mytexturedworld: Couture A/W 2013

I've been looking at the designer shows online and in magazines to get an idea of colours, textures, shapes, etc.
All the images here are from style.com.

Last season was all about black and white, with a lot of geometric patterns and contrasting strong warmred, or rich mid-blue. What I see now are these themes:

Chloe Spring 2014
Ready to wear

Black, white and flesh pink:

Bouchrer Jarrar
Fall 2013 couture

There's a reason why this Bouchrer Jarrar design is first on the list -
the contrasts of colour, flow, and twisted shape
are all great ideas for a cowrie shell.

The DKNY colours include a bluish pale grey. I find this combination of strong and pastel interesting and different. And relevant.

It makes me want to try out some unusual combinations myself.

Phoebe English
Spring 2014
Ready to wear

DKNY pre-Fall 2014

The textures are a combination of cotton/ heavy, and chiffon/light.
Shapes are clean, still quite geometrical.

Black, white and bright orangey red

Akris collection

Christian Dior
Fall 2013

This one has an oddly more blue red in the hat. The dress itself is dark coral with lacy texture making it look even more coral like.

The Dior dress looks like a pumpkin witch for halloween it's so orange.

That seems to be the thing these all have in common - the strength of the red.

Miu Miu emphasised it even more by making it shiny.