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European fashion has always been a head turner with the latest trends and innovative collections. Apparel, fashion accessories, jewelry and shoes have always looked towards European fashion houses for designs, colours, styles and creativity. Buyers looking for the latest in designer accessories can check out the watches for sale at watchsea24 along with other updated websites offering great deals on their elaborate e-catalogues.

International and European fashion designers from Europe and beyond are all set to meet at the Europe Future Fashion 2012 which will be held in Split, Croatia from the 14th to the 15th of July this year. The high profile event showcasing European Fashion will be held at the 5 star hotel Le Meridin Lav. Two days of intense networking, interchange of fashion vibes and knowledge is on the cards as European fashion designers exhibit their collections to participants from all over the world. This much awaited event has an exhaustive program list that includes workshops, fashion shows, exhibitions and after party

The fashion circles are also abuzz with the celebration of fashion's Sun King at Versailles. The Chanel Cruise collection was inaugurated by Karl Lagerfeld among the picturesque location of the French Palace. The frills and furbelows on display in the inter season collection could put Marie Antoinette's closet to shame. European fashion was highlighted by the models who sashayed down the ramp in casual but slightly less feminine clothes. Tweed dripping with oodles of lace and flower bedecked jackets with portrait necklines was the order of the day. The message of equality, frivolity and Liberty seemed to be the message being imparted by Chanel in the glittering event.

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Fashion in Europe has always encompassed a wide range of styles and fashion outlooks- from the absolute dandy wear to the utter bizarre. Most designers and fashion houses play around with the formal and casual range of clothing. However, there are a large and growing number of designers who are working hard at creating alternative fashion in Europe. With the London Fashion Week over, the designers of alternative fashion now showcase their latest at the Spitalfields Market in London.

Alternative fashion covers a lot of styles that have one common factor. All these styles, at some point, stood apart from mainstream fashion. Unlike mainstream fashion in Europe, alternative fashion does not conform to the style trends that are popular. Rather it is more artistic than practical and extremely attention grabbing.

However, the Europeans have always had a very liberal outlook towards fashion, and this has seen alternative fashion in Europe become more accepted and assimilated into the mainstream culture of fashion in Europe.
A showcase of his outrageous designs by Neil Medina which received a positive response from a predominantly young crowd, club scene regulars, and party revelers from all walks of life- highlights the acceptance of alternative fashion in Europe.

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The latest trends in European fashion are highlighted by PSFK which is reputed for providing ideas and inspiration for designers and fashion conscious people alike. According to a latest news report published by the website, European fashion watchers are enthralled by a colour trend spotting tool that helps them wear the hues of preferred fashion hotspots and their surroundings.

Marketed under the brand of Pimkie Colour Forecasts, this revolutionary service is said to map the dominant colours of European fashion from Paris, Milan and Antwerp on real time basis. Pimkie, a French clothing line and a brand to reckon with, has launched this inspirational digital tool that has added another new dimension to the world of European fashion.

The colour trends depicting European fashion on the streets are captured through cameras installed in each city, and then rendered into pixels through an innovative software created by the interactive artist and developer Pedro Miguel Cruz .
The various colours that showcase the latest European fashion trends are then gathered in lots on an hourly, daily or weekly basis and published on the Pimkie website for the reference of viewers. Pimkie matches the colour trends from each city and then creates an updated catalogue of a wide selection of apparel and fashion accessories that is available for online purchase.

For example the colour trends in Milan and Paris in the second week of April followed shades of red and red orange and Antwerp tilted towards Violet. Very colourful indeed!!