Giles SS09 show featured yellow hues
Bursts of yellow featured heavily of the spring/summer 09 catwalk and it has now been named as the colour of the year.
Pantone, the global authority on colour, named PANTONE(R) 14-0848, Mimosa the colour for 2009.
Mimosa is described as a 'warm and engaging' shade of yellow and is said to represent hope and optimism, a great message following this year's financial instability!
"The colour yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance," Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, told Marketwatch.com
"Mimosa also speaks to enlightenment, as it is a hue that sparks imagination and innovation."
Christopher Kane, Giles, Tommy Hilfiger and Ossie Clark are just a few of the designers using the bright hue for 2009.