I travelled to Manhattan last Wednesday and spent the day enjoying the city sights; shopping, dining and trend spotting. While walking down Madison and 5th, I noted some inspiring street fashions.
True to our reports, the fashion forward are wearing bright colors and accessorizing with designer bags with pink satin stripe accents. Yellow outerwear and camel short jackets were abundant, worn over black pants and leggings with flats. The 20-something group were all to be found in jersey print dresses.
I also attended an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (www.moma.org) dedicated to the inspirations of color titled, Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950-Today. The exhibit was quite interesting, discussing how color has evolved into a language used to express vision. The subject is very true to our business as we often use multicolor packaging to convey the particular feeling of a collection.
At the exhibit, I especially enjoyed the piece on the Long Island track homes built in the baby boom era. The piece showed how owners used color as a medium for personal expression to differentiate their home. The image is a clear example of how color has altered our historic landscape and become an integral part of day to day life.
The exhibit will be displayed until May 12, but if you do not have time to make it to the city before then, you can learn much about the history of color online.
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