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SUPER NATURAL
prints are a childrenswear mainstay, but designers are moving away from the zebra stripes and leopard spots of yore and reinterpreting the trend with animal head motifs, reports Nicole Yee, childrenswear editor at trend forecasting agency Fashion Snoops. Ranging from hyenas at Marcelo Burlon Kids to hummingbirds at MSGM Kids, creatures large and small can be found adding ferocious interest to boys’ and girls’ apparel. Muller points to cat motifs at Charabia Paris and Karl Lagerfeld as top of the food chain.
From materials to patterns, children’s designers went au naturale for Spring ’16. Key fabrics include organic linen, cheesecloth and cotton in earthy hues. (Think brown, beige and green.) Twobutton linen shirts for boys and oversized cotton skirts for girls look easy and effortless, while foliage patterns sprout on styles for both genders. “There was a lot of green, and natureinspired prints,” confirms Muller, who cites Scotch & Soda’s greenhouse-themed presentation as a key example.
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