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NYFW FW26 Colour trends: Yellow ochre, moss green, shades of brown and more

In the late 1990s, fears surrounding Y2K were widespread, and designers responded with somber palettes that mirrored the mood of technological unease. In many respects, NYFW FW26, revisited that same tension. Colour on the runways was predominately black, closely recalling the pared-back minimalism seen at Calvin Klein, Jil Sander and Prada...

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Pantone NYFW colour palette for AW26 is invigorating and refreshing

Pantone, the authority on colour, has unveiled a colour palette of striking duality, featuring earthy tones, considered neutrals and bold, vivid shades, for the upcoming autumn/winter 2026 season at New York Fashion Week (NYFW), which runs from February 11 to 16. The seasonal trend report for AW26 states that NYFW designers will opt for colours...

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Lidewij Edelkoort: How food shapes colour and fashion for SS27

“Doing this work is becoming more and more difficult, almost every day,” Lidewij Edelkoort starts on stage during her SS27 trend seminar at Modefabriek, referring to the impact of global uncertainty. “But we keep trying to make sense of things, of the world and our profession. We need to continue. Nothing is lost yet. I absolutely still believe...

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Pre-fall 2026 colour in sophisticated combinations

As FashionUnited reported in early December, Pantone has named a luminous, ethereal white called ‘Cloud Dancer’ as its Colour of the Year for 2026. The Spring/Summer 2026 runways have already confirmed a strong direction toward head-to-toe white looks. By contrast, when the pre-fall collections arrive in stores around June, selling floors are...

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Pantone: How they choose Colour of the Year

Global colour authority Pantone has chosen a ‘Colour of the Year’ since 2000, when it opted for ‘Cerulean Blue,’ a serene colour for the millennium, and since then it has selected pink, red, orange, green, purple, blue, yellow, grey, and brown hues, and this year sees the very first white, ‘Cloud Dancer’. What started out as an educational...

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Pantone responds to ‘Colour of the Year’ controversy

Since 2000, Pantone has selected an animated red, a periwinkle blue, a warm and soft brown hue, as well as a cosy peach, a rose quartz, a tranquil blue, an earthy wine red, and a radiant orchid, all selected to serve as an expression of a mood or attitude, but none has been as controversial as this year’s selection of ‘Cloud Dancer,’ a colour...

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Pantone: Cloud Dancer is the Colour of the Year 2026

The fashion industry is set to float on clouds in 2026. This is the forecast made on Thursday by the Pantone Color Institute, which has crowned “Cloud Dancer” as the colour of the upcoming year. This is a bright, ethereal white that conveys tranquillity, clarity and space for new ideas through its simplicity. In a time full of changes and...

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Première Vision FW26 Season & Color Report

Key trends from the Première Vision FW26 whitepaper: 1. Innovation and Technology: Shifting Gears Amid global instability, unpredictability is the new normal. Nature-inspired innovation, spanning bio-fabrication, regenerative materials, and biotech, points toward a symbiotic, post-fossil future. Progress comes from the synergy between humans,...

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Pantone launches new AI tool to create custom colour palettes

Global colour consultancy Pantone, which provides trend forecasting and digital solutions for the design community, has teamed up with Microsoft to launch its first AI-driven product experience utilising its decades of colour research to create custom colour palettes. The Pantone Palette Generator, a new beta feature in Pantone Connect,...

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Spotted on the catwalk: The WGSN spring/summer 2027 colours

From eye-catching royal blue and bold orange to softer shades like lilac pink, light green-infused khaki, and earthy brown with a subtle pink hue — WGSN’s and Coloro’ s spring/summer 2027 colour palette is already making waves on the catwalks. The five trend-defining trend tones, selected in collaboration with Coloro, are being embraced by...

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Spotted on the catwalk: SS26 trends according to Heuritech

Parisian AI fashion forecasting company Heuritech analyses millions of social media images to predict which styles, colours and fabrics will dominate the coming seasons. For spring/summer 2026, the agency identified ten notable trends. FashionUnited highlights a few of them with the help of catwalk looks. Purple as trend colour and Creamy Yellow...

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MFW SS26 colour trends: A focus on mood-boosting palettes

Milan isn’t typically celebrated for bold use of colour, often leaning instead toward monochromes and earthy neutrals. This season, however, designers injected a fresh vibrancy into their collections with standout shades of red, orange, and chartreuse green. At times these appeared in striking head-to-toe looks, while elsewhere they were shown...