Spring-summer trends 2021: these are all you have to know

Trends garments, colors, bags, shoes, silhouettes, details and inspirations.These are spring-summer 2021 trends that will succeed in the coming months

By Marina Valera

The spring-summer 2021 trends summarized in 10 keys: of the most important garment of the station-and in all versions that must be taken into account-to the inspiration that you will see in prints, shades and jewels, passing through the decade that will returnwith force this season or the leitmotiv of the coming months that you are surely already putting into practice.But also the details that matter, the color that will triumph (once again) and everything you have to know about shoes, bags and other accessories.The season begins here, with this summary of the most important spring-summer trends.

The garment: La Gabardina

Old acquaintance of the spring closet, the gabardina refuses to get off the throne but, this time, he keeps it with versions that go far beyond the typical design and with the Burberry parade as the maximum exponent of his multiple faces.Either in leather fabrics as in Jil Sander, Hermès and Marni;of flowers as in Erdem, Prada, Boss, Fendi and Kenzo;with gorpcore details as in Victoria Beckham;Very oversize as in The Row, Altuzarra or Alexandre Vauthier;deluxe like those of Givenchy and Marques'almeida;or plasticized as in Balmain, the spring 2021 gabardines are, with few exceptions, everything but classic.

Inspiration: the 2000s

The most disadvantaged decade for certain fashion experts, the 2000, returns with force this season taking advantage of the pull and charism of some of its great hits.To the ubiquity in the spring collections of the Cropped Tops and fasteners at the sight - VIEW IN MIU MIU, LOUIS VUITTON AND ISABEL Marant, to quote only a few - his best friends are joined: the always controversial low -shooting pants–He.twenty-one-.The wide and fluid designs so typical of the time, which are going to the Chinese - the most recurring design of the next station -, passing through the tracksuit pants, they also have their quota of prominence in the collections of the season.If we add to this the hot pants of Dior, Valentino or Alberta Ferretti;The denim on denim seen in Balmain, Dior, Isabel Marant or Burberry and the sandals of the season, which go from the Flatforms –versace, Simone Rocha, Tod's ... - to the Chunky Flip Flops –Stella McCartney, Jacquemus, Coperni and Kenzo–We have a fairly complete radiography of aesthetics that will be a trend.

A place: the underwater world

"A love story between a siren and a shark," explained Riccardo Tisci about the references of his Burberry Spring 2021 parade.An underwater inspiration reflected through the kaleidoscopic prints that flooded the blouses with lazada, the draped dresses and the iconic marcas of the brand.A trip to the abyssal depths that we have also experienced through the Versace parade thanks to the wet effect hair, the tops inspired by the diving suits, the classic fluorium colors of the Scuba Diving universe and the brooches in the form of stars ofsea.But there have been more aquatic references in the parades of the season such as the Network Dresses of Acne Studios, the accessories in the form of Marine Serre fish or, pulling fantasy, the metallic blue pants of Sportmax.

The leitmotiv: arranged above, comfortable below

Direct consequence of the pandemic and the boom of teleworking (and of the video calls, of course), there are few collections that make winks to that combo that Anglo -Saxons call Business on Top, Comfort Down Below.An aesthetic that comes to suggest a beautiful contrast between the top parts, with arranged and sophisticated garments - the ones already baptized as on Screen garments because they fit into the framing of a screen -, and the bottom parts, with comfortable and relaxed designs for be at home.The result?Which can perfectly live several antagonistic trends in the same look: from shirts with XL necks, blouses with bullged sleeves and tops with sequins to leggings, tracksuit pants and shoes to be at home.Isabel Marant, Miu Miu, Versace, Balenciaga and Valentino have several examples of how to apply (if it has not been tested in these months) this post-pandemic leitmotiv.

The star detail: the ‘cut outs’ circular

With permission of the multiple tapes that have adorned the tops, the blouses and skirts of spring 2021 - suggesting a new use manual that also evokes the 2000s -, there is a detail that has not gone unnoticed: circular openings.Direct heirs of the CUT OUTS 90s last year but of less sensual nature in certain cases, we have seen them double in the tops and sweaters of Prada, in the leather pants of Burberry, in the coats of artisanal inspiration of Fendi andIn Victoria Beckham, Boss, Nanushka and Givenchy dresses - in the case of these last two, in addition, in the form of a neckline on the back, another key of the season -.

The color: pink

Although white, orange or blue have been great chromatic protagonists of spring proposals - and although Pantone has already announced that yellow and gray are the colors of the year - the call of pink is once again, difficult to ignore.Just when we thought we had overcome the millennial Pink and that the green would have the entire weight of the season - at least that's how in our Instagram timeline - the Barbie inspiration stained everything from the best color of the chromatic palette.Signatures like Chanel, Prada, Chloé, Valentino, Philosophy by Lorenzo Serafini or Rick Owens, among many others, bet on this tone in different intensities that go from the baby pink to fluoride, through fuchsia.

The contradiction: minimalism vs..romanticism

There are no means inks this spring and the polarity of aesthetics is more than obvious but, as we explained about the leitmotiv of the station, they do not have to be exclusive."The flowers and ornaments of opulent feathers live with cyclist meshes, a summer (and viral version, why lie) of one of the garments that has generated the most searches for the last twelve months, leggings," said María José Pérez aboutThe division between fantasy and functionality that we have seen this season.But beyond the functional garments that live with the most dramatic in the same look, there has been a clear distinction between romanticism - with their designs with flyers, maxivestids of colors or floral prints, silhouettes Ladylike, etc..- and minimalism - protected by basic and polished garments in black and white looks -.

The combination: tunic + pants

After several seasons flirting with the idea of combining dresses with pants, especially in the surroundings of Street Style, the firms seem to have agreed that the combo of the season is to wear tunic -like dresses with pants (almost always matching) under.When some of the most important collections, among which are Prada, Jil Sander, Dior, Loewe and Fendi, coincide with insider brands such as Ambush, for something will be.Other firms such as Acne Studios and Erdem suggest doing so with long skirts instead of pants.

FOOTWEAR: comfortable shoes

Spring-summer shoes 2021 are especially characterized by their comfort: of the Flatforms of Versace, Simone Rocha and Tod's-inspired in the 90s or in an artisanal key-to the most comfortable reinterpretation of the lifelong flip flops of Stella McCartney,Jacquemus, Coperni and Kenzo - the chunky flip flops, baptized like this by their thick sole -, through the sophisticated versions of the slippers or shoes to be at the house of Balenciaga, Coach, Molly Goddard or Celine - with the Furry Slides at the head-, it is clear that the trends of the next season in the field of footwear also reflect that generalized turn towards comfort. Una macrotendencia que también se deja entrever en la continuación de la apuesta por los kitten heels, el tacón más sensato por el que abogan Raf Simons y Miuccia Prada; en la ubicuidad de las bailarinas –vistas en Dior, Simone Rocha, Rag & Bone y Celine– o la consolidación de los zuecos, el calzado nicho preferido de las expertas en moda que va de los diseños tradicionales de Coach, Stella McCartney o Rag & Bone a los de plataforma de Molly Goddard y Simon Miller.

The bags: the XL size

Although the mini and artisanal invoice designs (such as the caps or those of network fabric) so typical of the station are still one of the keys of the season, this spring-summer 2021 will be starring the bags of sizeXL.While Jil Sander and Sportmax propose discreet black skin designs - all how discreet a bag of such dimensions can become -, Valentino bets on leather in a vibrant orange.Unmarked from this fabric, Acne Studios opts for one as winter as the velvet but in a summer yellow and altuzarra for a summer classic such as crochet in a subtle mixture of white and blue.

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