Last week we exhibited all the scarves St George TAFE Fashion Design students Designed for our Local Produce scarf competition, On the opening night we announce the winner and 2 runners up. For those who couldn’t make it
The winner of our “local Produce Scarf competition” is:
Madison Watson-Hicks
1st runner up:
Katelyn Phillips
2nd runner up:
Natalie Hick
Judging these scarves was not an easy task. Student did an excellent job executing their ideas into scarf design, you’re all winners in our eyes.
Scarves are now on sale at Limelight Gallery in Central, Sydney.
After some time deliberating over the beautiful print submissions we had to choose our winner and 2 runner ups. What we were looking for was a overall repeating print with unique elements that would translate well into their overall collection designs. Students quickly realised that when digitally printing even a pixel can make a difference, here are our winners.
The Winner is:
Sarah Smith
We chose Sarah Smith’s design as the winner for her unique hand drawn designs, inspired by the crusades.
1st Runner up is:
Malani Biasetto
We loved the collage of texture displayed on Malani Biasetto’s repeating print. We thought it was a great way to display an array of prints inspired by Morrocan tiles
2nd Runner up is:
Jacqueline Wong
Jacqueline Wongs repeat came in 2nd runner up for using an image of a shipwreck inspired by a nautical theme into a textured all over print.
Along with our competition with TAFE we were also asked to contribute to the 2nd year Fashion Design capsule ranges.
We wanted students to build on their knowledge about printing and how to get a print to repeat. We gave students colour palettes to work with and asked that they design a repeat print to go with their collection.We received 22 submissions which we had the very difficult task of choosing the winner and 2 runners up. Here are the 22 designs, which are your favourites?
Amy Stivicic
Rebecca Strickland
Olivia Gow
Maysam Naaman
Malani Biasetto
Madison Watson-Hicks
Kristy Micallef
Keone Raiwi
Keang Tong
Katelyn Phillips
Hikaru Todoroki
Jacqueline Wong
Gemma Della Bosco
Despina Gregoriou
Cerrie Chan
Bing Dimaporo
Bianca Makdessi
Belinda Ireland
Wan Li Li
Sarah Smith
Rebecca King
When the rest of the world is moving into the winter, we are here in Australia getting ready for a sweltering season, that is sizzling in colours and bursting with summer prints.
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Spooky Scene by Poofy on Flickr
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Next week is Halloween people. Time to get your print scare on.
Now Australia has only in recent years, embraced the whole October 31st party vibe, that is more traditionally seen as an American festival of all things spooky. And while there may be complaints from some about our country becoming too “Americanised” this is one occasion which should be taken on board whole heartedly, or less heartedly if you’re inclined to dress up as a heart eating monster this year. Simple because you get to dress up as anything you want to, scary or not and how often do we really allow ourselves this chance?
Trending this year are popular shows from the past couple of years, notably Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen, the Breaking Bad boys and somewhat more random, Duck Dynasty a ‘reality’ show about duck hunters.
Now you could jump on this band wagon, let Yahoo! do the work for you with their recent top ten’s lists (see below) or you could use that imaginative spirit that was born for an all hallows eve festivity and get crazy with your outfit!
With Halloween right around the corner, Yahoo has released the lists for the top 10 searched Halloween related items this season.
What better way to scare (or impress) the boo out of your friends than rocking up in an outfit that you not only made yourself, but had the fabric printed specifically for it as well! Think cobwebs and creepy crawlies with splashes of suspicious colour or eerie scenes of mist through an abandoned street. It is also no coincidence that Mexico’s Day of the Dead follows up Halloween on November 1, so there’s some great inspiration right there.
If this post seams a little excited, it’s because it is. Purely because there’s so much creativity that comes with dressing up for an event like this, it’s hard not to see the potential for Halloween to play muse and feed into your print designs. So turn the lights down low, light a few candles and let the shadows take you to the witching hour.
A designer edge for Halloween (L-R)
Dolce & Gabbana, Christopher Kane, Ashish (sweater), Mary Katrantzou (skirt)
We are still looking at aerial shots in the office for inspiration after some research we discovered these beautiful photographs by photographer Joseph Ford
Ford teams aerial photographs with designer garments, giving a visual for how we can translate environmental inspiration into collections or prints.
Aerial: Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro, Sicily
Jacket: K-Way
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Aerial: Sicily
Jacket: Barbour
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Aerial: Macari, Sicily
Sweater: Missoni
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Aerial: Sardinia
Blazer: Missoni
Aerial: Morocco, Merzouga
Jumper: Kenzo
Background shirt: APC
Images from Joseph Ford
We are kicking off this week with images from our scarf photo-shoot in which we tried to capture an amazing scarfs that were designed by fashion students from St George TAFE for our “Local Produce” woman’s scarf SS14 competition.
Here we go: model our Barbara Brayovic, photographer Maria Tanygina and you are be the judge.
All scarfs were printed and made at Digital Fabrics.
This pretty tote is one of the examples of what we do at Digital Fabrics. Made last week from scratch, designed, hand painted, printed and made at Digital Fabrics.
Phillip Lim Spring14 runway shot and a topographical map
This week we’re going up sky high to get a bird’s eye view of some great ideas to feed into the repeating pattern melting pot of textile design. And having seen a few on the runway shots from New York from the past week, there could be a trend in here somewhere. A change in perspective is never a bad thing, it can help to inform a full idea or understanding of the thing that you might be looking at and the result could be even more interesting than initially considered and has the potential to keep viewers on their toes. Mess with their minds and their idea of what they should be looking at.
Farm land in Queensland, Australia and tiered rice paddies in China
Snow caped mountains and valleys and an aerial view of a coral reef
Some great examples of where to find inspiration are from the aerial shots of colourful rice paddies in China or snowy mountains anywhere, views of coral reefs and topographical maps of countries. A similar approach can be taken by getting beneath the surface, going under water or inspecting the microscopic images of all types of matter.
But for now, be a bird even if just metaphorically, and take in what they might see soaring the skies.
Aerial shot of horses in a paddock create some interesting shadow play
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From inspiration to the garment (clockwise from left)
Emanuel Ungaro, Sara Phillips, Due, Grey Malin
The Spring 2014 RTW Fashion shows have commenced with New York first to start showing the talented designers latest collections. One trend so far that has been featured in almost all the collections is Floral’s, in the words of Miranda Preisley “florals for sprint..? Ground Breaking!” And yet Floral’s for Spring just seems so right; We are currently in the 6th day of spring in the southern hemisphere, and Sydney is well and truly showing off what lays ahead for the months to come. The weather is absolutely perfect for floral everything!
Now we won’t get to purchase our favourite pieces from NYFW shows until next year, but with some quick designs and our speedy turn-around you could start making your own floral spring inspired garments in no time!
BCBG MAC AZRIA Spring 2014 RTW
VFILES Spring 2014 RTW
VFILES Spring 2014 RTW
Tocca Spring 2014 RTW
Tanya Taylor Spring 2014 RTW
Tanya Taylor Spring 2014 RTW
Richard Chai Love Spring 2014 RTW
Honor Spring 2014 RTW
Honor Spring 2014 RTW
Honor Spring 2014 RTW
Creatures of the wind Spring 2014 RTW
Images from style.com
