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Lifestyle Trends for the Home Autumn/Winter 2012/13, now £150 + £15 postage UK (reduced from full price of £890)

The four trend directions include: Undone, Curiosity, Grey Gardens and Wild Spirit, Pantone-referenced cotton swatches, fabric and paper swatches, original imagery created by the Trend Bible team, supporting social and cultural information, Colour Evolution (explains the key seasonal hues and how they develop each season) and Trend Evolution (explains the key ‘big picture’ themes and how they develop each season).

Above spread: ‘Undone’ trend direction from Trend Bible’s Lifestyle Trends for the Home Autumn/Winter 2012/13

Kids’ Lifestyle Trends for the Home Autumn/Winter 2012/13, now £150 + £15 postage UK (reduced from full price of £890)

The four trend directions include: Forager, Organic Science, Curious and Winter’s Tale, Pantone-referenced cotton swatches, fabric and paper swatches, original imagery created by the Trend Bible team, supporting social and cultural information, Colour Evolution (explains the key seasonal hues and how they develop each season) and Trend Evolution (explains the key ‘big picture’ themes and how they develop each season).

Above spread: ‘Forager’ trend direction from Trend Bible’s Kids’ Lifestyle Trends for the Home Autumn/Winter 2012/13

To kick start our 2012 series of ‘This Month We Are’, Kate Usher, surface designer and Trend Bible contributor, shares with us what’s she’ll be doing this February.

Collecting Stamps

This month, I’ve been spending a lot of time researching the Olympic Games and sourcing Olympic imagery, as I’m creating a special edition wallpaper to commemorate this year’s event, complete with Swarovski crystal embellishments for added bling! I came across this delicious commemorative stamp collection which Sir Paul Smith has designed for the Isle of Man Post Office, to celebrate the London 2012 Games. I think the colours in each stamp are so fresh, with a vintage sporty twist. My favourite is the pink and tan cycling stamp.

Watching

I’ve actually lost count of the number of times I’ve watched this stunning stop motion music video by Gotye now; such a simple concept but so visually captivating, and of course the soundtrack is lovely too. It makes me want to go and paint somebody with watercolours!

 Making

DIY Valentines cards! I always think a handmade attempt from a Valentine holds far more value than any shop bought substitute. This homemade little monster card from Monster Factory is too cute to resist. I’m going to help my son make this for a girl in his class at school who he ‘loves’ (he is hoping she will choose him over his cousin this year), – he is seven years old!

GRAZE-ing

It seems like everyone is talking about these healthy and bespoke snack boxes from Graze, which are delivered to you by post. Since I moved my office to my home, I’m finding it all too tempting to spend my days with my head in the fridge, snacking on junk whilst at work, so I think its about time I found some healthier treats. You just go online, choose from over 100 natural nibbles and select which days you’d like your snack delivered. All I have to do is wait for the posty to arrive!

 Listening to

Etta James classics. Since the death of one of the greatest singers of all time, I’ve found myself re-discovering her soulful music and I can’t get enough of it – what an amazing voice. I also love the retro painted portraiture on some of her vintage album covers.

Above: 3D room designed by mydeco.com community member sarahl

During the show I noticed a strong trend emerge with stag silhouette motifs. To me, Anorak has been championing this emblem for several years with their Kissing Stags design. It’s become a signature image for them and has been picked up by many journalists for print and online features. So stags are nothing new but it’s only recently gained a strong following, from both designers and consumers. Why the surge? Partly thanks to the catwalk and partly due to other micro trends, such as country glamour and animal prints.

Only last night my shopaholic friend Jemma text me a photo of a new wrap dress with a repeat pattern of tiny deer silhouettes. It reminded me of the new cushion and bathroom accessory designs at Home showcased by mydeco.com supplier RawXclusive, with stags, foxes and boxing rabbits in autumnal shades of ochre and plum:

Above Left, mydeco.com; above right, heartsandstripes.wordpress.com

 Also at Home was another mydeco.com favourite, Chocolate Creative. Margarita Lorenzo is the loveable designer behind the brand, named after her two passions: chocolate and creativity. She’s one of those rare designers who has an unabashed, effervescent zeal for designing and making. This year she showed her Cameo collection, influenced by a trip to the V&A Museum and the Victorian silhouettes and cameos on display there. These handmade cushions feature grand stag silhouettes and damask wallpaper patterns hand printed onto sustainable materials such as organic cotton, hemp and natural linen:

Just as butterflies took over spring in 2011, keep an eye out for stags, deer and country chic galloping through 2012 with panache. To recreate this look at home I recommend sticking to accessories such as cushions, prints, blackboards and clocks. To embrace the trend wholeheartedly there are some fantastic wallpapers with damask deer designs, putting a subtle modern twist on the traditional pattern:

We continue our January 2012 Trade Show Report series, with a report from Interiors UK 2012, the UK’s largest interiors trade event held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

This year, Interiors UK collaborated with designersblock to produce a creative hub, the Design Village where visitors will be able to find inspiration, meet designers and see the latest on-trend designs.

Trend Bible’s Creative Assistant, Alice Barnes, caught an alarming early train to Birmingham to report back on the latest interior trends and innovative designs from the show…

Above images: designersblock Design Village at Interiors UK 

Utility

Above image: furniture design by James Uren 

Utility and visible construction are continuing trends in furniture design for 2012. Designers continue to emphasise bespoke craftmanship and the art of their craft, and consumers continue to appreciate the authentic and the original. Award winning designer, James Uren, who we first spotted at New Designers back in July 2011, showcased his modern day interpretation of a chaise longue, his grey, upholstered Luso Lounger, and new design the Dorso Stool – both examples of functional, beautifully crafted design with integrity, which consumers are beginning to appreciate more and more.

Above works by Rosemary Anrude and Nuu, for The Workshop

Rosemary Anrude‘s functional designs (above images) showcase the joints in her furniture designs as decorative elements. Emphasising functional design components and low key embellishment is a key trend for the season, as we forecast in our Natural Selection trend direction for Spring/Summer 2012, back in March 2010.

Above spreads from Trend Bible’s Natural Selection trend direction for Spring/Summer 2012

Illustrative

Above: wall coverings by Emma Cowlam and Rachel Hagger

Illustrator Emma Cowlam and Surface Designer Rachel Hagger‘s linear, illustrative wallpapers and drawings, pick up on 2012′s emerging trend for all things illustrated. Their designs shown at Interiors UK focus on iconic British landmarks and cities: another big trend for this year, as we celebrate all things British in the run up to the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Above: illustrated handkerchieves by Moi Self

Above L-R: works by Joy Herman and Lianne Mellor

 Illustration is a key decorative trend for Home Interiors this year, across wallcoverings, ceramics and home accessories, as forecast in our Curiosity trend direction for Autumn/Winter 2012/13.

Above spreads from Trend Bible’s Curiosity trend direction for Autumn/Winter 2012/13

Bed and Breakfast with some of Britain’s newest designers 

In the Design Village at Interiors UK, three British designers had been asked to curate their own Bed and Breakfast roomset. The three designers, knitting extraordinaire Donna Wilson, House of Hackney, known for their ‘Colefax and Fowler on acid’ approach to interiors, and typographically driven design duo Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan, all showcased their individual and equally inspiring styles.

The Trend Bible team’s favourite was Donna Wilson‘s ‘Squirrel Tree Forest’ roomset, fitting perfectly with our Forager trend direction for Kids’ Lifestyle in Autumn/Winter 2012/13.

Above spreads from Trend Bible’s Forager trend direction for Kids’ Lifestyle, Autumn/Winter 2012/13

Interiors UK takes place again next year at the Birmginham NEC from 20th-23rd January 2013, and Interiors UK London, a new show starting next year, takes place at ExCel London from 19th-21st May 2013.

]]> http://www.trendbible.co.uk/blog/trade-show-reports/trade-show-report-interiors-uk-at-the-nec-birmingham/feed/ 0 http://www.trendbible.co.uk/blog/colour-trends/colour-trends-maison-objet-jan-2012/ http://www.trendbible.co.uk/blog/colour-trends/colour-trends-maison-objet-jan-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:21 +0000 Trend Bible http://www.trendbible.co.uk/blog/?p=4428 Continue reading →]]> The Maison & Objet show ran from 20-24 January 2012 at the Parc des Expositions, Paris. In the first of two reports, we bring you the top colour trends as seen at the show, as reported by Joanna Feeley, creative director, and Jill Hawkins, senior trend researcher at Trend Bible.

Neon

Neon colours can be difficult for commercial use in the home, but at Maison we saw some really innovative and inventive ways of using these shocking brights with subtlty. Backlit mirrors, spray-paint effects, trims and tassels brought acid lime, orange and flouro pink bang up to date.

Above left: Stationery with neon elastic by Hay, above right; backlit ‘Moonlight’ mirrors by Richard Hutten

Above left; neon trim tableware by Rosenthal et Sambonet, above right; blankets and throws with neon tassles by Sylvie Thiriez

Our Visionaire story for Spring/Summer 2012, published back in March 2010, highlighted this important trend for subtle use of neon colours being mixed with pastels.

Above; pages from our Visionaire trend from our Spring Summer 2012 publication, Lifestyle Trends for the Home. 

White

Above;  vases and receptacles by De Buyer

With texture playing such an important role for ceramics and textiles, the palette becomes a neutral backdrop so that the detail of an object can be studied and appreciated. The transfer of textile effects onto hard goods continues to be important, as we see complex knit stitch constructions imprinted and etched onto porcelain.

Wood with Colour Splash  

Above left; Coatstands by Sentou, above right; La Corbeille Editions.

Pale, unvarnished wood was paired with high voltage colour splashes in matte laminates, powder coated metal and glossy paints.

Copper Tones

Copper and bronze tones were important for lighting, decorative accessories and outdoor products. Look out for a multitude of finishes from hammered effects through to highly polished metal.

Above images; Eclectic by Tom Dixon

Above left; outdoor planter by Poterie Goicoechea, above right; bird house with copper roof by Esschert Design.

Chartreuse

Above left; planter by D&M Depot N.V/S.A, upholstered chair by D&M Depot N.V/S.A

This yellow-green shade peaks for Summer 2012, which we saw on tableware, outdoor accessories, soft furnishings and kitchen appliances.

Palm Springs

Evidence of our Palm Springs trend for Spring/Summer 2012 was in abundance at the show,  you can see more of how this trend is manifesting itself in a full report coming soon on our blog. Ensure you subscribe to our blog to ensure you don’t miss our reports!

Pink, turquoise and teal greens were mixed together in textile prints and glassware, with graphic stripes, chevrons and hexagon motifs bringing a 1970s edge to the look. 

Above pages from our Spring Summer 2012 publication, Lifestyle Trends for the Home, published in March 2010. 

Our next Maison et Objet report will be published next week, covering surface and shape trends.

January 2012 saw Trend Bible partnering with Clarion Events for a third time to create bespoke trend concepts and physical trend features for Top Drawer, the UK’s leading event for design-led gifts, lifestyle and fashion accessories held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre earlier this month. After months of concept development, build design, prop sourcing and making, we finally brought our trend features to life for visitors to Top Drawer Spring…

We created 4 phyiscal trend features for Top Drawer, focusing on sectors from the show which are seeing the most growth – Stationery, Children’s, Wellbeing and Fashion Accessories. In addition to the features, we designed and produced Product Cards to accompany the 4 features, helping buyers to Shop The Retail Trend at the show.

Image of Trend Bible product cards courtesy of Flourish Studios

Top Drawer Show Director Raj Gill said of the show: “From behind the scenes to at the scene, Top Drawer and Trend Bible worked hard to serve retailers with the most exciting and pertinent trends for 2012/2013. Top Drawer scored an impressive 34% increase in visitors last week, and it was a visibly busy show with an audible buzz. The launch of Home alongside Top Drawer also hit the nail on the head with buyers, offering the latest on-trend homeware. Lots of new foreign buyers were tempted by the on-trend design-led exhibitors on show. In fact, the combination of both shows saw a whopping 79% increase on 2011. London has always been a key destination for design, and now has cemented its place for design-led products at Top Drawer and Home. The synergy between Top Drawer and Home was a winning formula that has set a precedent for future events from Clarion Retail, and we are excited to be a part of it.”

If you couldn’t make it along to the show, here’s a quick snapshot of our trend features; thank you for all of the positive feedback we’ve had from both exhibitors and audience, and a huge thank you to our team of stylists and the Clarion Events/So Group team for all of their hardwork.

Stationery Trends for Autumn/Winter 2012/13

We presented six trends for Stationery and Greetings at Top Drawer:

Luxe emphasises a new, luxurious element in Stationery and desk accessories with a focus on bronze, pewter and gold metallics.
Synth is all about confidence with colour; moving away from traditional colour groupings like ‘pastels’ or ‘neons’ and blending these together for a new bold look.
Monotype celebrates typography and a minimal, monchrome  graphic aesthetic.
Papercraft reflects consumers desires for products with authenticity, referencing hand-made, natural finishes.
Infrared focuses on layering shades of red from crimson to berry for a strong, contemporary look.
Patriot heralds 2012 as the year to celebrate the UK, referencing British icons from architecture through to royalty.

Above left; Synth stationery feature, above right; Patriot stationery feature, both by Trend Bible.

Above; Patriot and Papercraft trend features by Trend Bible

Above; Infrared and Monotype trend features by Trend Bible

Above; Patriot trend feature by Trend Bible

Here are a few exhibitors from the Top Drawer show that we felt reflected our key seasonal trends.

Undercover showcased their new collection of near-neon leather goods and stationery for Autumn/Winter 2012/13 – perfectly inkeeping with our Synth trend direction for Stationery and Greetings, below.

Exhibitors across all disciplines were well and truly embracing an overarching British trend at Top Drawer, with traditional British references like the London Bus mugs by Our Workshop, contemporary updates on this Patriot trend with London ‘Airfix’ style tea towels by Victoria Eggs, and postage screenprints and printed cushions by Annie Little all below.

Grow Your Own
Children’s Retail Trend for Autumn/Winter 2012/13

We presented a prominent Children’s trend direction at Top Drawer: Grow Your Own. This is an important trend for children’s products in Autumn/Winter 2012/13, as parents become increasingly aware of the benefits of home grown produce and nurturing through food. Children are becoming involved in growing and cooking food both at home and at school, which inspires a whole range of child-friendly garden and kitchen products. Think fun, vegetable characters motifs, one-colour garden gnomes and funky wheelbarrows, which work for both girls’ and boys’ product ranges.

Thank you to exhibitor Toby Tiger, who kindly loaned us wellington boots and raincoats for the Children’s trend feature.

Beauty Lab
Wellbeing Retail Trend for Autumn/Winter 2012/13 

Our Wellbeing trend feature, entitled Beauty Lab, referenced a slick, clinical trend direction for Wellbeing products in Autumn/Winter 2012/13, taking inspiration from the extremes of the beauty industry. This trend embraces a predominantly pastel palette, accented with neon flashes to create a very modern colour story.

Exhibitors Aromatika and Blend Collective’s product ranges were prime examples of how this trend direction can be implemented across product ranges. Their pared down packaging design showcases this clinical aesthetic perfectly, below.

Fashion Accessories Retail Trends for Autumn/Winter 2012/13

Our Fashion Accessories trend feature for Autumn/Winter 2012/13, focused on four seasonal trends:

Graphic Clash looks at a clean, graphic approach to fashion accessories after years of vintage references.
English Heritage showcases traditional British pastimes and motifs for 2012.
Beauty Lab is a slick futuristic story, showcasing silicone, rubber and perspex.
Faded Grandeur is a dark, brooding story looking at creeping botanical imagery and tarnished gold, bronze and copper.

Thank you to show exhibitors Pell Mell, CLICLOC Watches and Tyler and Tyler, who’s products we featured in our Fashion Accessories features, and an even bigger thank you to Liz Peck, an up and coming London-based propmaker who lovingly crafted the display hands which featured in all of the Fashion Accessories displays.

If you missed our Senior Trend Researcher Jill Hawkins’ seminar on Trends for Autumn/Winter 2012/13, you can find a downloadable version of her presentation here.

Did you visit home, Top Drawer’s co-located show? If not, click here for our report on emerging trends from the definitive new trade event for homeware and home accessories.

For more information about our Trend Features please contact the team at enquiries@trendbible.co.uk

January has been a whirlwind for the Trend Bible team, as the team broke off to cover the major interior trade shows in Europe and the USA to report back on the latest trends in home interiors on behalf of our clients.

First up in our busy UK schedule was home, London, a new trade event for homewares and interior accessories, running alongside the existing Top Drawer show at Earl’s Court.

Our Senior Trend Researcher, Jill Hawkins shares a snapshot from the show. To access our full reports, please contact us about our consultancy subscription services.

“The home show fills a gap in the trade show calendar in London, and provides an opportunity for buyers to shop for new products and see the latest trends. As well as the more established home interior brands, it was great to see some of the newer, up-coming brands we’ve featured in our trend publications there at the show,” explains Jill.

“There were really two main directions at the show; the first was for a cleaner, simplistic design led by strong colour, and the other was for nostalgic references within design,” said Joanna Feeley, Trend Bible Director. “Back in 2009, we published our forecasts for Spring/Summer 2012, with two key stories reflecting these two contrasting design angles; Visionaire, which has a clean, minimalist vibe, and Sentiment, which picks up on the nostalgic British references.”

New Minimal

We first spotted REThinkThings’ beautiful powder coated metal bird feeders at Design Event back in October 2011. With so much strong colour for summer, expect to see materials that take colour well trending heavily, like powder coated metals and glossy glaze ceramics.

Stackable, connectable components were also seen in abundance at the show, a trend we forecast would be big news for 2012. “This trend for stackable objects comes from a broader theme around saving space in the home, ” explains Trend Bible founder Joanna Feeley. “Products that can be easily stored to save valuable and limited worktop or floor space are on the rise, with homeowners getting creative with space in the home instead of moving up the housing ladder and buying more space. With a stagnant housing market, comes an incredible creativity for storage solutions and design.”

Jansen’s colour-blocked ceramics hit the right note this spring, balancing the traditional with a cleaner, slicker aesthetic set to influence tableware. As predicted in our Spring/Summer 2012 trend report, we’re seeing a riot of colour for the home and garden this summer, carefully underpinned here with black, grey and white.

Above is a spread from our Spring/Summer 2012 trend Visionaire, which began to look at this new minimal aesthetic influencing home interiors, blended with rustic, traditional elements.

Nostalgia

Ferm Living have been featured in our Kids Lifestyle Trends publications in the past and strike a clean balance between nostalgic and fresh.  We loved their quirk, robot character cushions, above, at home.

 Seletti’s presented patchworked and montaged traditional pattern for their tableware collection this season, keeping the traditional British tea party story alive for 2012.

Snowhome‘s collaborative prints with John Green Designs also referenced the ongoing love affair with all things British. 2012 is a pivotal year for Britain, with high profile events including the London Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee expected to influence design trends.

 This print is a fresh interpretation of modern British patriotism with words describing traditional British industries, pastimes and products making up a map of the UK. You can check out our own interpretation of this patriotic trend in our Stationery trend feature at the adjoining Top Drawer show.

Abigail Borg presented her latest homeware collection at the show, above, which referenced beautiful oversized garden florals like chrysanthemums and hydrangeas. We included English garden florals as part of our Sentiment trend for our S/S 2012 home interior trend publication, below.

One of our newest trend panelists – also featured in our trend books – is ceramicist Andrew Tanner who exhibited his latest collection at home.  It received rave reviews, and you can read Design Week’s right here. We loved this collection which delicately referenced nostalgic and traditional bone china tea sets whist still managing to look contemporary. Pattern appeared on the underneath of plates, handles of tea cups and spouts of teapots.

Andrew also launched his Augmented Reality plate, above, which truly captures technology and brings it to a new medium. You can see a video below.

Coming soon is our round-up of home’s co-located show, Top Drawer, where we created bespoke trend features. We also thought this report by Rumour PR was a pretty good round up of the show too…

In Summer 2011, we conducted our Trend Panel, inviting industry experts to share their opinions and research which informed our trend directions for Autumn/Winter 2013/14. The results of this are published this week in our our A/W 2013/14 Kids Lifestyle Trends books which are available directly from us or from our network of global sales agents.

Each book contains four key trends, 40 cotton colour swatches with nearest Pantone referenced codes, inspirational fabric and wallpaper samples and a unique combination of our own styled and photographed imagery teamed with carefully selected product shots. Our blue chip clients are retailers, brands and manufacturers who use our trend books to help them accurately forecast future trends up to 22 months ahead of the season. Our books cover trends appropriate to baby/nursery through to tween market with palettes that are flexible amongst a variety of age ranges.

“Our kids’ lifestyle trend books are completely unique to the Kids’ trends marketplace and internationally recognised as THE design tool for buyers and designers in the kids lifestyle industry,” explains Trend Bible founder Joanna Feeley. “We take a real no-nonsense approach to trends and firmly believe in making trends perform commercially.  Our kids trend books are completely bespoke to the kids industry as we believe kids respond to their own set of influences and are not simply watered down versions of adult influences.”

“Anyone can develop the traditional ‘pink for girls, blue for boys’ colour palettes, but we’re about bringing a broader, more interesting collection of inspiration to the table. We’re seeing a growing demand for this from our clients who include department stores, board game manufacturers, nursery furniture companies, fashion brands, health brands, holiday resort groups and computer game programmers.”

Our books include:

• Four key trend directions specific to the kids interior and lifestyle industries (including toys, games, garden, accessories)

• 40 colour swatches with nearest Pantone® TPX and TCX references

• Beautifully styled original inspiration

• Sourced product imagery from the world’s most innovative tastemakers

• Actual samples of materials and fabrics

• Key item analysis per story

• CD including inspirational images, digital colour palettes so that you can quickly colour drop into your own prints

•  A quick reference ‘Take Away’ shopping guide summary PDF

Contact us enquiries@trendbible.co.uk for prices and subscription offers or to arrange an appointment to see our books.

In Summer 2011, we conducted our bi-annual Trend Panel, inviting industry experts to share their knowledge, opinions and expertise for the Autumn/Winter 2013/14 season.  This month we publish these findings in our Lifestyle Trends for the Home trend books. These are available to buy directly from us or via our network of global agents.

Each book covers four key trends for the season and contains 40 cotton colour swatches with nearest Pantone referenced codes, inspirational fabric, wallpaper and surface samples and a unique combination of our own styled and photographed imagery teamed with carefully selected product shots. Our blue chip clients are retailers, brands and manufacturers who use our trend books to help them accurately forecast future trends up to 22 months ahead of the season.

“Our trend books are internationally recognised as THE design tool for buyers and designers in the home interior industry,” explains Trend Bible founder Joanna Feeley. “We take a real no-nonsense approach to trends and firmly believe in making trends perform commercially. The trends we develop are the result of 6 months hard work for the team, and we’re constantly refining and tweaking these to make sure they work for our clients in our limited edition trend books.”

Our books include:

• Four key seasonal trends specific to the home interiors industry

• 40 colour swatches with nearest Pantone® TPX and TCX references

• Beautifully styled original inspiration

• Sourced product imagery from the world’s most innovative tastemakers

• Actual samples of materials and fabrics

• Key item analysis per story

• CD including inspirational images, digital colour palettes so that you can quickly colour drop into your own prints

• A quick reference ‘Take Away’ shopping guide summary PDF

Contact us enquiries@trendbible.co.uk for prices and subscription offers or to arrange an appointment to see our books.

Well as some of you will know, Trend Bible are official trend partners of  Top Drawer London, and develop bespoke trend concepts for their audience twice a year.

We thought we’d share a few ‘behind the scenes’ shots that we’ve taken over the past six weeks while we’ve been building and creating props to make exciting physical interpretations of the trends we think are most important for this winter. You’ll be forgiven for finding them a little abstract- we’re simply trying to pique your curiosity and all will be revealed this Sunday at Earl’s Court, London. See you there!

We provide two future trend seminars over the course of the 3 day show, you can see our trend seminar for Autumn/Winter 2012/13 presented by our Senior Trend Researcher, Jill Hawkins; Sunday 2-3pm, Tuesday 1-2pm. Click here for a full seminar list. In addition to the seminars we conceptualize and create inspirational trend areas for each area of the show; Fashion Accessories, Wellbeing, Kids and Stationery.

The above image shows some of our covered and collaged wheelbarrows (yes! wheelbarrows!) as work in progress, these are going to really come to life in our kids trend area….our stylist and trend editor Anri  Hamilton spent days  crafting these especially for the event. The original collages were made by hand by our in-house print designer Louise Parr.

Above; frames for our fashion accessories trend feature, which covers four important trends for winter 2012.

Please come and see our work, and pick up a FREE product guide at the show which tells you how to buy into each of these looks at Top Drawer, and lists the key stockists. You can also book a FREE retail surgery slot with our senior trend editor Jill Hawkins, advising you on how to make trends right for your company.

Top Drawer, 15-17 January 2012 is a retail trade event which brings together an inspirational showcase of over 700 carefully selected British and international suppliers to the convenient central location of Earls Court, London.

Presented in five easy-to-navigate zones, Gift, Fashion, Stationery &Greetings, Children’s and Wellbeing, Top Drawer is the perfect opportunity to source bestselling products and preview spring 2012 collections. For a full list of suppliers and their contact details see our Exhibitor List.

Opening Hours:

Sunday 15 January: 9.30-18.00
Monday 16 January: 9.30-18.00
Tuesday 17 January: 9.30-17.00