Thursday 17 February 2011

The Trend Report - Close to the Skin

As a stunning contrast to being bold and bright, the complete opposite is to reduce the tones completely to delicate, floaty and fluid fabrics in soft shades of nude. Variations of chiffon and silk are updated to the new year with a high gloss finish that sets it apart from last season.The nude revival is the perfect trend for underwear, so easy to translate, easy to wear sophisticated to show.

Alexander Wang, Emporio Armani and Richard Nicoll perfectly translate the fluid and floaty fabrics in their collections. Nicoll was the perfect example of updating the nude shades with a high gloss, shimmering finish.

Alberta Ferretti, Haider Ackerman and Chloe here demonstrate the stark contrast with the seasons rainbow trend. The nude is more sophisticated and stylish in a completely different way. Chloe in particular has pioneered nude for the past seasons, switching to darker camel tones for the Autumn Winter season and then back to the shimmering, soft, desaturated ballet pinks for the Spring Summer.

There is hardly enough space on the planet to demonstrate how easy the trend can be translated into lingerie. La Perla have a huge range, although designed specifically with bridal in mind, the soft tones and delicate craft really link in with the Nude trend. Jenny Packman, Hanky Panky, Elle Macpherson, Carine Gilson and Ender Legard Corsetry all have extensive choices in a variety of tones but I was most interested by the take by online, faux vintage lingerie brand What Katie Did who have ingeniously interpreted the trend to something more contemporary and exciting.

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