Wars rage, tariffs rise and fall, and consumer sentiment wanes.
But don’t expect a gloomy consumer sentiment to put a damper on the anticipated colors of the season. In Pantone ’s NYFW Fashion Color Trend Report, there’s “a spirit of quirkiness and originality,” said Color Institute executive director Leatrice Eiseman. “When I look at the combinations that are now being worn, particularly with the younger generation, they have no problem mixing stripes and dots and plaids and all sorts of things that were, at one time, a no-no.”
Musing about combinations of the anticipated shades, Eiseman said: “You would call these quirky combinations. You have a lot of opportunity for some unique combinations, and that is one of the biggest stories for these top 10 colors.”
Similarly, two pinks ma