Trends 2009

Pantone are the people that bring you the best of the best in color and trends for both the home furnishings industry and the fashion industry. Here's a bit of their trends for 2009:


Colors for 2009

Carlstadt, N.J. – Fashion color authority Pantone has published its Pantone View Colour Planner for summer 2009, a forecasting tool titled “Independence.”The planner details seven palettes for use in apparel, cosmetics, interiors, industrial design and graphics:

• Female-ism: medium pastels with a tinge of retro glamour.
• Classic-ism: almost devoid of color except for one medium blue accent.
• Independent-ism: tart, bold and gregarious colors.
• Today-ism: deep, dark shades of reddish blues and brown.
• Absurd-ism: combines disproportionate color hues and values.
• Fetish-ism: “a carnal inspiration and desire for experimentation.”
• Surreal-ism: “plays with scale, combination and expectation to create unexpected, and even strange, creations.”