Spring 2014 Trends - Purple

Another Spring 2014 color trend here, this time it's purple - all the purples from lavender to eggplant.  Here are my picks:

1. Boden skirt / 2. Topshop top / 3. Coldwater Creek dress 

4. Anthropologie watch / 5. Steve Madden sandals / 6. Topshop sunglasses

7. Pim + Larkin top / 8. Ivanka Trump tote / 9. Kate Spade earrings

10. J.Crew Factory shorts / 11. Target top / 12. J.Crew skirt / 13. Hunter wellies

14. Lands' End dress / 15. Topshop dress / 16. Ivanka Trump satchel

17. J.Crew necklace / 18. Lands' End shirt / 19. Coldwater Creek bracelet

20. Neiman Marcus wallet

Check out the previous color trends - Black and White, Orange and Green!

Spring 2014 NYFW Trend - Color

Here are the trends that everyone gets jazzed about - the color trends!  I'm going to say (again) that cobalt is sticking around (yay)!  Some other familiar colors from seasons past make an appearance too (orange, the dash of lime/neon green/yellow, green).  The biggest emerging color trend I see is purple, which is represented in all of it's incarnations from almost-blue to almost-burgundy.  Purple is tricky.  In my experience, people have very strong reactions to it.  They either love or hate it, rarely is a person indifferent.  Without further ado, here are the Spring 2014 NYFW color trends:

Are you excited about these? How do you feel about the purple trend?  Make sure you keep checking out my Spring 2014 Pinterest board for my latest picks (London is off to a fabulous start)!  Tomorrow we tackle another trend.

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Favorite Post - Color Story - Purple

I’m currently on a family vacation - it’s actually more of a “staycation” with a few little jaunts here and there. So for this week, I decided to repost some of my favorite blog entries from the past. I’m sort of guest posting for myself – ha! If you are a long time reader, you may remember these, if not it’ll be like all new stuff! Either way, I hope you find them interesting and fun! See you back on 7/12!


Almost a year ago, I did a couple of "color story" posts, just playing around, doing what I used to do for a living.  My purple story originally posted 8/20/09 and it's still pretty timely.  See the yellow color story post here.  Would you all like to see additional ones in the future?

In my previous life I created many color stories and I'm kind of missing that. I always loved pouring through magazines, books, etc.; pulling images, sifting through them and pulling together trend and/or color groups. It never failed that something would emerge. So please indulge me as I share my first color story with you. I hope you enjoy:



This purple story started with the Bottega Veneta ad and quickly snowballed from there. It's not a conventional purple, it's more of a greyish purple and then a brownish purple - bordering on burgundy (though a straight up purple is represented by the clutch - by Nancy Gonzalez via a Neiman Marcus ad - in the middle of the collage as well as in the room's lighting). In my experience people have very strong reactions to purple - they either love it or hate it, rarely is a person indifferent.
Images (starting clockwise from top left) via InStyle, Mauboussin, Bottega Veneta (2), Neiman Marcus, Vogue (I think - correct me if I'm wrong), Interior Design

Real Simple - Decorating with Purple

The January 2010 Real Simple magazine had a great feature about decorating your house with purple.  They had some great purple furniture, paint and accessory picks.  If you love purple, go check it out (also check out this purple color story I posted a few months ago).  Enjoy!

Images via Real Simple