Stahl has released its colour forecast for autumn-winter 2009–2010 saying that there is a taste for change. After several seasons of over-abundance, eccentricity and the triumph of artificial over the natural, there is a strong desire to return to a state of balance, the company has said.

It goes on to say that it is unsure whether this a reflection of the current world economic climate, the result of a desire in the fashion industry "to take things steady" rather than go overboard, or simply a question of pausing for thought while we mix technical and traditional once more.

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