APLF Color & Material Trends Spring/Summer 2013

TREND I: REVELATION

Colors
A range of paler tones with an unreal freshness. Diaphanous natural colors and immaculate neutrals, shot through with cosmetic vibrations...

Materials & Textures Beautiful Materials and Fine Finishes
The lightness of skin / Small grains / Ultra-light suede calf / Box leather / Ostrich / Chamois / Small, artificial scales / Canvas / Geometrical pleats
Transparency / Changing reflections / Pearly, iridescent, perlato effects / Sanded or chalky effects / Metallic gleams / Papery touch / Not quite plain colors / Mother-of-pearl and shell trims / Leather buckles / Brushed metal / Almost invisible finishings!

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