With all of the psychedelic flower power found blooming in the Spring ’15 runway shows, we had to wonder just how many designers were drinking from the same well of acid-laced Kool-Aid? (Um.. and where can we get some?!) This may just be the trend we are most excited to see emerging from the newest shows. With dizzying and playful motifs, and colors that nearly surpass louder-than-life status, these vintage florals are sure to be the life of the Spring print party.
Kate Spade New York, Jeremy Scott, House of Holland all via Style.com
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Today we present an extremely relatable trend seen everywhere from retail to the runway: daisies. Whether photographic, painted, digitally warped or presented atop an abstract texture, designers are finding fresh ways to serve up this classic vintage flower. For more examples of how runway designers are interpreting this trend, be sure to check out resort collections from Alice + Olivia and Nina Ricci in addition to the designers shown here.
Issa, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel, Carolina Herrera all via Style.com
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Floral prints are generally an important trend every season, they essentially never go away. The difference will be in how they are presented; what form they take on. With distressed textures being so relevant right now it’s only natural that one approach to take when creating your Resort ’15 floral collection is to give it the same distorted, scratchy feel. You may want to start out with a photographic or traditional botanical floral design, that way once you have applied your distress technique it will still be evident that there’s a floral design hidden underneath.
Nonoo, Pamella Roland, Erdem all via Style.com
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When designing florals for your next Resort collection, consider the bold bloom as a good place to start. These high contrast, stylized florals keep things simple by using a larger scale and few repeating elements.
Rebecca Taylor, Chloé, Antonio Marras all via Style.com
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This week’s color inspiration has us pining for a lazy stroll through a Japanese garden. Hope all you lovelies are off to a great week!
Walter Crane via here.
Anna Sui Resort 2014 via Style.
Becca Stadtlander.
In Quest of the Holy Snail by Robert Rahway Zakanitch via here.
