This Year's Fashion Weeks Spark Hope for High Sales

Burberry - Image courtesy of
The Daily Telegraph

After reading Drapers, 'Catwalk brights bode well for premium chains', I'm hopeful that maybe this recession is starting to come to an end!

As Paris Fashion Week drew to a close, it sounded as if high street retailers were feeling confident that bold colors, innovative pant shapes and cool outerwear might help to increase sales for fall 2011.

Clive Reeve, head of design at Arcadia-owned womenswear chain Wallis told Drapers,  “I think the trouser thing is going to be really strong. There’s a continuation of the midi-length skirt and boots, which is a really good story for autumn 11.”

Other retailers feel outerwear will be the biggest seller. The runway was full of bright colored trench coats that should fly off the racks for next season's winter blues.

Let's hope their sales forecasts are right and we see a retail boom this year!