THE TREND OBSERVATION REPORT

When you think about the winter a cold chill runs down your spine. For the winter you need something to give you warmth and a hugging jersey to make you feel loved, thus knitwear is a usual choice to wear for comfort and warmth during the winter. My trend observation is knitwear! Knitwear is one of the key items for winter because it is comfortable and warm. Your winter wardrobe has to conclude something knitted for example a funky or feminine chunky knitted jersey. Knitwear is something that you can wear in different ways. If you look at the five trend spotting photographs below you will see that the individuals have different types of style. The way that they combine their knitwear with different accessories creates different types of feelings and emotions. Thus creates individuality and self style. My inspiration is thus feminine, chunky and fashionable knitwear. Knitwear is something that will never go out of fashion no matter what! It is something that you can dress up for a night out or you can dress it down for a relaxed day at home. You can wear it any time of day and actually any time of the year, form summer right through to winter. It is absolutely fabulous. It is a must have in everybody’s wardrobe. There is no reason not to have a piece of knitwear in your cupboard.

According to Vogue magazine these types of garments, the knitwear, can be referred to your “flexible friends”, you can wear different types of knitted garments structured in a geometrically-cut, straight-edge cardigans and jumpers with clean but crisp lines.  You can play around with these different styles. Looking at the photographs of Amor and Lize you can see that you can layer with knitwear and it is always a winner because in the winter you need to keep warm. You can layer with v-neck, camisoles, different coloured scarves and low-button jerseys. You can use these ideas to wear at home or at the office because as I said before knitwear is versatile and can be comfortable yet classic. As Vogue states, they describe knitwear as “comfortable and unrestricting…” and are more adaptable to work in and even to relax in. Colour-wise you can play around with bright colours because the winter is dull and lifeless and therefore why not make it colourfull and brighten up this cold season. Knitwear can include your beautiful winter hat and your favorite purple scarf, just like Danielle is wearing in one of the photographs, your leg warmers like Lize’s or your comfortable jersey yet so fashionable just like Amor is wearing in the photograph.

Looking at knitwear as a complete trend it is simply gorgeous and actually so simple but can create an effect that no other garment can create with different textures, patterns and colours. Remember a wardrobe without any knitwear is lifeless.