A/W 13/14 PRINT TRENDS

//MÉLANCOLIE//

Giving you a little peek of what is coming for Autumn/winter 13/14 Print Collection

Please feel free to contact me for more detailed information about my services ♦ 

Cultural Travel to Indonesia

I've been out for a wile, looking for inspiration in wonderful Indonesian culture. More news this week.

TSUMORI CHISATO SS13

// Mad for Prints //

Tsumori Chisato is a Japanese designer with special taste for colourful prints and fabric embellishments, her style is elegant and funny at the same time . 
For SS13 collection she was  inspired by western landscapes, cow skulls, Sioux tipis, flowers and stars. Colourful watercolour prints gave to the collection a fresh and fun look ♦  

Pictures via fashionising.com

//TSUMORI CHISATO ON VIMEO //

Tsumori Chisato Collection - SS 2013 from Tsumori Chisato on Vimeo.

//Mixed Patterns by Paper Mag & Emily Shur//

Paper Mag made this beautiful Fashion Editorial mixing prints and patterns from different brands. This was a perfect collaboration between Paper Mag and photographer Emily Shur. 

Via Papermag, pictures by Emily Shur. 

//Dolce & Gabbana SS13//

PRINTS:  Wide stripes // Sicily History inspiration//Colourful  Flowers// Maps// Roman militaries // Mix cultural portraits // vintage labels inspiration //

Dolce Gabbana  photos via vogue.com 

Vlisco - Real Dutch Wax fabric

//Vlisco//

Last week I've been in Paris for PremièreVision one of the best  Fashion Shows in Europe . I've been looking for inspiration in Paris and I found this amazing little book about Vlisco one of the greatest designers and manufacturers of ‘Wax Hollandais´.

   

At the end of the 19 century Vlisco enter the African Market with his ´´Real Dutch Wax fabric`` developed by the company in a semi -manufactured product. The story says that this African fabric after all manufactured and design in Holland has it's origin in Java Batik, brought by the Dutchman from their colonies in Indonesia and also from African soldiers that wore fighting in the colonies under dutch command. Companies such as Vlisco saw this great opportunity to develop the Batik fabric in a more industrialised and  fast production technique and for that they invented new printing machines.