Blog entries tagged with NCS Insight

Next week our series of seminars kicks off at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair, the week in which Sweden and its capital city becomes the focus of the world's design media. With anticipation firmly placed on the Fair as a key indicator of forthcoming trends (Maison&Objét being something of a disappointment this year - according to our sources) we thought we'd pop along to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (taking place here in Stockholm this week) to take a peek at some of the catwalk trends before we apply the findings to design.
While it's hard to peek at a fandeck in half-dark we need not have bothered. For, as these images show, our new NCS Insight is bang on the money where this year's trend colours are concerned.
Whyred showed what some to consider to be a return to form and its strongest collection to date. Eschewing trends in terms of cut and form yet featuring many colours highlighted in Insight as being key this year. While its ongoing obsession with British Mod culture continued to rear its head through well cut suiting with tight proportions, its womenswear was more concerned with mixing loose and tight. As with the other early shows this year, the wide legged trouser is the current order of the day. Pictured here are a brace of looks playing off a single tone of pink which appears in Insight while men get a flash of green and blue accenting, again all popping up in Insight. (Obviously we would normally give you NCS Notations for all but then you wouldn't need Insight would you..?)
Rodebjer gave onlookers a treat in terms of colour as well yesterday with plenty of action in the family we like to call red. Again, wide or tapered trousers swishing down the catwalk in fine, light materials to keep things flappy not stiff - one of the keys to working the wide silhouette. As much as it might be loosing its impact, colour blocking was in abundance with this particular look positively singing out from Insight with its deep plummy mineral tone.
Queen of layering, texture and all things classically neutral, Carin Wester, gave away more of NCS Insight's base collection of colours. Reseved, yet always intelligent, Wester's menswear was subdued and preppy, with some nice cropped jackets while her womens' collection had some interesting prints which reminded us of Eley Kishimoto and Zakee Shariff in London circa '02.
Want to get your hands on all of the colours from this year's NCS Insight? Pop to our stand AG:10 at the Furniture Fair or head to one of our seminars where we will delve deeper into the trends which went into the 30 colours contained in this unique trend resource from NCS.