These Colour Trends Are Going to Dominate the Rest of 2022

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COURTESY OF EDELINE LEE, PALMER//HARDING, BRANDON MAXWELL, CHLOÉ

Style Notes: I'm a regular in my ice-cream shop, and while I'm always tempted to try the new and fantastical flavours on offer, there's no beating a classic vanilla. The same, it seems, applies to fashion. Instead of blinding-white tones, designers are currently favouring more palatable shades of creamy, downright-delicious ecru. Not only is this colour timeless and versatile, but it also looks super expensive on a budget. Oh, and just for the record, I'm definitely a two-scoop kind of person.  

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COURTESY OF STELLA MCCARTNEY, CHRISTIAN SIRIANO

Style Notes: I've been writing about fashion for over 11 years now, and I guarantee that every single year—nay, every single season—blue has been prevalent in one way or another. For 2022, it's all about vibrant cerulean, a tone commonly associated with the warmer months but that designers have reimagined by way of tailoring and satin party dresses for autumn/winter. 

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COURTESY OF HERMÈS, 16ARLINGTON, ECKHAUS LATTA, HELMUT LANG

Style Notes: As '90s fashion continues to hold influence over the latest collections, designers have combed the archives to bring back a colour that was once pretty divisive but is now largely adored in fashion circles: brown. This ain't no Dairy Milk—this is pure cacao goodness. 

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COURTESY OF ARMANDO GRILLO, MOLLY GODDARD, VALENTINO

Style Notes: It's Barbie's world; we're just living in it. The sooner you understand that, the more freeing it'll be—particularly where your wardrobe is concerned. The antidote to the minimalistic hues that are coming through this season, pinks of this vibrancy are guaranteed to make you feel good and give your looks a directional edge. Take the high-end route with a Valentino staple in its custom pink shade, Pink PP, or treat yourself to one of the goodies found on the high street, whatever suits your budget. 

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COURTESY OF LOUIS VUITTON, JIL SANDER, INTERIOR

Style Notes: A common theme this season is borrowing summer's top colour trends and making them work for autumn. Take yellow—turning the saturation down a smidgen and upping the red undertones, you get this beautiful ochre shade.

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COURTESY OF 16ARLINGTON, ALTUZARRA, ECKHAUS LATTA

Style Notes: Okay, so "metallic" isn't really a colour. But I would be remiss not to mention the iridescent sparkle that fluttered down the runway. That's right, fluttered. This season, delicate embellishments reign supreme over adornment that requires heavy lifting, with the fluidity giving more dimension and softness to metallic pieces. Although every colour in the rainbow is being explored in the form of sequins for autumn/winter 2022, the impossibly pretty pale pastel tones were most impactful, as well as never-date gold and silver. 

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COURTESY OF CELINE, EFTYCHIA, CHLOÉ, EDELINE LEE

Style Notes: Having pored over literally thousands of runway images over the past few days, if there's one takeaway I can discern, it's that we're all going to be wearing all-black outfits this autumn. This mightn't seem like a revolutionary claim, but when was the last time you wore black from top to toe? (If you're a hairdresser, this question is rhetorical.)