Pantone unveils fashion colour report for AW14
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The top ten colours for women’s fashion features colours that represent the beauty of the past and the spirit of the present and includes “grown-up” shades of red, followed by two extremes of the purple family, from a romantic and elegant purple hue to this year’s colour of the year ‘Radiant Orchid’. These are joined by subtle blue tones, a “powerful” green hue, and two optimistic autumnal shades from a classy brown to a warm yellow that alludes to the promise of spring to come.
Pantone names top 10 colours for AW14
According to Pantone, the exotic red ‘Sangria’, the more sophisticated ‘Aurora Red’ and the adaptable ‘Radiant Orchid’ will be the most popular, across not just women’s fashion but also men’s, along with ‘Mauve Mist’, a romantic and elegant purple shade, inspired by the deco era that has a touch of Downton Abbey about it.
The berry-hue of ‘Sangria’ can be seen across the collections of Monique Lhuillier, Nicole Miller, Dennis Basso, and Tadashi Shoji, who noted that he uses colour in his collections to “reinvent classic silhouettes” and he used the bold colour on his little red dress.
Images: Pantone AW14 colour palette and Monique Lhuillier for Pantone