WGSN Trend Research...

Key Colours for accessories for SS13 according to WGSN:

Accessories for SS 13 go from sporty to medieval iconography, below I will show various research I found on WGSN about key materials, finishes, fittings, styles and shapes etc.

Closures & Fittings

'Vintage Sportif' - Where ropes and metal clasps are being used together to create a home-made vintage look.

'Household' - Creative and innovative. Using household items that you would never think could be make into jewellery!

'Chain Gang' - Chained materials, dipped and painted, leather, almost any material can be used.

'Clean Edge Minimal' - Sharp, clean accents using metal hardware, minimal fuss, classic silhouettes.

'Sporty' - Sports Buckles, use of plastic and synthetic materials, combined with non-sporty garments.

Materials & Finishes:

'Reactive' - Iridescent surfaces, petrol, oil slick finishes, pearlescent surfaces.

 'Coloured Plastic' - Colour blocking, 70's, plastic & glossy finishes

'Crystal Clear' - Clear plastic, repetitive, exaggerated forms.

 'Mixed Metal Finishes' - Dull & Shiny, Gold, Silver, Copper & Brass. Metal finishes with colour blocking.

 'Frosty' - Sorbet Colours - Pearlescent finishes to ultra matt surfaces.

Methods & Details

'Stately Street' - Emblems & coats of arms are key. Minimum metal finishes with ornate detail. Serious to ironic.

'Sweetly Naive' - Simple elements are elevated, naive placement - 'beauty in imperfection'.

'Manly Marbling' - Minimal colour palette, faux or real marble, mimicking nature.

'Neo Ornamental' -  Bio-precise, crafts, curves.

'Carved' - Ancient craft technique, oriental heritage, unexpected materials.

Symbols & Influences

'Gothic Fantasy' - Inspired by middle ages, darkened, tarnished metals. 

'Twisted Tales' - Childhood Fables, Luxury fairytale characters and props. Eerie and cute faces.

'Pride' - Markings of a time and place, home pride, symbolic elements.

'Weird Science' - Weird and whacky, eccentric but beautiful.

'Heirloom' - Inherited luxury, sentimental embellishment, vintage decadence.

Styles & Shapes

'Super Fine' - Skeletal hardware, delicate, disproportional.

'Refined Artisan' - Artisan inspired materials, simple techniques - twisting, plaiting and covering. Humble luxury.

'Infectious' - Organic, inspired by bacteria, ornate and beautiful.

'The Art of Knots' - Knotting, decorative forms, unexpected materials.

'50's Simplicity' - Simple Geometric shapes, minimalist hardware and reinvented vintage.