I love all the products we develop at The Trend Curve, but every now and then we create something that really makes me smile. A product I sent to production today elicits just such a reaction from not only me, but also our Office Manager, Janice Carlson.

Haute Halloween & Fall™ 2011 is a color and trend forecast all about the longest selling season of the year, Fall-o-ween. Some people don’t yet know that Halloween is the fastest growing holiday in the U.S., and that it is second in popularity only to Christmas.

Members of The Trend Curve’s subscriber family first asked for colors and trends for this season at the end of last year. This year, we heard from even more people. We always welcome requests and feedback that help us do more—and do it better—for our customers. And this time, it resulted in a product that we think will help those who are ready to go beyond pumpkins and candy corn with additional business.

Haute Halloween & Fall 2011 comes with 20 colors, 5 neutrals and 5 metallics. It includes 9 trends that have been written so our customers can take the looks in a Halloween direction, or use each one just for Fall. We had fun with trends that offered some new options for Halloween, while taking cues from everyday décor trends so Autumn-centric looks can set up their design sensibility.

Each Trend Card has bullet-point details about the look, materials, textures, patterns, forms, embellishments—whatever is key to that trend. A palette on the reverse side shows you the volume, accent and fashion-forward hues for each trend:

-       Creature Quest

-       Avant-Autumn

-       Gypsy Charms

-       Absinthe & Old Lace

-       Hoedown

-       Tricks to Treats

-       Mayan Magic

-       Punkins

-       Ghoulish Goth

Subscribers to The Trend Curve can reserve their copy of Haute Halloween & Fall 2011 at the pre-release price of $195.00 by emailing Janice Carlson (Janice LOVES Halloween and Autumn, and was lots of help as we architected this project). Subscribers always pay about $100 less than non-subscribers for each of our products, but this price is another $100 less than the normal discount. Preorders will ship before 12/28/09. The subscriber price goes back up to $295.00 after 1/1/10.

Non-subscribers can order at the regular price of $395.00 for shipment after the first of the year. Just email Janice with your request. If you would like to purchase this product at the subscriber-family price, just add a 1-year or 2-year subscription to The Trend Curve at the same time. If you do so during the pre-order period when you can save $200 off the non-subscriber price, it’s like getting a $199.00/1-year subscription free!