Industry news Find out about all the latest from the fashion accessories industry in our regular news roundup MISS MILLY INCLUDES PANTONE COLOUR OF THE YEAR INTO COLLECTIONS Miss Milly Founder Sarah Ward shares how the Pantone colour of the year has found a place in her collections… As we’ve become more sensitive to the fragility of our planet and sustainability has become increasingly important, the decadent complete overhaul of fashion from one season to the next has happily slowed down. And we now see colour palettes shifting gradually rather than a wholesale transformation from one set of shades to something completely different. And in a cost-of-living crisis, we definitely don’t want to be renewing our wardrobe every few months. And this is where jewellery and accessories play an important role in refreshing outfits and sparking interest. The Pantone Colour of The Year for 2023 is Digital Lavender, a fresh shade of purple inspiring wellness and calm. But rarely found in nature, this is also a colour to inspire escapism in the physical and virtual worlds. It is also a gradual move on from 2022 and Very Peri, a bolder violet or periwinkle. We don’t always find that the full range of colours assigned to a season work for Miss Milly but this year, the top five chosen by Pantone have all found a place in our collection. Verdigris is a dark, teal green that you wouldn’t normally associate with Spring and Summer but when put together with orange, turquoise and yellow, it is beautiful. And as a continuation of the popular greens from 2022, it’ll work with your existing wardrobe, and if you find it too dark, you don’t have to go full on with it, which is, again, where jewellery can work its magic. Tranquil Blue is the sea, the air and tranquillity. It has the freshness of emerging from Winter into Spring and works well with so many other shades. Luscious Red is a great name and makes you smile just to say it, and a fabulous colour. We’ve teamed it with navy and mid blues (such as Tranquil Blue), and white to create a traditional colour scheme with modern designs. And the fifth colour of the top echelon is Sundial, a dusky yellow, evoking sand and emerging sunshine. Yellow is the colour of happiness and optimism and we’ll be needing plenty of that as we break out of Winter 2022/23. Working with colour is what we love best, researching what the fashion industry predicts and adapting it to work for our brand is always a lot of fun. And there is a lot of joy in seeing a successful colour mix come to life. But we have definitely had our fair share of failed combinations too! ACID CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS OUTDATED LAWS As one of the UK’s leading campaigning organisations for Designs and IP, Anti Copying in Design (ACID) has presented Government with potential solutions to address what the majority think are an outdated set of laws that are not fit for purpose. The organisation says: “Simplifying the complexity of design law and enabling access to enforcement more cost and time effectively are high on the agenda. Strengthening design law with a tangible deterrent against copying, includes a strong recommendation of the introduction of criminal sanctions for the deliberate infringement of an unregistered design, in line with those who rely on copyright. “After all, why should a song writer, film maker have stronger IP rights than a furniture maker or lighting designer? It doesn’t make sense. “2022 presented a rare opportunity for designers and manufacturers to answer the question posed by Government (the Intellectual Property Office) about design law in a series of questionnaires and Call for Views. Continuing high level talks with the IPO have given ACID the opportunity to offer potential solutions prior to a Designs Consultation in 2023 when the framework for design and IP will be examined.” Dids Macdonald OBE., CEO of ACID said, “The continuing culture of “David & Goliath” copying must be addressed and promulgated because design (IP) law is too costly and complex to enable SMEs to enforce. The consequences of which are chilling for innovation, leading to business uncertainty and untold stress. Design law reform has been largely ignored for over two decades. “For a sector that punches well above its weight, contributing nearly £100 billion to the UK’s GVA and employing nearly two million in design and design skills, the precious asset that is our intellectual property underpinning this sector cannot continue to be ignored by policy makers. The 2023 Designs Consultation is a gold nugget for government to make positive changes.” INDUSTRY NEWS 7
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