South of MaDi: Color Trends: End of Summer Falls into Blue

"......Blue poured into summer blue,

A hawk broke from his cloudless tower,

The roof of the silo blazed, and I knew

That part of my life was over....."

End of Summer by Stanley Kunitz

As Summer approaches its end, South of MaDi knows once the Labor Day weekend fades into the warm horizon, it is time to put the white shoes and seersucker away until next Spring. In the South, since we get no real relief from the heat until around Thanksgiving, September is a time for lingering summer breezes and the "not so quite ready to get those pumpkins out just yet" feeling. So as the school buses begin to roll by and you hear the children's voices echoing off the playground, allow the endless Summer/Early Fall shades to linger.

One Fall 2012 color trend to look for by our friends at Pantone is Olympian Blue. Just as the torches blew out in London, consider the hue in textiles and fashion that are inspired by the colors in nature and martime such as fresh blueberries off the farm and washed up bouys off the coastline.....

Fall Color Trend 2012