Guest Post:: Robert from Style Pilot:: Top 5 Color Trends for Fall 2012

If you have not started filling up your wardrobe for the winter months, then it is time to hit the shops and start building your style in preparation now.

While we looked at what the most popular trends are going to be the fall and through the winter, there as one thing that we noticed.

Changing Fashions

In the past, fall and winter fashion trends have been dominated by colors that have perfectly reflected, well, fall and winter. Common color trends at this time of year have been dark yellows, reds, and browns, and have clearly taken their inspiration from typical scenes of leaves falling from trees and hedgerows losing their color.

Although those colors play a small part in this years’ styles, they are not as dominant as they have traditionally been in the past, indeed in many cases they take a back seat to the rest of this years’ fall fashions.

What are the top 5 color trends you should be looking out for in stores now?

Prints

Although not a color trend in the literal sense, prints have been huge throughout the summer and are set to continue being popular right through 2012 and well into next year, too. How daring and left field you want to be with your prints comes down to whatever you are comfortable with, however if you are not comfortable in inspirational floral patterns then you may have a problem.

Neutrals

Neutral color trends are usually best avoided, however form a key part of fall fashions and styles at the end of 2012. White and tan will be the most common colors, and can be stylishly worn with several aspects of your already excellent wardrobe.

Freezing Contrasts

Blue and grey colors are both set to dominate this season’s fashions, giving winter the edge where fall usually rules the day. The “Ice King” look is very much in vogue for this year, with all manner of garments being produced in icy blues and greys to create cold contrasts, sharp edges and an aggressive, attitude-laden look.

Pastels

Huge all summer and the popularity again continues, in a similar vein to prints. Pastel colors are ideal for a relaxed, casual look, and allows you to sample some great year-end fashions without looking towards some of the more polarizing looks.

Loud and Bright

Another carry over from the popular summer trends is loud, bright color schemes. Although the key difference with this season is that, perhaps surprisingly, there is no contrasting against darker color shades. Bright and flashy all the way it is for fall and winter 2012.

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