Violet for elegant evening gown
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A touch of Ultra Violet and Pantone Spring palette for your perfect event dress


Spring offers many occasions to get formal but with plenty of fashion colours, it’s the first season for outdoor events and weddings after a long and cold winter.

The Spring palette for 2018 is rich with this year’s top hue chosen by Pantone: Ultra Violet

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Ultra Violet is an elegant and bright purple with a blue undertone, turning classier with a touch of sleek satin and sexier with a deep neckline.

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Ultra Violet is surrounded in our latest fashion palette by playful shades at one side, manifesto of fun and optimism like Cherry Tomato, a juicy and young shade of red with a solar hint of orange. A ‘cherry tomato’ short lace dress would look perfect to stand out at a race competition.

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Ultra Violet and Cherry Tomato scream for attention; for sober occasions, Pantone Almost Mauve and Blooming Dalia are their balanced counterparts among the Spring palette selected by Pantone house of colours. Both soft and ethereal: Almost Mauve is a delicate powder pink; blooming dahlia is a light salmon. Their daintiness makes them perfect combined with impalpable tulle and intricate laces for wedding dresses.

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The Pantone Color of the Year 2018Ultra Violet – matches to classic and saturated tones such as the marine Sailor Blue or the delicate Coconut Milk, mature and sophisticated.

The shades featured in Pantone’s Spring Colour Palette are available to customize your own dress on MillyBridal. The gowns showed in this editorial are included in Formal Dress UK and Evening Dress UK catalogues with custom-made creations to fit any silhouette and occasion.

Valentina Chirico aka Valens

Valentina Chirico: a past as an archaeologist, a present as an editor between London and Bedfordshire. An expat born in Southern Italy from an expat family. She holds an MA in Egyptology from the University of Birmingham and contributed as a co-author and postgraduate ambassador to the UoB PG Recruitment Blog before fully embarking on online editing. Besides archaeology, beauty and arts, this alumna loves travelling and shares an uncommon sense of humour. Online since 2009 with ValentinaChirico.com and later with ItalianMemories, Valentina is a storyteller and wants to inspire you a good laugh or to aim higher, to the stars.

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