Fashion Trends: Colour Pop

Fashion trends suggest designers breaking from tradition, mix red with pink, blue with green and yellow with orange.

Colour is, and always has been, a recurring theme throughout spring/summer collections, but this season designers have offered us a whole new and more daring ways to wear the bold theme. Whether you go for eye-popping neon hues or sumptuous jewel tones, the only way to work the colour explosion is in boldly clashing blocks. This season, it’s time to break all the traditional colour rules and fashion codes. Unexpected combinations are no longer a fashion faux pas, so be brave and mix red with pink, blue with green and yellow with orange. For a slightly less challenging take on the trend, combine your brights with black or contrast different shades of the same colour.

Prada

Miuccia Prada took us all by surprise this season with a collection that was so unashamedly extrovert that one could barely believe it was Prada. Mixing bold, and in some cases outlandish, clashing colour combinations, with vibrant patterns for maximum impact. We saw cobalt blue, pillar box red, blues, greens, yellows and orange, all come into play. Contrasting shades of the same colour in this season’s wide horizontal stripes left the extrovert in us satisfied. With colour blocking, patterns and stripes all in one look, Prada offers fearless fashionistas the opportunity to work three of the season’s hottest trends in one look.

Mango

Tap into the colour blocking trend without breaking the bank courtesy of much-coveted Spanish brand, Mango. Renowned for its stylish, good quality and reasonably priced designs, there is no better place to go for high fashion looks on a high street budget. It offers both fun, youthful and fresh looks, as well as more sophisticated styles. Its chic separates and simple styles provide a wearable yet still on-trend summer wardrobe.

Daaman

The brand that redefines ready-to-wear for the trendy women, Daaman, has gone from strength to strength with each passing season. Daaman has stayed true to its philosophy of fuss free stylish separates and is the place to shop for those who believe in the ‘less is more’ attitude. From the brightest shade of tangerine to the boldest shade of fuchsia, from the longest length to the sleekest cut all available at fantastic prices!

Iman’s Dos:

• Wear contrasting shades

• Go for three to four colours at a time

• Choose clean lines and keep colours as the focal point

• Opt for richer jewel tones shades

• Colour block with accessories and shoes if you’re too shy to pull off the trend head-to-toe

Iman’s Donts:

• Wear bright colours waist down if you’re curvy

• Mix patterns and colours

• Wear bright makeup with this trend, keep hair and face clean and minimal

• Over accessorise, let the outfit be the prominent feature.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2011.