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T O R R I D T R O P I C S S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 1 6 What inspired trend best suits a season based wholly on travel and leisure? Designers and artists alike gave an enthusiastic nod to the hot and humid tropics using bold blooms and leafy, botanical prints on both ready-to-wear and accessories. Resort looks on the spring/summer 2016 runway introduced vibrant doses of color while remembering to give customers a tempting tease of island ambiance.

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Page 1: Torrid Tropics Article

T O R R I D T R O P I C S S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 1 6

What inspired trend best suits a season based wholly on travel and leisure?

Designers and artists alike gave an enthusiastic nod to the hot and humid tropics

using bold blooms and leafy, botanical prints on both ready-to-wear and accessories.

Resort looks on the spring/summer 2016 runway introduced vibrant doses of color

while remembering to give customers a tempting tease of island ambiance.

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The Torrid Tropics spring/summer 2016 collection takes inspiration from the

culture and scenery of the Caribbean with tropical bursts of summer. Exotic

rainforest vegetation and jungle foliage are emphasized with saturated accents

against crisp, neutralized backgrounds for a luminous finish. Influenced by the

spring/summer 2016 collections of Anna Sui, Ellie Saab, Osklen, and Ese

Azenabor. Artists alike, including Emma Doyen and Eugene Seguy reinterpret this

seasonal trend to dramatic limits with intensely colored updates.

Mass-market brands Anthropologie and Puma modernize the tropical leaf

print and define it in footwear. Tropical prints take on patterning and clashing

colors to resemble the dense jungle landscape. Palm fronds are renewed while

banana-leaf prints with layers of foliage are featured in unexpected color

combinations. Patterns archaic of the hot and humid landscape are introduced

with details attributing to illustrative leaves and exotic fruits for conversational

repeats. The overall high-summer look is styled with lush, brilliantly colored prints

to mirror the intensity of the bewildering habitat.

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Street stylers and trendsetters are setting the competitive bar high by mixing

bold and daring tropical prints with other clashing prints. Vegetation, flora and fauna,

and botanical prints implode an explosion of all your senses while throwing your sight

into an illusionary ride. The leisure of it all oozes sophistication and a bit of a festive

vibe that is essentially appropriate for streetwear.

Bloggers including Aimee Song and Irene Kim have taken this tropical print

trend and made it entirely their own by accessorizing with pieces that intrigue and that

essentially complement their unique styles. But whether a blogger or an aspiring

trendsetter, this island inspired print is both functional and easy to wear. Imprinted on

shoes, skirts, bombers, and dresses, this exotic pattern is sure to make heads turn

while adding some spontaneous fun. And to think, avid lovers of the much-loved floral

trend, the tropical print trend falls in a similar category but with an exotic edge.

So, what’s your take on this “hot” trend?

This blog article was brought to you by Carolyn ‘CJ’ Johnson. Born and bred in

Southern California, she currently resides in New York City. CJ is a Fabric Styling

student at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

For more information, she can reached at [email protected]

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