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Nordstrom Designer Preview 2012

July 20, 2012

Nordstrom Designer Preview 2012. Want to know what Nordstrom thinks you’ll be wearing this fall? Click through the trends we spotted at their Designer Preview runway show on July 12 at Pier 91.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND 1
Nordstrom’s betting on gloves this fall, like the ones in this Missoni offering.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: GLOVES
Lanvin layers on the look.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND 2
The 40s are back in big and small ways, courtesy Marc Jacob’s exaggerated mums …

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: The 40's
…Marni’s wartime shapes and …

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: The 40's
… their throwback prints and patterns.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: The 40's
… Erdem’s elegant hemlines, and …

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND 3
Nordstrom’s seeing rich color in your future, as is Oscar de la Renta.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Color
Considering this dramatic Donna Karan look, we’re inclined to see brilliant white as a color, too.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Color
Michael Kors offers head-to-toe jewel tones.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Color
Gentlemen: this new color theory will apply to you, too. See Dries Van Noten if you’re man enough to give it a run.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND 5 The fall presentation also made way for sexy trousers; the best examples were by Dries Van Noten, who gave us slim options, and …

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Pants
…. slightly roomier ones, in silks that referenced kimonos and fine European scarves.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND 4
The runway is also about setting trends for hair and makeup; come fall, it’s all about severe measures and intense hues.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

The energy of the show translates directly to the makeshift designer department, where the just-presented trends are available for purchase—before they hit stores.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Color
Wading into the bright future? Do it with prints and patterns affixed to little black dresses like this one by Dolce & Gabbana.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

Style Counselor Taylor Winters of Wintr and Seattle Met guest blogger Emily Shepard Smith of Pacific Standard magazine.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

All the cool girls wear their Alexander McQueen backwards. Winters’s jacket (from spring/summer ’07) was among the most coveted items of the evening, reminding us that not all trends are set on the runway.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

Key sales staff and frequent shoppers get cozy in the party/shop environment.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Intense hair and makeup Severe, swingy pony tails dominated the runway; we love the look with Stella McCartney’s baroque embroideries.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

NDP is one of those nights when women (and men!) all over Seattle pull out their best and most interesting pieces. We love this gal’s Cavalli kaftan.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

TREND: Intense hair and makeup
The prevailing eye color was a deep, ruby pink—the anti-frosty blue.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

Immediately after the show, pieces from the runway—like this Dries tunic—are available inside a pop-up of sorts.

Photography by Chantal Andrea

Far 4 co-owner Jenny Klimenkoff (in Marc Jacobs) and her fiance, Photography by Chantal Andrea

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