NYFW Trends: Floral

I don't think you could ever have a spring/summer season without floral making its traditional appearance somewhere on the catwalk. New York's prints were dominated by more abstract designs this year, but floral patterns were in bloom once again, as these collections will show...

Rodarte (Image source: style.com)

NYFW Trends: Patterns and Prints (cont'd)

As New York Fashion Week continues, there has been more evidence that patterns and prints will be one of the big spring womenswear trends for 2012. And in the case of designers such as Custo Barcelona, for example, this has seeped into menswear too. 

However, having studied the various collections, it would appear that the most popular styles of prints in New York are those of an abstract kind, either involving (a) fluid or Rorschach-like designs, or (b) lots of colours in a busy arrangement of different patterns. When these trends eventually develop into the high street designs, I fear they (the latter in particular) might be seen as an eyesore, but hopefully the monthly glossies will succeed in giving these trends some prominence in the long run.

Here are some further examples of such collections from the New York catwalks...

Custo Barcelona (Image source: style.com)

NYFW Trends: Patterns and Prints

For womenswear at least, block colours might well be taking a sideline role next season, after a flurry of different patterns and prints hit the catwalks in the first few days of New York Fashion Week. No specific style of pattern or print has as yet shown dominance over the rest, but with the rest of NYFW and three more cities to follow, we may see a new spring or summer pattern emerging soon.

Here are few examples of patterns and prints to feature so far at NYFW S/S 12...

Mara Hoffman (Image source: mbfashionweek.com)

BCBG Max Azria (Image source: mbfashionweek.com)

Nicole Miller (Image source: mbfashionweek.com)

Cynthia Rowley (Image source: mbfashionweek.com)