Apparel Online India Magazine January 1st Issue 2019 | Page 47

DIRECTIONS BY
< < Yellow Not So Mellow
July 16-31
< < Suiting Breaking Norms
November 1-15
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ridging the work and play gap for clothing, strong tailored statements
were a repeated sight on the runways for this year. The classic
wardrobe assortment was offered in several revisited prints, styles,
and unconventional colours, but what stood out the most were the
modified pattern details.
Deconstructed and reimagined silhouettes were a part of the tailored
offerings with altered design details such as hip cut-outs, jackets with
wrap waist extensions, hybrids of the skirt-suit and pantsuit, asymmetrical
fronts and the best of the Spring/Summer season – the short suits that
paired formal shorts and bikini tops with power-suits and straight-cut
blazers.
< < Adeam
< < Brandon Maxwell
With dramatic waistlines using cinched silhouettes accentuated with
sheers, many designers went for the curved feminine look while others
played with several pale and poppy colours and floral prints to keep
this trend up for Autumn/Winter. Vintage Victorian-era long mermaid
silhouette skirts were paired with button-downs in gem hues. Progressive
fashion had its share too as overcoat belted dresses and open front
shirts with pants and fringe details were very common. The revamped
suiting edit had it all.
< < Prabal Gurung
< < Pyer Moss
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olours this year started off with minimal dark hues and earthy
tones and were eventually jazzed up with a surge of popping
brilliants near the end of 2018. Yellow appeared on Pantone’s Spring
2018 forecast and to validate the same, each collection had at least
one all-yellow outfit in its collections offered for the Ready-to-Wear
fashion across all the fashion weeks.
< < Balmain
< < Michael Kors
Call it mustard, marigold, honey or lemon, the myriad of hues of yellow
offer a cheery respite from the moodier tones set by the social unrest
dictated by protests, politics and turmoil. With the focus increasingly
shifting to the Middle Eastern market, the diversion was a massive sell-
out as yellow compliments the brown and wheatish skin tones perfectly.
Coined first as ‘Gen Z Yellow’ by Haley Nahman of Man Repeller, yellow
is not a colour that is always easy on the eye, it is action-oriented
and can feel sickening if overdone but is also extremely gender non-
conforming. This made it perfect for the industry as fashion inched
towards becoming all-inclusive and accessible.
Several adaptations of lime and bright yellow stood out over a versatile
range of fabrics like leather, PU, cotton, tulle and nylon. Most commonly,
the colour shone through unicolour layered outfits with accessories like
belts and hats in the same shade, or through art in fashion prints over
white outfits going on to gathered asymmetric dresses and athleisure
coordinated sets.
< < Moschino
< < Sportmax
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