All the 2021 fashion trends were affected by the pandemic: production was suspended, designers had to work at home in limited conditions, some of them even used leftovers from past seasons, and some had to buy materials with a ready-made pattern. In any case, the Spring/Summer 2021 season is full of new trends, and there is a place for prints as well.
Let’s explore all the fashionable prints today and learn how to use them in your everyday clothes. Floral, polka dots, stripes, and tie-dye are the most popular, but everyone can choose what they like. Let’s go!
Floral Prints
Fashionable floral prints will delight you with their diversity. This season designers recommend fashionistas to pay attention to a tiny delicate floral print with a light touch of abstraction, various realistic prints, some exotic tropical plants, and roses. Many of these prints will move seamlessly into the new collections from the past due to problems with fabric suppliers caused by the pandemic, so next season you can safely wear things from 2020, showing today’s fashionable philosophy of “rational consumption.” For new clothes, you’re welcome to check out Erdem, Michael Kors, Andrew Gn., Zimmermann, Giambattista Valli, Emporio Armani, and Marchesa collections.
Scarf-Print
Scarf and shawl fabrics from past seasons are used in the fashion houses of Christian Dior, Tory Burch and Versace. They drew inspiration from the patterns of their authentic roots, exploring the cultures of their countries. This print is used on dresses, shirts, tops and pants. Elegant and sophisticated, it will make any of your looks even more sophisticated and ultra fashionable.
Stripes
The most fashionable prints for spring 2021 are all kinds of stripes. Both multi-color vertical stripes, which always flatters the figure, and chaotic striped prints – as if the artist can’t decide where to place the brush and painted the fabric in all possible directions – will be trendy. Horizontal stripes are also found in the collections, but quite rarely. If you like them, keep in mind that designers suggest using such prints for outerwear: tops, blouses, sweaters, shirts. Some examples can be seen in the collections of Max Mara, Burberry, Louis Vuitton.
Checkered
Which prints will always be in fashion? Indeed, the checkered ones! In the new season, the checkerboard and fabrics crossed out into squares will be on-trend. The second most popular was the Scottish tartan print, but in an unusual color scheme – the designers chose light and pastel colors exactly for spring and summer. Examples of checkered print can be found in Giambattista Valli, Rokh, and Miu Miu brands.
Abstraction
Fashion is an art, but designers still resort to finding inspiration in paintings, including contemporary ones. The most obvious example is the ingenious prints in the best traditions of abstractionism. You could see abstract prints in clothes at Christopher Kane, Akris, Acne Studios in their new spring-summer collections.
Slogans
This year will be remembered both for the global quarantine and the wave of worldwide protests as well as the elections – including in the United States. Demonstrating their new collections, designers could not avoid expressing their opinions about the voting and all other issues. Christian Siriano, Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Christian Siriano fearlessly expressed their political views by creating clothes with relevant slogans.
Ocean
The theme of freedom pervades all spring-summer collections. Yearning for travel, designers look into the future and present their vision of the picturesque ocean with images of stars and sharks, shells and waves, lighthouses and corals, fishtails and mermaids, and the legendary ruins of Atlantis. Versace, Lanvin, and Burberry invite us to take a walk on the ocean floor.
Tie-Dye
Tie-Dye print, the name of which simply explains the technology of its production, is still on-trend. Topical are both bright as in the 60’s and fashionable transformations using pastel colors. Examples of clothes with Tie-Dye prints can be found in the collections of Christian Dior, Tom Ford, Alberta Ferretti, and Sportmax.
Tropical
Fashionable prints in clothing are pretty capable of making your dream come true, such as visiting the tropics. If you can’t go on vacation to southern countries, we suggest trying on clothes with bright tropical prints. According to Lanvin, Tom Ford, and Zimmermann, all these palm trees and fantastic flowers, elephants and parrots, vines, and orchids should definitely be in the summer closet of 2021.
Polka Dots
So cute and romantic polka dots are still at the peak of fashion. For the spring-summer season, such designers as Celine, Prada, and Balenciaga offer different sized polka dots in traditional black and white colors. It is better to choose monochrome accessories of white, black, or red colors for such a polka dot look. However, shoes and accessories in polka dots patterns are better combined with monochrome clothes.
