Paris Fashion Week 2015 Trend Report | We Got It Right Again!
In November 2013, we saw the first signs of our 2015 trend forecast, RAW, and I'm proud to say that we've discovered an overwhelming amount of evidence in support of our projections. This latest batch...
View ArticleNightfall | Fashion Trend Forecasting | What Next
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View ArticleFashion Styling | The Kaleidoscope Effect
Fashion styling is getting complicated. And it’s a good thing. Gone are the simple standbys of a khaki trouser and a navy cardigan. Instead, we crave dimension, depth, complexity and contrast. There’s...
View ArticleBraiding | Wicker, Rattan, Cane & Ivory
My mind has been drifting to woven woods, rattan chairs, braided thrush, rich cognac leathers and crisp ivory linens. Visiting my parents house this weekend, my mother is playing music by The Mills...
View ArticleCHANEL | Fashion Trend Photography
Part of every fashion trend forecaster’s arsenal is a healthy supply of fashion trend photography. Sometimes these photographs come in the shape of fashion magazine editorials, other times fashion...
View Article2017 Color Trends – The Future is Bright | What Next
Color Trends: Food, Fashion and Runway It’s time to take a look at color trends for 2017! It’s been awhile since my last blog here at What Next – we’ve been running wild on new projects, attending lots...
View Article2017 Fashion Trends | An Extraordinary Madness
2017 Fashion Trends | An Extraordinary Madess During my graduate study at Harvard University, I read and wrote extensively on the intersections between depth psychology, philosophy, religion, culture...
View Article2017 Fashion Color Trends | How Fashion Predicts the Future
I’m dipping into my Harvard archives again for today’s post. Last week it was post-Jungian psychology with John Weir Perry’s, The Far Side of Madness, this week’s topic is a little closer to home....
View ArticleLa Belle Epoque | The Revival of Victorian Fashion
This week’s post explores how and why trends repeat themselves throughout time. I’m pulling ideas from heavy-hitting thinkers, Walter Benjamin and Karl Marx, as well as a new contemporary voice, Ulrich...
View ArticleA Study in Structure | Fashion And Architecture
Years ago, when I learned that Tom Ford received his degree in architecture from Parson’s Design School and that fashion was more of an afterthought, I was stunned and excited by his decision to marry...
View ArticleFashion And Modernity: Creating a Modern, Reflexive Self
I apologize for the absence in posts, dear readers! It’s been a dizzyingly busy fall! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend here in the States, and are getting in the spirit for the holidays...
View ArticleAlessandro Michele & Gucci : Fashion’s Dark Knight
Alessandro Michele is in the spotlight as the Pied Piper of change—a risk-taker and revolutionary who has not so much wiped the slate clean at Gucci as doodled all over it, colored it in, stuck sequins...
View ArticleOn Magic | How Anthropologie & Co is Changing the Retail Experience
A year and a half later and I’m back. Trends have come and gone, been manifested, forecasted and actualized. I’ve been hard at work in the heart of the market – more specifically, working as the Head...
View ArticleThe Colors of Resistance: A Roadmap for Trend Analysis
Millennial Pink. Crimson Red. Dusty Rose. Pastel Peach. These hues have been swirling round the runway, social media, and many popular #instafamous bloggers. The market has been inundated with GRL PWR...
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