Sunday, June 15, 2008

2007 Fashion Trends


Latest Fashion Trends
The key looks are determined by fashion moving on to newer versions of familiar themes. The old themes get refined, pared down or vamped up. This makes them seem so much more polished, creating a new desirable appeal and regenerates the fashion kudos. Now the key trend for Autumn 2007 is fashion with a sophisticated touch of glamour. Of course to stay at the head of the latest trend you need to follow the key Pantone colour trends.
In brief, the foundation of autumn winter 2007/8 key trends are based on glamour, shine, embellishment and bold bright colours. The latest fashion themes cover military tailoring, relaxed easy to wear coats, leather, dresses, oversized knitwear, and black on black texture.
Take note of how the fashion seasons are merging. Pre-collections, cruise and resort ranges, once just extra collections to feed an ever hungry clientele, have now become as important to designers as the original twice a year collections. The new super-class of shopper is able to afford staying ahead by buying the latest costly wardrobe additions. Countless consumers find it undesirable to be caught out wearing passé or inappropriate apparel. The global nature of fashion today ensures that mass retailers keep up especially well. If you have been following these pages for the past few years you will have already bought hot fashion items that are in line with the Autumn Winter 2007/8 new season.
The relentless hype from the internet is such that many shoppers now vigorously purchase clothes all year rather than for the 2 major seasons. Fashionistas steadily buy into the next big look, always ready, always primed to scour the latest clothing rack. Staying ahead of key trends has become easier to achieve with the rise of internet fashion shopping. Internet fashion shopping is now up a whopping 55% since last year and has overtaken sales of computers. Fashion racing is happening because of the way we now travel and communicate with increasing ease through the global village.
For an instant update to any outfit start with a pair of ankle boots. The red and black ankle boots shown left are from Dune whilst the black stiletto patent boot right is from Dior.
Major New Fashion Looks for Fall 2007 Winter 2008Top Twenty Key Trends
COATS - A major trend is for coats - seek Cocoon volume, Trapeze A-lines or masculine lean tailored fitted coats.
PLAIDS AND CHECKS - Big tartans and checks create punk influenced jackets, dresses, bags and coats.
ARMY & NAVY MILITARY - Sgt. Pepper - braids, brass, ornate pea coats, martial lines in black, navy, cream, olive.
GLEAM & SHEEN - METALLICS, LEATHER, PATENT, PLASTIC, RUBBER - shine, sheen, glow, glimmer and gleam.
BIKER BABE - Leather multi zipper biker jackets, sans studs. Supple leather knee coats worn with skinnies.
ARMORIAL - Clothes with hardware or reptilian textured leathers make the perfect warrior women.
1940s GLAMOUR GODDESS GOWNS - Grown up dressing for girls who emulate 1940s satin clad sultry sirens.
SECRETARY DRESSES - Figure hugging midi dresses for hourglass bodies. Try sack, trapeze or pinafore alternatives.
OPULENCE - Pailettes and embellishment bulks-up to become passementerie. Deluxe gold trim overlays black.
SKIRT SUITS - Formal dressing made easy with matchy matchy jackets and full or pencil skirts.
SHOOTING PARTY - Lighter weight country look tweeds, moleskin and corduroy separates, but for town wear.
EQUESTRIAN - Sporting touches in boots and trousers. Think jodhpurs, crisp shirts, caps and riding capes.
MAN ABOUT TOWN - Androgynous dressing in high-waisted man tailored pants, or tuxedo masculine trouser suits.
GLOBAL NOMAD - Ethnic Mix - tribal look that evolves, refuses to die. Melting pot traveller clashing prints, patterns.
WINTER WARMERS - BIG KNITS - Every wardrobe will succumb to at least one item from oversized knit ranges.
QUILTED, PADDED & PUFFA LOOKS - Practical glamour for winter cosiness. This is edgy when styled well.
MONOCHROME - Black with white optical effects, grey knitwear and tailoring.
BLACK ON BLACK - Black texture is laid beside other textures. Matte against shiny, or dull against shimmering black.
COLOUR - Jewel colours, bold brights - orange, coral, pink, red, emerald green, amethyst and purple.
PURPLE - Any tone, any shade as long as it's purple. Amethyst, aubergine, puce, purple, mauve, lilac, lavender.
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