The vegetal colour palette also connects with botanical imagery. Printed viscose fabrics feature jungle-inspired motifs, with leaves and foliage developed in restrained natural shades. Rather than relying on strong contrasts, the prints work through tonal relationships between greens, beige and earthy neutrals. When layered beneath striped or textured fabrics, the botanical imagery contributes another dimension to the direction, linking the fabric story with the wider influence of nature in Spring/Summer 2028.

Natural fibres play an important role throughout this direction. Cotton and linen provide the basis for lightweight checks and stripes, while silk introduces a smoother, more fluid quality and viscose offers a suitable ground for expressive botanical prints. The different fibres allow the same vegetal colour story to move between tailored, casual and more feminine applications, demonstrating how colour can remain consistent while the fabric character changes.

The overall effect is one of natural refinement rather than rusticity. Straw yellows, muted greens, khaki and warm beige create a calm foundation, while checks, stripes, ribbed structures, crinkled surfaces and botanical prints provide variation. The combination of natural-looking colours and lightweight constructions gives the direction a distinctly summery character, balancing relaxed textures with a considered approach to pattern and surface.

Pantone® references: Ethereal Green 11-0609, Boulder 14-1110, Kelp 17-1022, Sage 16-0421, Sheepskin 14-1122.

Vegetal Hues is one of nineteen boards in the Italtex Womenswear Colour and Fabric Trends Spring/Summer 2028 — eighty-eight Pantone-referenced colours, with woven, knitted and jacquard fabrics analysed by fibre, yarn, construction and finish. Available now.