ORANGE.

So, we now have the material realisation of the trends for Spring/Summer 2011. It has cheered me up incredibly to see such summery colours and clothes on the catwalk now that Autumn is here and the woolly hats and scarves are out. Watching the SS11 catwalks is a sure-fast method of keeping SAD (seasonal affective disorder) at bay!

Orange has been the colour of the moment on many catwalks, despite being a colour usually worn only by children, the odd adult and A.A. Milne's Tigger.

From left to right, top to bottom: Jonathan Saunders x2, Prada, Philosophy, Vera Wang, Gucci, Julien Macdonald, Kinder Aggugini, Giambattista Valli, Christian Dior, Damir Doma, Cacharel, Kenzo and Alexander McQueen. 

 

 

So, the moral of the story is: get your orange on. 

This is my favourite scarf - one I brought back with me from Morocco. The photo doesn't do it true justice, but it is a beautiful rich orange colour with gradations of burnt orange. I think it shall be around my neck for a large proportion of my time at university!