Pantone Color of The Year Press Release

As you all may know, year after year I post the Pantone Color of the Year for all to view, discuss and embrace. Well this year is no different. Last year I posted Pantone's 2010 color under the FashionRI Blog, so (drum roll) Here it is! HONEYSUCKLE!


Pantone Press Release 2010

Pantone Reveals Color of the Year for 2011:

PANTONE 18-2120 Honeysuckle

Energizing Honeysuckle Lifts Spirits and Imparts Confidence to Meet Life's Ongoing Challenges

CARLSTADT, N.J., Dec. 9, 2010 – Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT), and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE® 18-2120 Honeysuckle, a vibrant, energetic hue, as the color of the year for 2011.

While the 2010 color of the year, PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise, served as an escape for many, Honeysuckle emboldens us to face everyday troubles with verve and vigor. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life.

“In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother color red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum.”
Eiseman continues, “The intensity of this festive reddish pink allures and engages. In fact, this color, not the sweet fragrance of the flower blossoms for which it was named, is what attracts hummingbirds to nectar. Honeysuckle may also bring a wave of nostalgia for its associated delicious scent reminiscent of the carefree days of spring and summer.”

Honeysuckle is guaranteed to produce a healthy glow when worn by both men and women. It's a striking, eye-catching hue that works well for day and night in women's apparel, accessories and cosmetics, and in men's ties, shirts and sportswear. Add a lively flair to interior spaces with Honeysuckle patterned pillows, bedspreads, small appliances and tabletop accessories. Looking for an inexpensive way to perk up your home? Paint a wall in Honeysuckle for a dynamic burst of energy in the family room, kitchen or hallway.

Honeysuckle products are currently available from a variety of manufacturers: 

Wedding Apparel A flattering hue for wedding attendant apparel and accessories, Honeysuckle is now one of the nearly 200 PANTONE WEDDING Colors available from Dessy, a leading manufacturer of bridesmaid, social-occasion and flower-girl dresses. PANTONE WEDDING exclusively from Dessy provides a collection of color tools to make it easy for brides to achieve perfectly color-coordinated weddings – from inspiration to “I do.” See www.dessy.com for more information. Paint Honeysuckle is one of 3,000 colors available in Pantone's line of superior-quality, eco-friendly paint. PANTONE Paints combine the accuracy of PANTONE Colors with the beauty of high-performance Dutch paints. See www.pantonepaints.com for more information. Visa Card Whether you're buying groceries, paying the dry cleaner or shopping for a pair of new pumps, now you can do it in style with a PANTONE Visa® Platinum Rewards Card in Honeysuckle, the 2011 color of the year. See www.pantone.com/visacardfor more information.

For over a decade, Pantone's Color of the Year declarations have influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries including fashion, home and industrial design. Past colors include:

PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise (2010) PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa (2009) PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris (2008) PANTONE 19-1557 Chili Pepper (2007) PANTONE 13-1106 Sand Dollar (2006) PANTONE 15-5217 Blue Turquoise (2005)

PANTONE 17-1456 Tigerlily (2004) PANTONE 14-4811 Aqua Sky (2003) PANTONE 19-1664 True Red (2002) PANTONE 17-2031 Fuchsia Rose (2001) PANTONE 15-4020 Cerulean (2000)

About Pantone 
Pantone LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-Rite, Incorporated, has been the world’s color authority for almost 50 years, providing design professionals with products and services for the colorful exploration and expression of creativity. Always a source for color inspiration, Pantone also offers designer-inspired products and services for consumers. More information is available at www.pantone.com. About X-Rite
X-Rite, Incorporated, is the global leader in color science and technology. The company, which now includes color industry leader Pantone, develops, manufacturers, markets and supports innovative color solutions through measurement systems, software, color standards and services. X-Rite’s expertise in inspiring, selecting, measuring, formulating, communicating and matching color helps users get color right the first time and every time, which translates to better quality and reduced costs. X-Rite serves a range of industries, including printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, dental and medical. For further information, please visit www.xrite.com.

Andy Warhol The Inspiration

Andy Warhol part of the historical Pop-Art movement first intrigued me after viewing "Factory Girl" he once again has found his way into my inspirations. Warhol mostly known for his eclectic art and daring films, has also inspired Bond No. 9 to launch a new fragrance "SEA-AND-SUN" from Andy Warhol's beloved getaway destination, Montauk New York.

The front and back of the Montauk bottle feature four vibrant purple and yellow-hues versions of Warhol's "Sunsets" series, a collection of 632 screen prints interpreting abstract sunsets in various colors.

The "Pope of Pop" reign peak was in the 1960's where he founded "The Factory" this was a large studio space where he encircled himself with various artist, writers, musicians and underground celebrities like Edie Sedgwick. The first girl for being famous for nothing..........

please follow this continued blog to Sara Faella Artist Designer Stylist's blog to read how Edie Sedgwick inspires her Romantic Looks for styling her Clients.

www.sarafaella.blogspot.com 

FashionRI Host Innovative, Creative & Inspiring Event

As you all know FashionRI is a local fashion directory for all professionals in the industry. Since the website and business has launched, we have gained a huge following! Which I couldn't be more grateful for...so what better way to celebrate than to host an event!?
This event is for everybody in RI to network together, eat great food and be inspired by one other through fashion shows, demonstrations and vendor booths. We are looking at June 2nd 2010..we are still finalizing the venue location...it's so hard to choose one! If you would like to be a part of this innovative, creative and inspiring event please contact me personally, Sara Faella for Fashion RI or my new intern Fina (for Fashion RI and Sara Faella Artist Designer Stylist).
All suggestions, comments and discussions are welcome! 

Sara Faella

401-323-6133

sara@fashionri.com

Fina (The Intern)

intern@sarafaella.com

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In Remembrance of British Fashion Icon Alexander McQueen

A fashion icon, an inspiring designer, a man of many talents only simply states Lee Alexander McQueen. On February 11th Alexander McQueen took his life and was found in his flat in London which was only a few days after his mothers passing. Although, profusely tragic.....A man such as McQueen should be remembered and honored and whose life should be celebrated. 

McQueen's supporters had to say: 

"He was the most brilliant designer of his generation and his influence can be seen in the way that women dressed over the last 15 years. It is an incredible loss not only for British fashion but for fashion the world over." British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman. 

"He was a talent beyond others" CEO at Alexander McQueen, Sue Whitely.

A true original, who once incorporated human hair into his designs, and last September sent 12-inch platforms down the catwalk, McQueen combined masterful tailoring and a haute couture sensibility with an imagination that spanned from obscure to sublime.

McQueen's talents had no limits from fragrance to off the rack to couture to puma sneakers to the most artful and eclectic fashion shows all over the world.

I remember I did my freshmen "Fashion Designer" profile on Alexander McQueen at Berkeley College in 2002, a true inspiration to me in his edgy women's fashion apparel. His work, to me is breathtaking, the way he subjected his talents in fashion shows always had me in aww I would watch his VHS (yes, I said it not dvd but VHS) of his paris fashion show over and over again. He had truly made an impact on my fashion career right from the very beginning. 

All hail Alexander McQueen. A true Fashion Icon.

Clothing Used to Show Emotional Aspects and Underlying Themes: The Great Gatsby ~ Fashion RI write-up by Sara Faella

I had the honor of attending the Lecture "Dressing Up Daisy"~The fun facts behind the fiction of Fashion in the Great Gatsby. Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ The RoseCliff Mansion in Newport, RI given by Rebecca Kelly (Assistant Conservator of The Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York NY), who is an original Rhode Islander that was formerly employed at The Rose Cliff Mansion. Her lecture was well-spoken, inspiring and delightful.


The Great Gatsby is a novel and then turned film from the original american Author, F. Scott Fitzgerald where fashion and dress play a major roll in emotion, social status, time period setting and love. The novel was published April 10, 1925 but strictly references the summer of 1922. An era, of the "roaring 1920's" where the "American Dream" fell and "The Guilded Age" emerged.


Designers surfaced, one of the most influential, I believe was Paul Poiret, although his reign was short lived in House of Worth for rumored being to "modern" and "bold" in 1915, he yet stood to build his own House where is eccentricity, empire waistlines and linear silhouettes claimed his name as the "Reigning King of Fashion". He stepped away from tailoring and focused more on draping the body. From here the Corset was over. But after World War 1, Poiret struggled to regain his Reign because of the War Effort, this is where Coco Chanel and Ralph Lauren stepped forward and set the trend for the casual yet english inspired pant and skirt, not only for men but for woman as well, which up until this time period had never been seen. Coco Chanel was on the cutting edge of fashion and by 1928, she had crafted "The Little Black Dress", interestingly enough Paul Poiret "King of Fashion" (yet drastically declining in fashion and in debt because of his then "dated" fashions) disliked the work of Chanel and her simplistic silhouettes and one day on a street in Paris there paths crossed and Poiret asked Chanel "For whom, Madame, do you mourn?" and Chanel classically replied "For you, Monsieur". A fashion visionary was born. Vogue commented on Chanel "Chanel's silhouette, staying close to the lines of the uncorseted figure, begins to make the skirts of Lanvin look old-fashioned and Poiret too theatrical.". Fitzgerald, takes these influential time periods and legends and encompasses them into his characters, using they're dress to state their social statuses, their riffling love triangles and passionate romances. He turns articles of clothing into a romantic, tragic, historical novel. Applauded and Inspired truly and deeply by Sara Faella of FashionRI.

MGM Bridal Expo~Sara Faella Artist Designer Stylist

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2010 Pantone Color of the Year: Turquoise....What do you think?

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