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SPRING/SUMMER 2012 EARLY TRENDS: CHILDREN'S CLUB AND PLAYTIME NEW YORK: A TASTE OF THE SEASON
Early Resort/Spring 2012 collections exhibited on the adult men's and women's runways focused on two themes: pretty: as in soft watercolor prints and florals, ladylike shapes and and vintage lace; and bold: think dynamic ethnic patterns, lean shapes in strong, colorblock hues; and in both camps an itch to mix pattern with pattern. At the August 2011 Children's Club and Playtime New York shows, designers took cues from the adult catwalks, scaling down huge florals and subduing some of the hot tones, but were no less inclined to play with texture and pattern. Below is a glimpse of the collections and some of the children's lines they inspired.
-Ladylike skirts with simple pleats and little if any embellishment.
Carolina Herrara's simple knit top and pleated A-line.
Kicokids' pleated A-line in the popular gray and denim blue colorway.
-For boys: narrow shapes with a mix of casual and formal, and plaid, lots of plaid!
IKKS' plaid vest adds a note of formality to a tee and lean denim shorts.
THERE WILL BE:
Real saturated tones and gray. Yes, still gray.
PAIRINGS AND PALETTES:
-Nautical pairings of pimento, white, navy or black.
Velvet & Tweed's new take on nautical.
-Pimento as a solid or mixed with white, royal (or navy), gray and yellow.
Ripe pimento and white at Alexander McQueen.
Jill Stuart makes a splash with warm monochromatic shades on a retro styled dress.
Stun works similar, albeit softer tones, of the same color family into Seventies-inspired dresses.
-Navy with a purple cast, worn most often with white.
Purple/navy and white at Eliane et Lena.
A mix of gray and white prints and textures from the Acne runway.
Playing with gray at Red Wagon Baby.
-The "It" pop color: leaf green.
Appaman mixes a leaf-toned T-shirt with a seersucker jacket.
THERE WILL BE:
PATTERN: From pretty florals, to splashes of soft or bold color, to Indonesian and African designs. And don't forget stripes, ginghams and checks, alone or all mixed up.
A pretty floral border enlivens a ladylike pleated skirt from Carolina Herrera.
Llum's flowers.
Lela Rose channels a sunlit garden in this one-shouldered beauty.
Kicokids works a one-shoulder silhouette with a watercolor print.
Ethnic patterns from Derek Lam.
Wati works an Indonesian style design with an unusual taupe and rose coloration.
Marni maxes out the stripes.
Kicokids' waxed linen and poplin jacket and lady bug shirt.
Checks and stripes from Alexander McQueen.
Checks and stripes from Sierra Julian.
Fearless pattern mixing from Oilily.
Originally published September 11, 2011
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