https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:18:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-432217 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:21:44 +0000 ButterflyLady 432217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loving Bellflower and Cockatoo - my bedroom is Cockatoo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-431537 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:02:18 +0000 Kate 431537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've found that the pantone colors never perfectly predict what makes it to the stores, but I have high hopes for tangerine tango, solar power, and warmer variations of starfish and margarita.</p> <p>This will mean two straight years of various shades of mustard yellow being "in" - at least according to pantone - which I think is fascinating since many people have strong feelings about it. I love it, but I know a lot of people hate it! Also, it seems we haven't quite moved past soul-sucking beige. Ick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430865 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:34:14 +0000 Samar 430865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I took a Fashion/Color Theory class in college and IIRC they told us about a group called something like the International Color Council. This council was supposed to pick the "in" colors for a given season, and every industry was involved: carpets, furniture, clothing, etc. They picked the colors several years in advance.</p> <p>Does anyone know if this is real or if I dreamed it all? It sounded so strange and futuristic to me at the time. Are colors really this pre-coordinated, or is there more spontanaeity involved? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430830 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:50:03 +0000 Aida 430830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm I must not have paid much attention to 2011's spring colors, these are pretty close to the colors I was sporting this past season! On the plus side, I'll have quite a few items ready for next season I am all over: Tangerine, Solar Power (though I wear a more golden shade of this), Sodalite Blue, Margarita, Cockatoo, Driftwood, and Starfish. I would also LOVE to add more emerald green! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430812 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:24:30 +0000 Sveta 430812@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also like the top 5 - and bring on emerald green, please!<br /> I think the last 2 neutrals would work for me too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430810 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:23:48 +0000 Anonymous 430810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Tangerine is very in even for the fall. I see it in skirts and sweaters in H&amp;M. Wraps, wool skirts, socks. Ditto in zara. And i love it . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430791 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:05:13 +0000 Barbara 430791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the post, DL! </p> <p>The inspirations are, well, inspiring. My favorites are 3 and 4.</p> <p>Now if I can just be patient waiting for the Vogue Paris Spring-Summer 2012 Collections issue to be published! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430786 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:55:29 +0000 catgirl 430786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want emerald green! And blue-red! These are nice, though not all wearable by me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430783 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:50:26 +0000 Angie 430783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle* </p> <p>Many, many designers are showing emerald green on the runways right now. LOVE! High five, Diana and Dresslover. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430780 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:44:24 +0000 DressLover 430780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*laughs* Nice iPad auto-correct/typo there. I guess it thinks I use socialite more than sodalite. ;)</p> <p>Angie, we have brain hive! I was thinking emerald green as well! It has been too long since I have seen that color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430779 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:43:27 +0000 Diana 430779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the first five (brights! jewel tones!) but not the second five (blech, pastels and dull neutrals). I'm not sure I can really wear Tangerine or the Solar Power yellow, but I like them anyway. I agree with Angie though - we really need an emerald green! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430778 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:41:46 +0000 Anonymous 430778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, these are my kind of colors! Love! Thanks for sharing, Dresslover. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430777 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:39:24 +0000 Angie 430777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice one, Dresslover!</p> <p>What's top of the list - TANGERINE. </p> <p>What's sorely missing though, is the emerald green.</p> <p>I've watched almost 80 shows (London and Milan FW's included). My head is spinning </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430775 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:36:47 +0000 Elly 430775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is Sodalite blue-- it is a mineral. I love that color. I also like the redish/orange and the yellow-- that may even be my grey and I could probably wear the dark pink. Looking forward to this year! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430772 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:23:31 +0000 DressLover 430772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, funny you should select that color as your favorite since the must-have piece for Socialite Blue is "an unapologetically pretty dress in a Warhol inspired abstract floral" which is so you! Feast your eyes on this link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=20928&#038;ca=4&#038;d=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.pantone.com/pages/f.....4&#038;d=1</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430769 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:18:05 +0000 MsMary 430769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh! Bring 'em on! I especially love the Elizabeth-Taylor-inspired blue!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pantones-2012-color-influence-in-fashion-report#post-430767 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:14:05 +0000 DressLover 430767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know we are all thinking fall, but all the fashion weeks are focusing on Spring 2012 and Pantone's color report is out. If the colors look familiar, they should! Angie reported on the Tadashi Shoji and Lela Rose shows, two designers who were inspirations for the Pantone selections. Many of these colors are direct matches to the colors seen on the runway. </p> <p>Looks like an amazing mix of soft, yet bright colors and versatile neutrals with something for everyone. What do you think? What colors will you be looking for come spring?</p> <p>Here's a link to the Pantone interactive report. It is fun to click each color and see the inspirations and ways to wear it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=20910&#038;ca=4" rel="nofollow">http://www.pantone.com/pages/f.....&#038;ca=4</a> </p>