2009 S/S Ready-To-Wear Comparison

The Comparison of
S/S RTW and F/W RTW in 2009

1. In 2009 S/S and F/W collection, It seems that Karl Lagerfeld like to use Tones, that means the color adding grey to a pure hue. He tried not to use high value and tints color in the collection, and keep to use lots of achromatic color scheme to diversify his range of design.

2. As you can see the below 2 boxes, in S/S collection, Karl Lagerfeld used analogic color scheme.
But in F/W collection, Lagerfeld used complementary color scheme.
The color experiment - from http://colorschemedesigner.com/
In the boxes, the color with yellow circle mean the hue which is used in the design.


S/S Ready-To-Wear



F/W Ready-To-Wear

3. In 2009 S/S collection, Karl Lagerfeld used more WHITE in the design when compare with F/W collection. White color appears 19 times in the S/S collection however in F/W collection only appears 3 times. It is believe that using more light color can make the collection become more refreshing and energetic. Black color appears most of the times in both collection, it appears 29 times in S/S and 54 times in F/W.

Pie chart of S/S collection

Pie chart of F/W collection

4. In two collection, Karl Lagerfeld produced similar number of design.
In S/S collection, it have totally 71 designs -
66 Women + 5 Men
In F/W collection, it have totally 73 designs -
65 Women + 8 Men