It's about unabashed femininity combined with rigorous design / The otherworldly beauty of streamlined technology / Crystalline surfaces and flickering lights / Opalescent finishes and glazed surfaces suggest a happy, futuristic approach / 60s motifs re-imagined in candy colors / It's simple but not austere / Pretty but not girly / It's about experimentation and finding new formulas / Seeking clarity of mind and spirit / Crystal Lab
While Hosiery 2011 was about scantily-clad pop stars like Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, 2012 has a new muse in the recently crowned Dutchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. In her trademark barely-there nudes, Middleton signifies a ladylike direction in dressing and a return-to-classics mentality that looks particularly fresh for legwear.
Sun salutations in the East promote a dense use of color, as citrus and clementine usher in a punchy sensibility. Slightly varied shades of hydro and canton blue are united with the unique use of jet black and fudge.
