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The colors for woman were interesting mix of autumnal darks with brilliant jewel tones and brighter colors were used for accents in patterns and acessories...Purples reingned supreme as the newest way to approach traditional blues...

So the colour forecast is to be prepared for more subdued, more murky and subtle fashion colour combinations such as those shown directly left. Autumn 2006/7 colour combinations of the latest fashion palette really are the colours of the rustling leaves of a New England Fall.
The powdered soft-tones help create the newness of a more reserved palette. This dusty palette of the autumnal woodland floor is sometimes surprisingly livened by dashes or strong vibrant red, mahogany or purple. Metallica fashion looks are important - many colours are over burnished with a metallic cast and the fashion trendsetter will already be garnering more natural dusted earthy tones on their wardrobe rail.

Good colours to invest in for fall 2006/2007 are all the earth tones, golden ochres, rusts, taupe, khaki, olive green, red, and purples.
Colour combinations of the palette this season really are the colours of falling leaves. Golden mustards are key colours for fall.
Sometimes because of layering you will see colours that are not shown here as colour mixing takes place on the layered garment. For example a garment with a layer of gold georgette over a blue tone chiffon will create a variation of sea green.
Soft whites and subtle, but rich monochromes with texture on texture are all very strong for fall.



Along with the shimmer of glistening gold materials, red and purple are both likely to provide the most vital injections of colour.
Red comes in every hue from cranberry to iron oxide. These bursts of colour will be vital to add life to what is a fairly subdued murky palette with a great deal of monochrome grey schemes.
Even so all the colours of fall are more muted than in previous recent season.
When I was in Paris, earlier this summer, this glorious red gown right was being photographed on the Seine at a photo shoot. I could not resist snapping the wonderful dress back myself. This gown says top fall colour for 2006/7.
These rich colours of ruby, purple, gold and green tones means a higher demand for colour coordinating gemstones. Rubies, red and rust garnets, amethyst, tanzanite, citrine, Peridot, emerald, and tourmaline are all jewels which pick up the tones of fall beautifully.


In autumn 2006 the colours for apparel are firmly in accord with nature. Traditional earthy tones with sun dried rich ochre and terracotta tones gain ground. Women's clothes the colours of pollen, honey or scorched gold and burnt earth or fox hues meander amid a few livelier more shocking tones like purple and vibrant rich ruby red. Urban charcoal greys are enlivened with splashes of the brighter tones and look new because many materials have glazes. All the images below enlarge.
With both greys and gold tones found in pebbles and stones so currently fashionable, either silver grey or golden metals make a good AW (Autumn Winter) 06/07 choice for jewellery or accessory trims. Golden sequins, paillettes and beads, shimmer and glimmer on fabrics that appear to look like molten gold and sheets of liquid glistening glass. Gold is one of the season's hottest looks. I'm sure you will find gold dresses and jackets in every autumn range.
For lovers of pinks good news, pink is still around, but it is either warmer becoming more coral/watermelon toned or more powdered and dustier toward heather/lilac.