(Left: Michael Kors, FW07. Right:Alessandro Dell’Acqua, FW07. via Style.com)
I think the first rule of thumb about trend forecasting is knowing when to expect the pendulums to swing the other way. It's not an exact science, but rather a gut feeling when you have "it". Nor is it arbitrary , as you can only predict with the information you currently have. I know that I can only predict it if I saw it somewhere (regardless where though), whether it be a kind of sneaker a band wears, or the color of a t.v. character's prom dress. When I see it, I get the feeling it's going to be "it".
The same thing occurred when I saw neck cowls at the Max Mara show two years ago, and here it is now at several shows this season. I noticed that scarves were hardly shown and if it was there, its ends were neatly tucked away. No long flowing, floor length scarves, simply wrapped around the neck or in the form of a neck cowl. Funny enough, this winter I ditched my scarf in favor of a neck cowl before the shows started this year. I guess that's when I just "knew".
They're easy to knit and don't take up a lot of yarn. There's a free pattern for one on my site.
(Left: YSL, FW07, via Style.com. Right: At the shows, on the street, via The Sartorialist)
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9 comments:
I always read your blog from bloglines so I never saw the Free Patterns link. And even though I visited your Fable handknits website before, I never thought the lovely patterns were free...but they are! Thank you~
i really like the way you can pull the cowl over your head on especially cold days. i might have to knit one up for myself after all if New York doesn't warm up anytime soon. thanks for the inspiration!
those just look so cozy and chic, i love the bottom left grey one, so pretty with blue eyes! thanks for the free pattern too, :)
Don't you just love it when you're right! I can't wait to try out that pattern.
Great Post, I definitely agree with you. Sometimes you don't know when trends happen or where things cme from but they creep up on you and suddenly everyone is wearing skinny jeans and oyu have no clue where it came from.
they look so cozy! i can't wait to knit one up.
Oh, great, something else to add to my must-knit list. Thanks for your great eye, Andrea. Now I just need to get knitting!
Love it!
I have one like that RED! its great!
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