February is fast approaching, the catwalk edits are on the stands and sale rails around the world are finally starting to be replaced by new season fare. Yes, regardless of the fact that most of us are still waking up to find a thick layer of frost on the ground, it’s high time to start thinking about SS12. Now I know that trend run-downs aren’t exactly hard to come by but still, I’ve decided to do a couple of my own. After all, what better way to ward off the January blue than by imagining the summery treats you’ll be wearing over the months to come? You would think that pastel colours are a pretty innocuous Spring trend but in fact these delicate hues have us divided. For some the mere sight of dusky pinks, mint greens and ladylike lilac’s is enough to get our fashion pulses racing. For others, such saccharine shades spell sartorial doom. My flat mate and I are the perfect example of this. As someone who worships at the alter of Miuccia Prada, I have a total pastel obsession and from the second the new collections land in stores my wardrobe is always bursting with lemon yellows and Duck egg blues. She on the other hand, visibly balks at the sight of a damask rose ensemble and has been known to hide my Spring nail polish collection, supposedly “for my own good.”
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| From left: Christian Dior, Prada, 3.1 Philip Lim & Jaeger London |
This season it looks like I’ll be having the last laugh as girlish hues dominated the catwalks, cropping up everywhere from Christian Dior and Prada to 3.1 Philip Lim and Jaeger London. In case you didn’t already get the message, I’ll be subscribing whole heartedly to SS12′s perfect pastels… Will you?
Love Ella. X
