{"id":228,"date":"2011-12-24T10:22:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T10:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/up\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/24\/fashion-s-most-relatable-new-trends-arrive-early\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T05:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T04:18:57","slug":"fashion-s-most-relatable-new-trends-arrive-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/en\/fashion-s-most-relatable-new-trends-arrive-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion\u2019s most relatable new trends arrive early"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You\u2019ll find a drop-waist dress when you set off on your first shopping spree of the new year, and you probably already can find a flouncy ruffle attached to a chic, trim jacket or sheath in stores. But for all the talk about fast fashion, few looks move directly from the runway to the real world without some tweaks and adjustments. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designers, manufacturers and retailers use the months between splashy previews and on-sale dates to harness big ideas and turn them into the garments they hope people will find appealing and flattering, and motivate them to buy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople want fashion with a little \u2018f.\u2019 They\u2019re not ready yet \u2013 or interested in \u2013 fashion with the big \u2018F,\u2019\u201d says Catherine Moellering, executive vice president of the Tobe Report, a fashion and retail trend consultancy. Those same consumers, though, would be fully underwhelmed if the Marc Jacobs, Miuccia Pradas and Karl Lagerfelds of the world trotted down the catwalk practical, utilitarian clothes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The runway is for big ideas that need to be translated into actual trends, agrees Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe all it will take is lining sheer clothes with an additional layer, or stretching the hem of a miniskirt. Sometimes it\u2019s a cost decision and pricey pearls will be swapped for paillettes. There is a middle ground to meet, experts say.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking back to Raf Simons\u2019 Jil Sander show in October, Coles says the stark white looks were so exaggerated you couldn\u2019t help but think of chic nurses. When she went into the label\u2019s showroom a few days later, however, she saw the commercial appeal of the clean, optic separates \u2013 especially the button-down shirts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the same thing with Prada\u2019s over-the-top 1950s theme. Styled as if they were pinup girls in Hollywood\u2019s heyday, the models appeared to be in costumes, but when she saw those pleated skirts and lace coats up close, she saw them becoming an instant hit to refresh springtime wardrobes after many months of winter doldrums.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what editors, retailers and stylists do: After they\u2019ve taken in the drama of runway, they attend \u201cre-sees\u201d in designers\u2019 studios to see what is really planned for commercial shipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of it could still be edgy and fashion-forward \u2013 that\u2019s what pushes trends \u2013 but then there\u2019ll be more of the staple items that don\u2019t need a coveted spot in a fashion show because everyone knows that Diane von Furstenberg makes a good wrap dress and Burberry does a fantastic trench.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need to identify who and what are the real under-the-radar fashion drivers,\u201d says Stephanie Solomon, vice president for fashion direction at Bloomingdale\u2019s. \u201cYou\u2019re always keeping your antenna out to new ideas, and we can\u2019t be afraid to take those risks, but they have to be wearable. We try to make the trends happen for a broader audience than the fashion tribe who pick up on trends immediately.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a cycle that can take months, Solomon says, although it\u2019s definitely speeding up now that everyday shoppers can see shows as they happen. Bloomingdale\u2019s, for one, put a rush on neon colors and printed pants. \u201cSome seasons basics have more importance than other seasons, but during tough economic times, they don\u2019t do well. Novelty items do better,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt might not make sense, but it\u2019s all emotional.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adviser Moellering expects tastemakers \u2013 and then their followers \u2013 to pick up on the exotic safari looks, the candy colors, the flattering \u201950s-style dresses and touches from the \u201920s, especially after the Baz Luhrmann version of \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d comes out at the end of next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, as noted, peplums, that extra flounce that juts out from the hip, have already caught on at a more mass level. \u201cWomen won\u2019t shift just because the runways tell them to wear a peplum, but this is easy to do and understand. Women had been used wearing a tunic so it\u2019s not a huge stretch, and it\u2019s kind of the A-line shape that women have been wearing a long time.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will take longer to sink in will be the micro-short suits and the experimental techno fabrics, including plastics and cellophane, she predicts. Those items require too much adjustment, she says. \u201cI always tell clients, if a look requires a change of more than two things, it won\u2019t resonate immediately.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moellering uses last spring\u2019s designer-retailer push for flared denim as a case study. \u201cIf you bought into flared denim, you had new pants, needed a new shoe and a new top to go with it. It has already taken a while for skinny jeans, the big shirt and tucking the jeans into the boots to look right to consumers \u2013 and now you want them in a skinny top, loafer and a belt? It\u2019s too much for a woman\u2019s wardrobe, and it\u2019s not going to happen right away.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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