Première Vision Autumn/Winter 2009/2010 Womenswear Forecast

The Fashion Team behind Première Vision has an impressive focus when it comes to helping vendors and buyers navigate a season. A concern for profits and the bottom line is obviously predicted but Sabine Le Chatelier noted in her Trend Tasting seminar that she was surprised at the level of risk the textile designers were taking in the new fall/winter season. A desire not to repeat the past was evident as fashion consumers increasingly let go of their hang ups when it comes to purchases.

More concrete trends for womenswear that we can look forward to in fabric include dynamic tailoring, dense and springy materials juxtaposed with the unstructured. Sabine predicted profound darks and
winter acid tones for this high tension suiting.

Another possibility is lukewarm neutrals is trafficked tartans, colorized cottons, with decodifying folkore motifs and decorations. A kind of bizarre nature will round out the neutrals with not very natural beiges combined with chemical pastels. Cashmeres, furs, velvets, embossed jacquards, silks, and lace evoking imagery of vegetation will play into this trend.

Our favorite prediction was something Sabine called uniform and couture. The interplay between cultural uniforms and intensely personal clothing will be interpreted in colors and fabrics with graphics, blooming shades, deep darks interrupted by ecru. With the couture influence historical references to volume and details, double weaves, compressed broadclothes, boiled knits, wool lace, guipure are predicted. On the uniform side cavalry twill, whipcords, herringbones, and covert cloth will make an appearance.