DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE WINTER AND FALL SEASONS START IN FASHION?

It goes without saying that for everything…yes, for everything there is a season. Ask about the season when love is in the air, spring is anybody’s guess! Similarly, fashion is an area just about anything else in one’s life. Fashion is best understood by the season it represents, and it is not easy to keep pace with the changing fashion trends as seasons keep changing. Take a deeper dive, and you’ll gain a little more insight into the start and end of the different fashion seasons; therefore, understanding the nuances of fashion based on the different seasonal changes should be easy-peasy. We have compiled a rather timely blog that offers a better understanding of the start and end of the fall and winter seasons.

Fall and winter collections may have hit the local stores by July, and summer and spring clothes occupy the shelves before the melting action of the snow begins. No wonder, there is always confusion when exactly the fall season starts and ends. Take a look at how the fashion industry seems to bombard the online and social media space with season’s merchandise collection, and there is little we get to know outside of the fashion world.  Anyways, no hush-hush, right?

The fashion industry comes alive and turns fully functional during two distinct seasons. Spring/summer refers to the six-month period during January-June, and fall/winter is the period from July through December.  However, some individual stores or designers may choose to function with slightly altered timings or month. Retailers also get to check the latest collections in the market and start stocking the forthcoming season’s collections.

The rise of the Fall
Fall fashion generally becomes available at stores by July—also the perfect time for back-to-back school shopping. Summer and spring merchandise usually goes full throttle as a permanent sales at this point of time. Fall clothing is often characterized by earthly or jewel-tone color tones (according to the trends), heaver fabric types, long sleeves, light outerwear and longer sleeves. Retailers may provide weather-appropriate outfit in stores that are located in warmer climes. 

The winter cum holiday shopping season during Thanksgiving and Christmas is important as it marks a flashy period of continuous shopping spree. Clothing during the winter and vacation usually hits the stores stating from late October to early November and the trend continues throughout the year. Whatever be the fashion trend, heavy outwear, velvet fabrics and embellished outfit usually occupy the store shelves.

Seasonless Dressing
“Seasonless dressing” is defined as a trend of wearing the same type of fashion all throughout the year. People are exposed to climate-controlled conditions nowadays. Because the latest air-conditioned workspace and heated cars do the intended functions exceedingly well, there isn’t much demand for heavy winter wear. Winter and fall wear may feel and look less autumnal—designers may like to project lighter colors and fabrics. In few places, summer wear has become increasingly ubiquitous as year-round clothing—warm-weather clothing can be adjusted for fall through layering—turtlenecks  and tights below.