Emerging Trend Couture A/W 14/15: extreme femininity
Hollywood vintage inspired glamour meets Barbie in an explosion of ruffle, frills and florals, the Giambattista Valli couture collection brings together couture and confectionary…
Ones To Watch: She’s Lost Control
In a world where we often feel like we have handed over our decision-making to Google and the high street is a wash of homogeny,…
Trend Alert: Cork
Cork is not a usual choice for a material for clothing, but recently we have begun to see designers use cork in new ways…
Emerging Trend Couture A/W 14/15: Red
A key colour featuring across a number of collections, red carpet dressing reaches a whole new (literal) level. Sequins, feathers, fur, tweed and 3D embellishment took…
Couture A/W 14/15: Fabric inspiration
While the recent couture shows may not drive commercial fashion trends, there is no doubt the unlimited budgets, unrivalled craftsmanship and desire to create statements pieces mean…
Trend Alert: Upcycled plastic bags
With over one million plastic bags being used every minute around the world – mostly from supermarket shopping – and with the recent announcement that UK parliament…
Trend Alert: Boy/girl, boy/girl
Fashion’s love of androgyny and fluid gender have taken a more practical step forward, with the increasing appearance of womenswear on menswear catwalks, and vice…
Graduates 14: Texprint
Texprint selects and mentors the best textile designers graduating from the UK colleges and offers them a chance to show case their work to industry…
See This: Over the Rainbow
Known for their graphic take on colour and pattern, design duo Scholten & Baijings‘s have curated Over the Rainbow – an exhibition to celebrate 14 years as…
Beautiful games
The latest gaming innovations are increasingly sophisticated and fantastical. A mysterious, floating, rotating mountain is the strangely beautiful new game from David O’Reilly, the…
Material Inspiration: Hair
Pushing the boundaries of future sustainable materials, Studio Swine are using hair as an innovative material in their new range of products. Having first…
Graduates 2014: New Designers Part 2
New Designers Part 2 showcases graduating students from furniture, product and interior design as well as graphics and illustration. Just like Part 1 , it’s an important…
Re-inventing materials: Biofacture
Inspired by the desire to create sustainable materials and rethink the age-old model of textile production, a variety of new projects are exploring the idea of Biofacture. A process…
See This: Sheila Hicks, Séance
79 year old Parisian-based American artist Sheila Hicks has created Séance, an fantastical architectural insulation made of yarn as part of Design Miami/Basel. Pigment-rich piles of…
Trend Alert: Tapestry
New interpretations of the traditional craft of tapestry see mid-tones woven in paint-by-numbers landscapes, and weavers telling stories in a modern, intricate way. JW…
Trend Alert: Geology Prints
Designers are looking to natures geological patterns for inspiration for colour, texture and pattern. Inspired by geological patterning such as bedrock and strata as well…
Death of the mallrat
While it may seem unlikely on a packed Saturday at Westfield, the communal shopping experience of malls – going “into town” on a Saturday to…
Graduates 2014: New Designers
Showcasing the work of recent graduates across textiles, ceramics, glass and jewellery, part 1 of New Designers was a a riot of colour, texture,…
The Hunger Games’ fictional fashion world
Whether you’re a fan of the $1.5bn The Hunger Games franchise or not, the visual language created for the films is impressive, from the impoverished…
Colour inspiration: Jamie XX
We love the Memphis-meets-Saved By The Bell aesthetic of the recent double-A-side single by Jamie XX, frontman of The XX. Animated by Alden Volney,…
