How Fashion Influences Event Design January 8, 2009

With French fashion week about to get underway at the end of January, I began to think about how far reaching runway trends extend around the globe.  Take event design for instance, it was not too long ago when lace was hot in fashion and we saw mainstream publications reinterpret the same trend in an event design context.   {Martha Stewart’s Weddings magazine in a warm, feminine table setting using lace }

 

It is exciting to see how quickly trends are picked up, exported, repackaged and executed  in events, interior design, product design and the like. 

The benefit of living in a global village is that we can borrow, be inspired by and have access to all the ideas and information we like to help create our own masterpieces/unforgettable experiences when hosting events.

Stay tuned to see the new trends for Spring/Summer 2009.

Purple is in for 2009; in case you haven’t heard… December 30, 2008

If you haven’t had a chance to pick up a magazine in the past month, let me summarize what many of the fashion, home decor and interior design magazines are publishing for 2009 colour trends:  Purple is in. Period. 

I couldn’t be happier.  It is one of my favourite colours and it gives me pleasure to think that event decor this year will be influenced by this passionate, cool colour on the colour spectrum. 

To do my part in the event blogging sphere, I have selected a couple different images to get the creative wheels turning in your brain for all your fabulous event planning in 2009.

My ode to purple:

 

Lavender Champagne (from Martha Stewart Weddings)

Purple Trend Board

Purple and green place setting