Stripes, stripes and more stripes. This is what we’re seeing in so many of the Spring ’12 collections. It’s incredibly hard to pick a favorite, but I’m particularly smitten with the pants by Tommy Hilfiger. Do you think these looks are too much, or can you already see them in your closet?
Here’s a trend I’m happy to see any season, and the below designers certainly do not disappoint. From Egypt to Africa to South American, tribal motifs take on a variety of forms among this popular Spring ’12 trend.
If you pay attention to fashion then you’re well aware that many designers have gone bonkers for prints. They are mixing them in unconventional ways, and saturating the body from head-to-toe in bold, colorful motifs. Just when we thought there was no possible way to up the ante a few designers had to go and prove us wrong. Below you’ll find a few examples of print-laden collections set against some very dynamic backgrounds. And apparently we aren’t the only one to notice this trend – the last set of images were composed by one of our favorite bloggers, the lovely Miss Moss, posted on her blog only yesterday. If printophelia isn’t a real word yet we think it ought to be; we are certified printophiles. Just don’t tell our health insurance, ok?
I have noticed a rising trend spanning multiple runway designers and retails stores lately, although I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it. Printed maxi dresses are fairly common but now we are seeing other ways of wearing head-to-toe print: rompers and tailored suits. Anytime I see a matching printed suit I can’t help but picture the fabulous elderly women I’ve seen at the grocery store, you know, the kind that wear leather driving gloves when they go into town. I’m not sure whether this printed pant-suit trend will catch on among my generation, but I’m kind of hoping it does. I want to be that little old lady wearing flamboyant, printed suits one day.
I don’t normally post on Saturdays, but with the phenomenal news out of New York last night I thought this was more than appropriate. I love Christopher Kane, rainbows, and the progression of civil rights.
