2021 JANUARY
AUTUMN / WINTER 2021
TRENDS REPORT
Written by Genevieve Redding
Plaster Moulding
Combine winter whites in richly textured lightweight fabrics and embroideries. Create volume with foamy white delicate layers of tulle. Airy tulle grounds and lightweight guipure embroidery have the feeling of delicate decay, like beautiful plaster mouldings in an old palace. A pale pallette of ivory, taupe, pale grey, and white are used to create embroidery and re-embroidered lace.
Boho Appeal
This palette, inspired by nature, creates a range of beautiful skintones. Texture is key in delicate tonal embroidery, lightweight matte guipure, and geometric allover lace patterns. Wheat is a design inspiration for galloon embroideries. A back-to-nature bohemian feel is important in both color and materials. Shapes include bodysuits, triangle bras, and lightly lined plunge bras.
Botanical Retro
The nature theme is carried into a botanical retro theme, where florals and leaves combine with satin and lace in vintage shapes. An autumn palette of florals are embroidered onto nude stretch tulle or printed on to satin. Greens range from olive to rich jewel tones and are used in embroidery or satin with lace trim. High waited briefs, long-line bras, bodysuits, babydolls, camis, and tap pants are important retro shapes.
Merlot
A rich pallette ranges from blush pink to vamp (a deep burgundy mixed with black). Modern sexiness is found in shapes including high-waist breifs, bralettes, demi bras and bodysuits. Combine deep merlot with black for a sexy holiday range. Use cut out lace or guipure motifs, lace, embroidery, and satin dyed in gorgeous berry tones.
Dark Side
Mix delicate weblike embroidery with liquid satins, stretch “leather” fabrics, and cut out floral lace designs. It’s a luxury mix of materials in a pallette of black, deep green, midnight blue, and port. New shapes in sexy tops, bustiers, and bodysuits are meant-to-be-seen. Layers of lightweight tulle and cut out lace create surface interest.
