New Yorkfashion weekS/S 2013

Trend report

- Mikaela K. Erson

Bright colors

Diane vonFurstenberg

For those with chromopho-bia*; cover your eyes. The colors of this coming spring are bold with a capital B. Yellow, turqoise, emerald green and pink were some of the most popular colors on the runway, along with red and navy blue.

*The fear of colors, you learn so-mething new every day!

ProenzaSchouler

Marc byMarc Jacobs

MichaelKors

Alexander Wang

Jason Wu

Black and

whiteBoth on their own and to-gether, black and white is one of the strongest trends this spring. Seen on the runway’s of designers such as Jason Wu and Alexander Wang, a monochronic look is the more sophisticated al-ternative to mixing different bright colors.

NarcisoRodriguez

PierreBalmain

3.1 Phillip Lim

BCBG

Derek Lam

HelmutLang

Jason Wu

LeatherA classic fall trend that doesn’t have to end just because the temperature is rising. Leather was a dominant material on the S/S runway’s, used on dresses, skirts, tops and jackets. Preferably glossy and shiny, creating a wet look.

Stripes

BetseyJohnson

Horizontal, vertical, diago-nal... Sailor style navy stri-pes has always been a po-pular spring look. This sea-son the stripes are not only seen on boat neck sweaters, but on whole look as on the runway’s of Michael Kors and Marc Jacobs, to name a few.

HelmutLang

Marc Jacobs

MichaelKors

Shiny metallics in general, and silver in particular, was an important element on many runway’s. Just as with the leather, the trend is glossy and I-can-almost-see-my-reflection high-shine.

BibhuMohapatra

Jill Stuart

SilverChristianSirianoDKNY

The details

Snakeskin

ProenzaSchouler

Cut-outsBCBG

Geometricalprints

BibhuMohapatra

Brocade

BehnazSarafpour

Glitter Jason Wu