Spring & Fall Fashion Round-up

Pantone has worked their usual magic and recently released their 2010 Fall Fashion Colour Report. The hot colours are:

PANTONE 13-0632 Endive

PANTONE 15-1050 Golden Glow

PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral

PANTONE 19-1764 Lipstick Red

PANTONE 18-3027 Purple Orchid

PANTONE 19-1526 Chocolate Truffle

PANTONE 16-5418 Lagoon

PANTONE 18-0538 Woodbine

PANTONE 14-1107 Oyster Gray

PANTONE 14-1307 Rose Dust

You can grab a copy of the free report here. It's a fun document because not only to you get an explanation of the colours but there are pages of fashion design where designers like Simmons of Baby Phat show a design concept in a particular colour. This may prove to be a useful tool for anyone planning a colour series for jewelry projects.

In reading the Spring 2010 Fashion Report from Bloomingdale's article on the Fashion Newspaper there is a predicted focus on wrist-wear and Lucite for the Spring 2010 season to go with the new leather shorts that you picked up to go with that great suit jacket.

Until next Tuesday, go browse the web.

Fringed Earrings

I remember making earrings out of fish lures years ago, more as a joke than anything. I also used feather fishing flies. Always removed the hook mind you and they always sold.

Fashion will always produce the last laugh by ensuring that the currently fashionable fringed earrings that are sported on celebs actually look a lot like fishing lures and sell for way more money.

Here's some fine examples of the fringe look that don't actually look as much like lures as some of the others on the market.



These are the Rachel Leigh Earring Pyramid Fringe Earrings. Cool, simple and elegant.

Have a fun week, and until next Tuesday, go browse the web.

Unusual Fashion Trends

Trends are an interesting thing to watch. They are sometimes fleeting and low cost, and other times, trendy items actually 'take' with the fashion audience and stick around for ages. Things that never seem to go out of style are classic trench coats or pearls, they just ebb and flow in the quantity and quirkiness.

Now the unusual fashion trends are fun to watch because one never really knows where it is going to go. Spotted the following article this morning:

Unusual Fashion Trends

Some may see the latest fashion trends as unusual or maybe just different from the norm. Either way, popular styles can stay or fade away faster than a pair of worn-out stonewash jeans. Some recent “unusual” fashion trends include:

* Makeup for Men: Makeup is no longer a tool for women to enhance their beauty. Men are now using makeup, too. Many men use everything from foundation to eye liner. While it seemed the norm for rock stars and news anchors to wear makeup, now more and more men are using cosmetics.

Yes, I am seeing this a bit more and more in the local club scene where it doesn't seem to be just the domain of the Goth or Emo youth anymore.

* 'Hello Kitty' Jewelry for Adults: Hello Kitty has advanced from school supplies, stuffed animals and stickers to products for adults as well. There is a Hello Kitty-themed MasterCard, kitchen toasters, Bluetooth® head sets and diamond jewelry.

Scary but true, this has been an ongoing trend in the fashion forward jewelry magazines for at least 2 years. I also know that at least 5 years ago, someone re-skinned one of the guns for Unreal Tournament '04, and made an "Hello Kitty" version.


* Multi-colored Manicures: Celebrities such as Rihanna and Lindsay Lohan are oftentimes seen wearing a different color of polish on each fingernail polish.

Seeing this more and more too but it still seems to be in the domain of youth.

* Skinny Jeans for Men: Similar to makeup, skinny jeans started as a fashion trend for women. Now, men are shopping brands like Gap and Levi Strauss for jeans with tapered legs and narrow ankles.

Not for general use in this neck of the woods yet, but is visible in the club scene on a lot of ages.

* Liquid Leggings: This look is part of the rock star style. Liquid leggings are a leather version of the common Lycra or nylon stretch pants.

Leather leggings, bring 'em on. Far more durable then the other materials that have been popular in the last couple of years.

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Have a fun week, and until next Tuesday, go browse the web.