L'Oreal Fashion Week: Spring 2008 Trends
L’Oreal Fashion Week is over for the season so it's time to break down the trends for spring 2008.
Transparency (pictured Slavka Plavsic)
Transparency was a big trend in all the other fashion weeks and Toronto was the same. Designers like Joeffer Caoc, Sanyia Khan and David Dixon used sheer layers. The Damzels added tulle to the hems of dresses. Slavka Plavsic was one of the only ones to incorporate the very trendy sheer pant into the equation.
Nautical (pictured Philip Sparks)
You can always bet that spring collections will use the nautical theme. At Philip Sparks the guys wore clamdiggers, deck shoes and plaid shirts all using the typical nautical colour scheme. Stripes were the mainstay at Joe Fresh and David Dixon used the theme in the runway presentation.
Sportswear (pictured Thein Le)
Closing fashion week was Thein Le’s golf collection. It threw me off a little, but looking back there was a definite sportswear trend throughout the week seen in GSUS, Tilley Endurables, Common Cloth and Seven Eighty shows.
Prints (pictured Zoran Dobric)
Prints conquered Paris and served as a polar opposite to New York. Toronto fell somewhere in between, prints didn’t dominate but were used sparingly throughout a majority of the collections. Print heavy collections included Zoran Dobric, NADA, GSUS and Indiva.
Jewel tones (pictured Kavi Kavi)
Super saturated colours dominated Toronto runways unlike our neighbours to the south. Nada Yousif, Stephen Trigueros and Kavi Kavi sent a cornucopia of colours down the runway.
Muted Colours (pictured David Dixon)
It’s funny that both jewel tones and muted colours are trends in the same season but a fair number of designers didn’t use colour. Following this NYC fashion week trend were Andy The-Anh, Bustle, David Dixon, Common Cloth, Ula Zukowska and Saniya Khan.
High Waist (pictured Common Cloth)
Toronto fell in line with the high waist trend. If there was a pant or skirt shown, it usually had a high waist.
Embellishments (pictured Andy The Anh)
It was all about the details. Andy The Anh and Paul Hardy had a thing for chiffon rosettes. Indiva incorporated cutouts and neckline details.
Diversity
There was much talk of the lack of diversity within the model ranks at other fashion weeks however, Toronto didn’t follow that trend.
images: lorealfashionweek.ca and Anita Clarke
Transparency (pictured Slavka Plavsic)
Transparency was a big trend in all the other fashion weeks and Toronto was the same. Designers like Joeffer Caoc, Sanyia Khan and David Dixon used sheer layers. The Damzels added tulle to the hems of dresses. Slavka Plavsic was one of the only ones to incorporate the very trendy sheer pant into the equation.
Nautical (pictured Philip Sparks)
You can always bet that spring collections will use the nautical theme. At Philip Sparks the guys wore clamdiggers, deck shoes and plaid shirts all using the typical nautical colour scheme. Stripes were the mainstay at Joe Fresh and David Dixon used the theme in the runway presentation.
Sportswear (pictured Thein Le)
Closing fashion week was Thein Le’s golf collection. It threw me off a little, but looking back there was a definite sportswear trend throughout the week seen in GSUS, Tilley Endurables, Common Cloth and Seven Eighty shows.
Prints (pictured Zoran Dobric)
Prints conquered Paris and served as a polar opposite to New York. Toronto fell somewhere in between, prints didn’t dominate but were used sparingly throughout a majority of the collections. Print heavy collections included Zoran Dobric, NADA, GSUS and Indiva.
Jewel tones (pictured Kavi Kavi)
Super saturated colours dominated Toronto runways unlike our neighbours to the south. Nada Yousif, Stephen Trigueros and Kavi Kavi sent a cornucopia of colours down the runway.
Muted Colours (pictured David Dixon)
It’s funny that both jewel tones and muted colours are trends in the same season but a fair number of designers didn’t use colour. Following this NYC fashion week trend were Andy The-Anh, Bustle, David Dixon, Common Cloth, Ula Zukowska and Saniya Khan.
High Waist (pictured Common Cloth)
Toronto fell in line with the high waist trend. If there was a pant or skirt shown, it usually had a high waist.
Embellishments (pictured Andy The Anh)
It was all about the details. Andy The Anh and Paul Hardy had a thing for chiffon rosettes. Indiva incorporated cutouts and neckline details.
Diversity
There was much talk of the lack of diversity within the model ranks at other fashion weeks however, Toronto didn’t follow that trend.
images: lorealfashionweek.ca and Anita Clarke
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