
8. Water Smeared
9. Shape Clash

MUD is movement under distress. For our third active forecast this season, we focus on the primal state of stability within extreme conditions deriving from baja racing, Laamb wrestling and mudder races. A fusion of dry environments and sweat. Unearthing natural terrain from by high levels of consistent performance, the MUD athlete shows no mercy to his environment as he pushes him mental and physical capabilities to the max.

Warrior is all about outfitting focused aggression. Fabrics need to be rugged and durable enough to sustain large amounts of sporadic impact, frequent influx / de-flux of temperatures and act as the fundamental layer of enhancing and protecting movement. Brute natural force evokes a inner strength that needs to be focused for a particular goal and once that goal is identified, then the apparel can be modified for optimum results.

PATTERNS (clockwise from top left):
1. Letter integrated net print
2. Atlas map
3. Rock Mosaic
4. Tribal Stripes
5. Stenciled geo pattern over distressed print
6. Micro mud streams
7. Jagged shape shifting
8. Tread zones

The complete activewear trend series for Spring/Summer 16 are available now for purchase through the Fashion Vignette digital Trend Shop. Additional comprehensive forecasting reports are also available across all markets.

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This S/S 16 Womens Active Series by Fashion Snoops includes in-depth coverage & analysis by Fashion Snoops of emerging trends for the upcoming season. Visit our trend shop to learn more!

This S/S 15 Mens Active Series by Fashion Snoops includes in-depth coverage & analysis by Fashion Snoops of emerging trends for the upcoming season. Visit our trend shop to learn more!

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - WOMENS FALL 16 KEY FASHION COLOR REPORT

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 COLOR trend call outs for the Fall 2016 season

[ TREND + PRINT REPORT ] AARYN WEST STUDIO

Today's post [ TREND + PRINT REPORT ], is from FV print and fashion contributor AARYN WEST of Aaryn West Studio based in Los Angeles, California. Go here, to check out their website.

Below are their some of her Fall 2015 Runway Trend inspirations: Black and White Optics, Forest Fauna, with their print backgrounds.

BLACK AND WHITE OPTICS

Here’s a trend that is guaranteed to put you in a groovy mood. Graphic, eye-popping prints in stark shades of black and white evoke a complex mixture of playful and serious, and can often be a challenge to create; the trick is to find the perfect combination of scale and level of detail. Such dazzling optical prints were spotted in various Fall 2015 collections, with examples coming from Trina Turk, Protagonist, and Custo Barcelona in addition to the designers credited below.

Emilio Pucci, Zero + Maria Cornejo, Christian Dior all via Style.com
Background print © Aaryn West

BOHO PUNK

The Fall season often takes us on a journey deep into the forest. This year a focus on woodland fauna takes the spotlight, as seen with these romanticized, folky interpretations.

Honor, Nicole Miller, Markus Lupfer all via Style.com
Background print © Aaryn West

FOREST FAUNA

With each Fall season we inevitably see a resurgence of plaid parading down the catwalk, often within the clean and crisp domain of menswear. This season we are seeing a more feminine, perhaps even free spirited, approach to plaid. Plaids are being juxtaposed against whimsical paisleys, sweetly naive florals, and in the case of Stella Jean’s brilliant collection, ornately detailed folkloric illustrations of animals. Think about inserting a does of grunge into your next bohemian collection, by way of the simple punky plaid.

Red Valentino, Stella Jean, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi all via Style.com
Background print © Aaryn West

TRENDS // TREND COUNCIL - FW 2015 RUNWAY TRENDS

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 key trend highlights of the Fall 2015 season, MOD and FRINGE.

TRENDS // PATTERNBANK - PARIS FASHION WEEK . A/W 2015/16 PART 1

Patternbank is an exceptionally great resource with over 20 years in the print, graphics and fashion industry. Their global research brings you essential inspiration ideas for graphics, prints and patterns, making Patternbank a valuable resource and intelligence tool for any business, designer or buyer. To stay informed of their reports, sign up for the Patternbank Weekly Digest here.

Below is a preview of their Fall/Winter Winter 2015-16 - Catwalk Print and Pattern Trend Highlights Part 1 from the Paris Fashion Week. You can view their entire report here. You can also view and order many of their other reports here.

Patternbank bring the highlights of print and pattern from Paris Fashion week today. Geometrics and colour blocks were a recurring theme as were rich ethnic prints and oriental patterns. Look out for the final Paris shows and our in-depth report of all the key print and pattern trends of Autumn/Winter 15/16 from the latest New York, London, Milan and Paris catwalk shows.

BALMAIN

Bold Colour Blocking – Jewel Colours – Vertical Stripes – Geometric Blocks – Abstract Camouflage – Tropical Leaf Camo – Overlapping Shapes

Balmain photos via Vogue.co.uk

CARVEN

Retro Floral Pattern – Simplified Daisy – Kimono Style Florals – Clustered Groups – Rounded Petals – Chinoiserie Bright Prints – Trailing Foliage

Carven photos via Vogue.co.uk

MANISH ARORA

Exotic Iris Prints – Digital Placements – Engineered Fantasy Foliage – Other Worldly Landscapes – New Age Tribal – Futuristic Jewelled Icons – Highly Decorative – Exotic Feather Plumes

Manish Arora photos via Vogue.co.uk

ISSEY MIYAKE

Bold Chevron Stripes – Stripe Graduations – Horizontal Stripe Variation – Sculptural Effects – Geometric Shapes – 3 Dimentional – Tessellated Geometry – Folded Origami Shapes – Colour Shading

Issey Miyake photos via Vogue.co.uk

TRENDS // CREORA + HYOSUNG - SS 2016 SWIMWEAR

Creora®, the global leading spandex/elastane supplier in the world and their commitment is to find new ways to meet evolving business needs. They intend to invest and grow capabilities to meet market demands and to continue to deliver the world's best quality, best services and innovation. To learn more go to their website, here.

Below is Creora®'s Swimwear 2016 Textile Directions, go here for their other reports for Intimate, Ready To Wear, Activewear, Hosiery and Denim.

TRENDS // PATTERNBANK - SS 2016 PREMIERE VISION TRENDS

Below is a preview of their latest SS 2016 Premiere Vision Trends. You can view their entire report here. You can also view and order many of their other reports here.

PREMIERE VISION SS 2016 TRENDS
After last month’s biggest European textile trade fair Premiere Vision, we thought it would be useful to report back on some of the key print trends buyers were keen to view. Patternbank’s first outing to Premiere Vision Designs was a great chance for the team to talk to buyers about their upcoming collections and seasonal developments. Watch out for our full PV print trend report that will be live later this month.

INDIGO DENIM PRINTS – PAISLEY PATTERN – JAPANESE MOTIFS – BANDANA STYLE – MONOCHROMATIC BLUES – INDIGO PAINTED – BORDERS – SEPARATED PAISLEY ELEMENTS

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CLEAN CUT OUT MOTIFS – 1950’S PRINT LOOKS – GRAPHIC FLORAL OVERLAYS – BOLD COLOUR PALETTE – LAYERED STYLISED FLOWERS – FLAT COLOUR WITH OVER PRINTED DETAIL

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AUTHENTIC TILE PATTERNS – IRREGULAR LAYOUTS – GEOMETRIC AND FLORAL MIXES – DELFTWARE – HAND DRAWN STYLE – BROKEN MOSAICS – PRETTY FLOWERS – DISTRESSED AND WORN PATTERN

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FADED PAISLEY PRINTS / PATTERN MIXING / WORN ORIENTAL CARPETS / PANEL AND BORDER LAYOUTS / ETHNIC MOTIFS / MANDALA PATTERNS / 70’S BOHEMIAN / FADED BEAUTY

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