The fall runway collections boasted plenty of feathers—trailing down gowns, trimming accessories—not to mention loads of bird imagery. But there’s another avian trend at the forefront of the season: a color palette lifted straight from peacock plumage. That’s of the male variety, though; one who takes to flaunting his fabulously iridescent quills to woo the far less extravagant-looking peahen. To be sure, there’s something irresistibly alluring and glamorous about these jewel-tone hues, including brilliant emeralds, indigos and purples—even exotic pops of fuchsia here and there. They don’t call it peacock proud for nothing.
KH Kaeppel’s handwoven wool tapestry; Canopy Designs’ glass and metal chandelier; Ports 1961’s wool felt hat, by Tia Cibani; Roberto Cavalli’s silk gown; Sergio Rossi’s patent-leather shoe; Andrew Gn’s silk gown with lapis lazuli embroidery; Cornelia James’s nylon and Lycra gloves; ABC Carpet & Home’s wool chair with steel and wood frame; Arte Vetraria Muranese’s handblown glass vase with gold foil; Flying Fig’s embroidered silk georgette scarf; Nancy Gonzalez’s crocodile clutch; Dior’s satin, sueded lambskin and metal clutch; Distant Origin’s bronze and agate lamp.
Trend: Rhapsody in Plume
Join the fashion flock and delight in colors of the peacock sort.
June 2008
