Big Picture Trends & Market Highlights Fall 2014 Contemporary Sportswear

Fall 2014
Contemporary Sportswear
Big Picture Trends
& Market Highlights
BIG PICTURE
TREND
BIG PICTURE TREND
GYM RAT
Rag & Bone
Alexander Wang
Jonathan Simkhai
Rag & Bone
Rebecca Minkoff
Rebecca Minkoff
Gym Rat: Elevated Fashion
Dressed up track pants, woven T-shirts, elevated sweatshirts
Wildfox
Monrow
Skin
RD Style
10 Crosby Derek Lam
Gym Rat: Lifestyle Function
Weekend chic, knit dressing, comfort classics, beyond the gym
Gym Rat: Street Scene
BIG PICTURE TREND
In a Man’s World
Alexander Wang
Marissa Webb
Richard Chai Love
Rag & Bone
Joie
ICB
In a Man’s World: Pattern Play
Plaids of all scale, checks, pin and banker stripes, houndstooth
Rachel Zoe
Koonhor
ICB
Each X Other
Alexander Wang
In a Man’s World: Tell-Tale Tailoring
Button up shirtings, tailored separates, masculine aesthetic
In a Man’s World: Street Scene
BIG PICTURE TREND
Baroque
Boheme
Etro
DVF
Desigual
O’2nd
SB47
Veronica Beard
Baroque Boheme:
Fancy Fabrication & Pattern
Luxe fabrication, eclectic pattern mixing and decedent details
Tadashi Shoji
Tory Burch
By Malene Birger
02nd
O’2nd
Baroque Boheme: Rich Color
Deep jewels, back to black, fourth quarter appropriate
Baroque Boheme: Street Scene
COLOR
Marissa Webb
Rebecca Taylor
Organic by John Patrick
Nicole Miller
M.Patmos
Color: Gray Day
Milly
Helmut Lang
DKNY
Use Unused
BCBG
Color: Warm Neutrals
Raoul
3.1 Phillip Lim
Lamarque
Halston Heritage
Use Unused
Color: Black & White
Marissa Webb
Helmut Lang
Rag & Bone
Tibi
Helmut Lang
Color: Power Pop
Rag and Bone
Rebecca Minkoff
By Malene Birger
Isabel Marant
Edun
Color: Emerald City
Rag & Bone
Nanette Lepore
Laveer
Veronica Beard
Alexander Wang
Color: Bordeaux
Rebecca Taylor
Nicholas K
ICB
SB47
Veronica Beard
Color: Navy Black
FABRIC
Calvin Klein
Michael Kors
Michael Kors
Rag & Bone
DVF
Fabric: Knit Wit
Spongy double knits and head-to-toe sweater knits in all classifications
Marissa Webb
Alexander Wang
Cut25
1 by O’2nd
Alexander Wang
Fabric: Techie
Neoprene, scuba, bonded
Raoul
J.Crew
For Love & Lemons
Laveer
Bagatelle City
Fabric: Skin’s In
Leather continues, fantastic fur, shearling and sherpa look new
GROWTH
CATEGORIES
GROWTH CATEGORIES
Sweater
Swagger
Helmut Lang
Tibi
Alexander Wang
By Malene Birger
Helmut Lang
Joie
Sweater Swagger: Turtle Time
Shae
Trina Turk
Wes Gordon
Rebecca Taylor
Veronica Beard
Sweater Swagger: Cropped
Tess Giberson
Sally Lapointe
Rag & Bone
Helmut Lang
3.1 Phillip Lim
Sweater Swagger: Sleeveless
Karen Walker
Rebecca Vallance
Pink Tartan
Sally Lapointe
Tess Giberson
Sweater Swagger: Winter White
Shae
White+Warren
Catherine Malandrino Indigo
Vince
Cut25
Sweater Swagger: Coatigan & Jacket
Timo Weiland
Rebecca Vallance
Rag & Bone
By Malene Birger
Calla
Sweater Swagger: Pattern
Rebecca Taylor
Milly
By Malene Birger
Helmut Lang
Nanette Lepore
Sweater Swagger: Fuzzy Wuzzy
Shae
Shae
Pink Tartan
Prabal Gurung
SB47
AMS Pure
SB47
Sweater Swagger: Details
Zippers, pattern and texture mixing, fabric hybrids and 2-fers
GROWTH CATEGORIES
Skirt Story
Topshop
Tess Giberson
Tommy Hilfiger
Use Unused
Skirt Story: Fit & Flare
Skater still volume, newness in pleats
Hervé Léger
BCBG
RD Style
Rebecca Minkoff
10 Crosby Derek Lam
Skirt Story: Great Lengths
Slim high-waist pencil and fuller pleated variations
Charlotte Ronson
Isabel Marant
Jonathan Simkhai
Lamarque
Halston Heritage
Skirt Story:
Faux Wrap/Asymmetrical Hemline
Uneven hemlines, wrap details, skort variations
GROWTH CATEGORIES
Non-Denim
Bottoms
Dries Van Noten
Marissa Webb
Veronica Beard
Rag & Bone
10 Crosby Derek Lam
Halston Heritage
Non-Denim Bottoms: On Track
Knit and woven, elevated and lifestyle functional
Veronica Beard
Pink Tartan
Marissa Webb
Halston Heritage
Cut25
Non-Denim Bottoms: Skinny Black Pant
Mostly knit, zipper, seam and leather details
Karen Walker
Tory Burch
Raoul
Joie
Veronica Beard
Non-Denim Bottoms: Culotte
Wide leg cropped, split skirt, inverted front pleat, 20-25” inseam
Thakoon Addition
Rachel Zoe
Milly
Cut25
Use Unused
Non-Denim Bottoms:
Slim Ankle Cropped
Exposed ankle, trouser body, fancy fabrications, pleated details
FASHION ITEMS
Tess Giberson
Pink Tartan
Marissa Webb
By Malene Birger
Fashion Items: Shirt Tales
Menswear button up, tunic lengths, white poplin, layering staple
Rebecca Taylor
AMS Pure
Rebecca Taylor
AMS Pure
Bagatelle City
Fashion Items: The Jacket Hybrid
Moto, baseball, varsity, Chanel-inspired, sleeveless and knit variations
Wildfox
Wildfox
Wildfox
Rebecca Minkoff
AIKO
Fashion Items: Graphic Tee
Verbiage, cityscape, license
Band of Outsiders
Bagatelle City
Milly
10 Crosby Derek Lam
AMS Pure
Fashion Items: The Sweatshirt
From French terry to pony and leather, novelty is key
T by Alexander Wang
Jonathan Simkhai
Joie
SB47
1 by 02’nd
Fashion Items: Crop Stop
In knit and woven in a nice “meet and greet” 18-22” length
J.Crew
AIKO
Fashion Items: Her Boyfriend’s Back
Destructed, slim/sexy boyfriends, rip and repair
Tibi
Tibi
Vince
Wildfox
Kensie Jeans
Fashion Items: One For All
One-pieces, overalls and jumpers
Bagatelle City
Milly
Halston Heritage
SB47
Shae
Fashion Items: Best Dressed
Dresses out of collections include: sweater and double knit, fit & flare, faux wrap
Vince
Lamarque
Vince
O’2nd
Thakoon
Fashion Items: Outerwear
Blankets, cocoon, oversized, toppers
BCBG
DKNY
Nonoo
Rebecca Minkoff
Jill Stuart
Fashion Items: Detail Oriented
Zippers, sheer placements, back interest, pleats, active, mixed media