Lidewij Edelkoort presents
ANALOGY OF FLOWERS
Colour & Trend Preview Spring / Summer 2026
Join Li Edelkoort on July 18th for a first look at her Spring / Summer 2026 Colour Forecast and a preview of where trends are leading us in fashion, beauty, textiles, prints, design and more.
The surprising analogy of flowers and fashion, petals and palettes, stems and structures, and foliage and fluidity never cease to amaze, installing a sense of wonder. Clothes will be crafted from the shapes of botanical beauty and coloured from its shades, becoming excessive pieces of highly desirable design, alongside florals that inspire the hues of accessories, make-up and textiles. Unusual colour combinations that take perception out of the mainstream, following nature on its amazing quest for contrast and attraction, inviting our stomach butterflies to wake up in the fluttering fashion sense, embracing the fluidity of flowers. Palettes will range from the invisible to signal colours, from dull and dusty, to dreamy to dense and desirable, in an overtly erotic sense.
Never has colour been more sophisticated and moodier, moving from shade to shade and tone upon tone in a never-ending close-up on similar directions. The analogy of flowers and fashion is therefore an organic flow of constantly shifting ideas, guided by the times we live in and the art we will want to cultivate. For now, a garden of earthly delights.
This webinar includes a recap of S/S 2025 and Q&A session which attendees can ask Li about any subject.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
16:30—18:00 (Paris)
15:30—17:00 (London)
10:30—12:00 (New York)
7:30—9:00 (West Coast)
Tickets:
US $350 per person
US $215 Current Trend Union subscribers*
* Please email ragna@edelkoort.com for your discount code
portrait by Thirza Schaap
Li Edelkoort
Li Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, publisher, humanitarian, design educator and exhibition curator. From 2015-2020 she was the Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons in New York where she founded a Textile Masters and the New York Textile Month festival. Her thought-provoking writings and podcasts have become increasingly popular at a time when she is regarded as an activist and champion for change. In 2020, she founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. She is also on the Creative Council for all of Gap Inc.’s fashion brands, advising the group on creative innovation and sustainable practice. In 2022, Edelkoort collaborated with Polimoda in Florence to establish an innovative new textile masters called From Farm to Fabric to Fashion.
@lidewijedelkoort @worldhopeforum @newyorktextilemonth @edelkoort.editions