{"id":2081,"date":"2015-03-19T14:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2018-06-21T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T14:06:21","slug":"how-to-wear-marsala-pantones-color-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/how-to-wear-marsala-pantones-color-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Wear: Marsala, Pantone’s Color of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year Pantone\u00ae<\/sup><\/b><\/a>, \u00a0the renown authority on color, forecasts color trends. They are such an authority and have such world-wide influence that it\u2019s hard to tell if they are forecasters or trend makers.<\/p>\n

Color Forecasting<\/h4>\n
\"2015<\/a>
2015 Kitchen Aid Stand Mixers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each year, Pantone\u00ae <\/sup><\/b>names a color and an accompanying pallet. These forecasts help designers and producers stay on trend and provide the right products at the right time. Ever notice that all the products made for the kitchen all come in similar color options? Take a look the next time you are at Target. It\u2019s been going on for years. How is it that all 1970s-era kitchen appliances were avocado green, mustard yellow, burnt orange and brown? How does that happen when the design, manufacturing and wholesale buying processes begin years in advance of the time the products arrive on shelves? Color forecasting.<\/p>\n

Buying and Investing In Color<\/h4>\n
\"Pantone's<\/a>
Pantone’s Colors for the past 4 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As consumers, that means that we see colors of clothing and other products change from season to season. Here are Pantone\u2019s\u00ae <\/sup><\/b>Colors for the past 4 years.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve noticed that a color\u2019s cycle lasts about 4 years –<\/p>\n

Year 1 – Shades of the color first appear in the market
\nYear 2 – More items in the color are available
\nYear 3 – The color matures and is widely availabe in the market
\nYear 4 – Fewer items available as the color tapers off<\/p>\n

For instance, emerald green was named color of the year in January 2013. It\u2019s availability gradually increased from then and only became widely seen on runways in the Winter and Spring 2015 collections. People will be wearing the color at least through the end of 2016.<\/p>\n

What does that mean for consumers? If you like the color of the year, you can invest in it and know it won\u2019t \u201cgo out of style\u201d in just a season. You can buy it in years 1 and 2 and know that you\u2019ll still be \u201cable to wear\u201d it for at least 2 more years. And if you really like the color, you\u2019ll be able to build your wardrobe with it over the course of 4 years. If you don\u2019t like the color, you can skip it and keep wearing past colors and wait for a future color that is more appealing to you.<\/p>\n

How To Wear Pantone\u00ae<\/sup><\/b>\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>Color of 2015 – Marsala<\/h4>\n

If you aren\u2019t sure about a color, slowly add it to your wardrobe with a few accessories – jewelry, shoes, hair bands or bags – or as an accent color in prints. If you really like it, you can bring in bolder statements – solid dresses, skirts, pants, jackets, blouses etc.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples from my closet. I was tentative about green and gradually grew to like it. I LOVE burgundy\/claret\/marsala. I already had some historical pieces and brought in plenty more because I wear it as a neutral rather than an accent color.<\/p>\n

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How do you wear Marsala? ALL colors go together, as long as the UNDERTONES are the same. For Marsala, match with any color with an earthy undertone. Here are some examples.<\/p>\n

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\"What<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
What Color Goes With Marsala, Pantone’s Color of 2015?<\/a> by sarahshah<\/a> featuring frilly tops<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n
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\"What<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
What Colors Go With Marsala?<\/a> by sarahshah<\/a> featuring acrylic jewelry<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it worth investing in Pantone’s Color Of The Year? Image Expert Sarah Shah explains how to invest in color trends, the cycle of color in fashion and color forecasting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[96,348,1192,223],"tags":[579,68,10,950,953,951,947,952,948,949,7,791,792,713,782],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarahshah.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}