It is no secret that trends in haute couture shows end up permeating ready-to-wear fashions. Every season, Fashion Weeks around the world give clues to what will end up being worn in the next wardrobe change. The catwalks held last September and October served to publicize the styles that will be seen the most this summer. And although some are predictable – the cargo trend or the flirty aesthetic follows very strongly –, it is not easy to guess and get it right among so many looks to analyze.
Like every summer, bright colors and large prints take over the darker and duller ones. Although the chromatic range expands in a big way, there are five shades that will cause a sensation. These are the colors and prints that will triumph this coming season and that are already beginning to star in the windows of the spring-summer collections.
Pastel colors in general come in very strongly for this coming season, but if we have to highlight one that will triumph without a doubt, this is baby blue. He was the most prominent protagonist of the Fendi parade, along with mint green and pastel yellow, two other shades to keep in mind for the coming months. Also full of pastel tones, with an important role of baby blue, were the spring-summer collections by Nina Ricci, which we saw at Paris Fashion Week, or the one designed by Donatella Versace, which was presented in Milan. Firms such as the Japanese Mame Kurogouchi or Paul Costelloe, former personal designer of Princess Diana of Wales, opted for this dye in various degrees of saturation as the only touch of color for their collections.
Baby blue is a very easy tone to combine – with black and white, grey, other blues, greens, oranges… – and evokes everything from the purest childlike innocence to the peace and tranquility of a calm sea. The rise of this color in the most current fashion is accompanied by the already established coquette and baby doll trends, which are nourished by hyperfeminine elements such as bows, ruffles or tulle. They are two aesthetics to continue taking into account for next winter as well, according to the latest report published by Tagwalk.
The mauve color is another pastel shade that will star in summer outfits. At the Carolina Herrera show at New York Fashion Week, the designer combined it with another rising trend to take into account: flowers. A combination of color and print that was also chosen by Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, who presented his spring-summer 2024 collection on a mauve catwalk.
In more formal outfits, brands such as Emporio Armani, Michael Kors and Tom Ford also used mauve to give a touch of color to their collections. Whether in refreshing monochromatic outfits, or in details like nail polish, it is an indisputable way to announce the arrival of the heat. It highlights and flatters tanned skin and is complemented with striking colors such as oranges, greens, blues, yellows… Without forgetting the rest of the shades of lilac, violet and purple.
Metallic garments have already been seen this past season and will continue to star in summer trends. If this winter silver was king – in leather effect, in glitter style, in sequins of all sizes… – in summer gold will predominate. An ideal tone for tanned skin that comes, like its winter counterpart, in all types of textures and materials.
Whether in a jewel dress like the one Céline presented in Paris, in cardigans and jackets like those by Giorgio Armani or in complete gold outfits like those proposed by Peter Hawkings for Tom Ford, gold is very present in the spring collections. summer of this year. For festive occasions, it is an ideal tone to create a total look in which many accessories are not needed. And for more formal events or for those people who do not dare to wear gold from head to toe, it is very easy to add it to jewelry – in size XXL they are what will be worn the most this summer –, belts or even footwear.
If bright colors replace dark ones in summer, burgundy is the exception that proves the rule. Ferrari red has dominated the trends in autumn and winter, although it has not completely disappeared yet, as Valentino predicted at his Paris show. For the wedding season that arrives with good weather, Ferrari red steps aside to give prominence to its more sober and versatile version, cherry or burgundy red. The strength with which this color arrives is so great that Gucci has reinvented itself in its likeness, with a tone that they have named Rosso Ancora (red again in Italian).
Burgundy is a color that brings elegance to the image, but also sensuality and a lot of character. As a base for a total monochromatic look, it is very flattering, both on light and darker skin types; As a touch of color in accessories, it is the perfect way to avoid the boredom of more formal everyday garments. Combine with blues, earth tones or grays, as they did at Miu Miu; The most daring can choose to wear it with neon yellow or green, powder pink or other variants of red. With gold jewelry and accessories, a must for this summer and without forgetting it in lipstick or nail polish, as in the spring-summer campaign of Saint Laurent, which also opted for burgundy in the latest version of its classic safari jackets.
This season’s favorite print is the animal print, with all the attention paid to the leopard, and the most coveted brands of the moment seem to have agreed to include it in their summer collections. At September’s fashion weeks we saw leopard print in all possible shapes, sizes and colors, and on all types of clothing, accessories and footwear. In orange tones for blouses, dresses, skirts, headscarves and even a trench coat on the Nina Ricci catwalk. Sweet
The French company Jacquemus, under the creative direction of Simon Porte, printed leopard spots on quilted and structured fabrics – distinctive of the collection, titled Les sculptures – for short and long jackets, both for men and women, skirts, sandals and handbags. hand in his fashion show at the Maeght Foundation. Roberto Cavalli, on the other hand, opted for a more striking version, in mustard color and velvet effect for fluid and airy garments and in two versions based on sequins, in lime green and chocolate brown.
As it is a print that attracts all the attention, the easiest way to combine it is with white, black or brown tones. It also complements perfectly with reds, oranges, greens or blues.
