Fashion Translation to Home No. 21 - Spring 2019 Inspiration

Adeam Spring 2019

If you want to better understand your home design likes and dislikes pay attention to those fashion runway outfits that cause you to stare. That cause you to imagine how you would interpret the outfit. Interior design inspiration is everywhere, including the runway. Be curious about what draws you in from the fashion runway, explore it. You may just find your answer to how your home design style is defined.

Be inspired by the gray off-the-shoulder trench coat with the feminine bow paired with a great metallic shoe. What a stunning, yet comfortable room this outfit translates into! 

The translation is yours personally, so take the softer gray from this outfit to a deeper hue. A feminine touch can still be achieved with a fringed throw and luxurious toss pillows.

Fashion designer, Hanako Maeda's Spring 2019 collection was inspired by Nineties club scenes in US and Japan. I selected the room above as a translation because it seems to include a nod to the dance club with it's great chandelier. The color palette is certainly verbatim to the gray trench coat outfit featured on the runway.

Longchamp Spring 2019

Sophie Delafontaine is quoted to say "I am not designing for static women" and her designs for the Longchamp Spring 2019 prove that. Vogue calls it an "ode to the free-spirited...". Translating this fashion runway show into room design is daringly beautiful. The elements of fringe, leopard print, flowing textiles, leather, and suede is a box full of love wrapped in bold.

Even a crystal chandelier serves as a translation to the fringe in a brilliant way for those experimenting with their free spirit. And for the one who already owns the fringed shoes and bags - a chandelier showing off a bit of that flair is a welcome smile to a room.

Yes, one definition of fringe is "an ornamental border of threads left loose", but it also means "not part of the mainstream; unconventional. If that reflects who you are, this fashion translation is all you! Go for it.

Hellessy Resort Spring 2019

Sylvie Millstein, fashion designer was inspired by abstract expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler for the Hellessy Resort Spring 2019 collection. What is catching my eyes are the long sashes that give movement in a fresh, unexpected way. Oh and those pink, rhinestone encrusted shoes which were paired in great contrast with several of her fashion runway offerings.

My selections for the fashion translation to home for this resort collection feature subtle "sashes". Like the abstract graphic metallic lines on a headboard, flowy blush window panels, the arch of a bedside table lamp, the elongated mirror design and kitchen range hood and multi-light ceiling fixtures. These touches add a flowing elegance that is noticed but doesn't shout.

Metallics in these room translations flirt with the rhinestone accent of the shoe. The degree of flirtation is up to you. But I believe that there should be a lightness to it They are fluttering eyelashes after all. 

Tailoring plays an important part in fashion translation to home. Fit these translations well to your design aesthetics like fine design should. Be brave, outspoken, and a bit sassy. Express yourself. Translate your language. 

Sources: Vogue, Flickr, Pinerest, Dering Hall, Apartment Therapy, Elle Decor, Saks Fifth Avenue