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Fall 2025 color trends from Pantone at NYFW

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Pictured: Color trends from Pantone at NYFW, swatches c/o Pantone, read press release here /

New York Fashion Week is underway, and once again, I will be watching and covering the shows from home. Don’t you love technology? I no longer have to brave the elements, insane New York traffic, and stand all day to cover the shows. I can do this from the comfort of my own home. My feet are so happy. Love that!

To kick off the fall/winter 2025/25 shows, Pantone has announced the top colors for the fall/winter 2025/25 season hot off the New York Fashion Week runways. Love!

Isn’t it romantic? There is already a romantic vibe just from the color palette alone. Shades of pink and red are dominating the color palette for the fall 2025 season, with multiple shades of mocha. Thankfully, a couple hues from the blue family are thrown in for this blue fan here.

Brown is more than the new black, it is a dominant color family we can wear head to toe. Keep investing in mocha hues!

This color palette is a no brainer. Berry hues and mocha hues for fall. Love this!

Here are a few berry and mocha hues you can invest in, and wear now.

Read all about the Pantone NYFW Fall/Winter 2025/26 color report at Pantone.com.

Stay tuned for more trend reports!

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

Cathy


Color of the Year 2025 Mocha Mousse

Drumroll please. . .the new color of the year for 2025 is Mocha Mousse! Yes, yes, I know. It’s milk chocolate brown. Ugh, sounds boring, but . . .

Despite being a seemingly boring neutral, there is a method to Pantone’s madness. This is a color which has skyrocketed in popularity and represents an overall mood in fashion, street style, interior design, and the like. This lightweight shade of brown is being paired with softer colors, other neutrals, and being worn alone. It represents the mood of the population, and the current state of fashion. So, without further ado, let’s dive in!

While on the surface we see a boring a neutral, Mocha Mousse is actually relevant and intriguing. This is a soft version of brown which evokes feelings of comfort, effortlessness, sophistication, and luxury. It is warm and inviting, as well as elegant. This is exactly what we have been needing in the fashion world, and in our daily, stylish lives.

Standing out, is well, out! You have heard the term “quiet luxury,” and it is still extremely important and staying put. This is what Mocha Mousse is all about, “subtle elegance,” in Pantone’s words. It is unpretentious and offers a sense of calm, comfort, and elegance. Think of it like the anonymous handbag, the shunning of logos, and enjoying the finer, higher quality things in life. This is Mocha Mousse.

In addition to its style elements, Mocha Mousse is already making me crave milk chocolate! haha. This might be a year of hot cocoa, chocolate truffles, and everything chocolate! Yum! OK, tangent over.

When it comes to fashion and everyday style, you don’t have to dress head-to-toe in Mocha Mousse. 2025 will be more about mixing neutrals, mixing lighter browns, and using it as a guide rather than having the exact hue on everything we own. Mocha Mousse also looks fabulous on softer fabrics, so think of it as a comfort color; much like your favorite comfort food. As a bowl of soup adds comfort to a meal, a Mocha Mousse scarf, handbag, or sweater will add comfort to an outfit. Love that!

Here are a few lighter brown pieces which can get you started on your comfortable yet elegant 2025 wardrobe:

Read all about Mocha Mousse at Pantone.com.

Stay tuned for more Mocha Mousse coverage as well as what’s to come in 2025!

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO
Cathy


Spring summer 2025 color trends from Pantone at NYFW

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Spring/Summer 2025 color trends from Pantone at New York Fashion Week / color swatches C/O Pantone /

New York Fashion Week is here, and so are the upcoming trends for the spring/summer 2025 season. Love! This means we have a whole new color palette to fall in love with. Thankfully Pantone has released their seasonal color trend report from the runways of New York Fashion Week. These are the top ten colors designers used from Pantone on their spring/summer 2025 runways, and also the top five neutral hues.

I am loving the shades of blue and green as well as the neutral hues. The overall palette offers soft versions of traditional spring and summer hues, which I love. Even the neutral colors have nods of blue in them, love that!

What do you think of the spring/summer 2025 color trends from the New York Fashion Week runways?

You can read the entire press release from Pantone online at Pantone.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO
Cathy