Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2013

Mostly I was thinking about this slate article and the whole amazing idea of "colour forecasting" and how that works.

but also i quite like that yellow.

http://www.style-den.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/emerald-green-nails-trend-2013.jpg

linen on lemon zest

grayed jade

i love these

linen + poppy red all day

emerald and monaco blue are nice. i can't wear the lemon zest color at all

You missed the men's colors. It's all the same except with the addition of Alloy, Tidal Foam, and subbing Vibrant Orange for Nectarine.

Oh, and Sunflower for Lemon Zest.

http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=21007&ca=4

'tidal foam' is a disgusting name for a colour, what the hell

why not just call it 'soap scum'

omg this poor guy

http://www.pantone.com/images/pages/21005/sketches/sk-sp13-Tommy-Hilfiger-MEN.png

my first thought was monaco blue. my second thought was "what am i, depressed?" /lizlemon

Lemon Zest is the best.

i think color forecasting is a really interesting subject. i've been meaning to check out this recent book because it looks amazing

http://mitpress.mit.edu/covers/9780262017770.jpg

oh, it's mentioned in that slate article.

poppy red?

http://www.gravitypope.com/clothing/engineeredgarments/4373_2_1_1024.jpg

my ex wife always said wearing red was for toddlers

agree / disagree?

there is something a little childish about it -- red apparently suits me well (i assume it's that it makes the redness/pinkness of my skin less prominent) but you have to be willing to look a little loud, which I v rarely am. Patterns with red in aren't super babyish, though, it's only block-colour red hoodies/coats that have I guess the fairytales and fireengines connotations.

that jacket's niiiice tho. possibly the irregular white line of the zips is 90s-severe enough to mitigate?

A friend got me a poppy red shirt and I love it. The rest of my wardrobe was pretty dour at the time, also it was fitted and all of my other shirts were baggy. Wasn't convinced but as soon as I put it on I felt like a million dollars.

i kind of feels its ridiculous to make statements that general about color w/r/t clothing, especially since colors mean different things in different contexts, on different garments, in different settings, rendered in different fabrics, etc etc etc. which is a roundabout way of saying your ex = rong.

(also, what is that madras shirt plz, i am intrigued by the curve of the hem, thx)

engineered garments

i think, will double check

yeah it's EG

v silly shirt imo

http://www.gravitypope.com/clothing/engineeredgarments/4372_2_1_1024.jpg

http://www.gravitypope.com/clothing/engineeredgarments/4368_2_1_1024.jpg

cuuuute ^_^

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i'm starting to get a little more into the subject of ~color~, since my job is the one and only garment dyer for a small clothing company. i don't pick the palette for the season, although i have some input, but my job is to come up with formulas for whatever colors are chosen.

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YELLOW

i bought a wallet in this colour; i would now consider myself to be 'on-trend'