TRENDS // PANTONE COLOR OF THE YEAR 2014 - RADIANT ORCHID

Inspirations via Pantone's Pinterest  Radiant Orchid Board and Illustration by Katie Rodgers with Paper Fashion.

PANTONE® 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, a captivating, magical, enigmatic purple, as the color of the year for 2014.

“While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to intrigue the eye and spark the imagination,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today’s society.”

“An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm.”

To see the full report, go here and to order your color and for the color formula, you can go here.

[ TREND + COLOR ] HUNT + GATHER STUDIO

Our FV contributor Lesley Merola is a talented textile designer based in beautiful Taos, New Mexico and she started her studio Hunt + Gather Studio after spending more than a decade designing for various fashion and home furnishing companies in NYC.  Her studio now creates original digital artwork for your textile and surface design needs, as well as design services.  

Here are some great inspirations and colors who was created by Rachel Clore for Hunt + Gather Studio and is also a contributor for our site.  

Go here to visit Hunt + Gather Studio's site and to follow her inspirational and informative blog, go here.

Left image: Abstract Realism: Sunlit Stream on the Oregon Coast by russell.tomlin on flickr

Right image: Portrait by Japanese photographer Sayaka Maruyama

Left: Marimekko Pähkinäpuu Plum/Gold Fabric by Katsuji Wakisaka 

Right: View in the Grand Cañon of the Colorado by Maxfield Parrish

Top Left: Richard Mosse - Men Of Good Fortune, North Kivu, Eastern Congo, 2011 

Bottom Left: Desert Rock by Matt French 

INSPIRATIONS . ILLUSTRATION + PATTERN + COLOR >> No.4

LAYOUT VIA FASHION VIGNETTE >>>     YELLOW AND STRIPES   

EDITORIAL / Resort 2014 - DKNY and Lisa Perry via Style.com

ILLUSTRATION / Judith van den Hock, fashion illustrator from the Netherlands via Pinterest.com

ART / Emily Rickard via Society6.com

INSPIRATIONS . ILLUSTRATION + PATTERN + COLOR >> No.3

LAYOUT VIA FASHION VIGNETTE >>>      GEOS AND NEUTRALS   

EDITORIAL / Resort 13 Fendi via Vogue.com

ILLUSTRATION / Leigh Viner

PATTERN / David Hicks

INSPIRATIONS . ILLUSTRATION + PATTERN + COLOR >> No.2

LAYOUT VIA FASHION VIGNETTE >>>      CAMO AND RED      

EDITORIAL / AW13 runway - Gray Camo Christopher Kane and Brown Camo Michael Kors via Style.com

ILLUSTRATION / Tutorial via Sparked.biz

PATTERN / Camo pattern via 123rf.com.

INSPIRATIONS . ILLUSTRATION + PATTERN + COLOR >> No.1

LAYOUT VIA FASHION VIGNETTE >>>      BLACK /NEUTRALS AND ABSTRACT   


EDITORIAL / British Vogue March 2013 . Photographer Josh Olins, Stylist Clare Richardson, Models Meghan Collison and Juliana Schurig.

ILLUSTRATION / Geometric illustration via Pinterest, illustrator unknown, Face illustration, illustrator unknown.

PATTERN / Dot pattern via I Need Nice Things.

>>INSPIRATIONS - VERSACE . RESORT 2013

Donatella Versace's Resort 2013 collection "Rockmantic" is influenced by the Memphis design movement from the 1980s. The collection encompasses of bright colors and prints collaged with guitars, flowers and shoes.


Images via: Style.com

>>INSPIRATIONS - JONATHAN SAUNDERS . RESORT 13

   JONATHAN SAUNDER - RESORT 13   

• 70's psychedelic
• Vibrant colors from the groovy era
• Very ladylike and simple silhouettes
• Patterns in ombre, florals, new stripes and honeycomb shapes modernly updated

Images via Style.com and layout by Fashion Vignette.