trend predictions for spring summer 07...

i've been looking on wgsn for trends next summer. I've popped a colour palette on my mood board below of the trend i feel my collection will work the best in. That is 'Identity'. The trend is summarised as,

"We all want to belong. We all want to be individual. Connect to others by telling your own story. Create your own club. Celebrate the original. Have pride in your origins and learn from history. Embrace your core values."

From WGSN-edu Internet site. This i believe is were i am going with my collection. I'm embracing my past, my family tree, and celebrating it through my own creative interpretation. I am using my own family identity as my inspiration and mood.
From Trend predicted colours I am interested in using;
• A balmy, bright palette is balanced by bone white and restrained dark shades of mud pie and walnut.
• Intense British brights instead of South American suggested brights.
• Sugary shades, plastic pink and peachy are paired with dark tattoo tones for extra bite.
The market i am aiming for from the trend list are;
• Semi-tailored soft separates.
• Pretty beachwear with attitude.
Styling trends i would like to press forward with are;
• Edited indigenous silhouettes inform grown-up, confident looks.
• Restrained, cleaned-up culture-mixing contemporises clothes.
• Styling is graceful with an effortless charm in the form and movement of the garment.
• Innovative tailoring construction.
Suggested materials are listed below but i intend to choose a range that suits my collection best:
Technical shells, synthetics, plastics, lycra.
• Printed chiffons, crepe silks and damask suitings.
• Intricate needlepoint and skilled lacework.
• Fine interlaced wovens, blanket-like raw and slubbed.
• Soft tailoring, slub wovens and structured satines.
• Cotton blanket wovens
And finally, pattern trend for s/s 07 are as follows:
• Hispanic street art and tattoos.
• 50s interiors version of indigenous art – the print has space to breathe.
• Contained print and edited placements.
• Geometric ethnic.
Stylised tropical fantasy prints and over sized painterly blooms.
• Tattoos and street art on printed sheers.
• Broad stripes – feature misprint bleed effects.
• Overprinted black-and-white imagery.
I am really pleased with the pattern trends as they perfectly match in with what i wanted to use anyway, the 50's interior art, and broad stripes! i couldn't believe it when i checked out the website! good ow!