Womenswear spring 11 colour report: the future's bright

According to London Fashion Week the future is bright (and not just orange for that matter). Christopher Kane was the first to send an electric array of neon’s clashing down the runway. Described as ‘Princess Margaret on acid’, it was a fusion of acid brights and prim silhouettes that summed up the age spanning mood of the show. Leather was doctored to look fake in lurid shades of pink and orange. Most notable of all: a lime green and yellow leather suit designed to resemble lace.


Roksanda Illincic had a lighter and fresher take on brights with deliciously floaty silk and taffeta kaftans whilst Burberry Prorsum punctuated its (set to be huge) biker jackets with highlighter accessories. In Milan, Prada lifted and indeed twisted everyone’s spirits with a heady cocktail of solid primary colour, jungle prints and stripes, a colourful explosion with inspiration from everything from seventeenth-century cherubs, hospital scrubs (?!) and the flamboyant Josephine Baker. In New York, DVF’s clashing prints echoed this. The message is loud. It’s clear. And moreover, it’s bright.
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