For the last Showcase for 2014 we bring you Watson Hicks the label by designer Madison Watson Hicks.
Madison Finished her studies this year at St George TAFE who printed fabric with Digital Fabrics for her final collection. We’ve interviewed her about her inspiration behind her prints and label.
This months colour inspiration is all about the colours of summer
Image source: Gray Malin, Au Jour Le Jour SS15, DF_1026, DF_0124
This Months showcase we are featuring designer Fionnbharr Pfeiffer who printed with us earlier this year for his collection.
What inspired you for your fashion collection? My collection is inspired by ww2 special forces camo that I have collected from all over the world. Russian and Finnish ww2 snow camo played important roles in designing the final collection; also Whoopi Goldberg which is more of a political statement.
Who is your favourite fashion designer? Hussein Chalayan
Why do you think fashion prints are a good element to have in your designs? They are incredibly important in defining a designers style. It takes it to that next level of individuality and effort.
What are your plans for the future?
Working on my next collection of samples and production. I hope to live off my work, because I love and enjoy it.
Image source: Fionnbharr Pfeiffer
This Months colour picks have been inspired by the blue shades of Glaciers
Image source:Kate Friend, Erdem Resort 2013, DF111, DF104 (to view our print collection please contact us through our website)
This Months showcase we are featuring student Anurati Krishnamurthy who printed with us for her uni project.
What inspired you for your fashion collection?
I was inspired by block printing and traditional Indian printing techniques. In particular I was draw to the motifs and techniques. I looked at a lot of Anokhi collections and researched how they printed their fabrics. Anokhi is a brand in Indian that has its print factory based in Jaipur, they still use traditional ways to dye and print material. They use traditional prints on contemporary silhouettes. My collection has contemporary prints and silhouettes while acknowledging Indian traditions.
Who is your favourite fashion designer?
Manish Arora
Why do you think fashion prints are a good element to have in your designs?
I think they enhance the design greatly while communicating the concept of the collection. Prints also unify and integrate the individual pieces to the concept and the collection as a whole.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to do my Masters in Design, and I am currently looking at universities.
Image source: Anurati Krishnamurthy
This Months colour picks have been inspired by vibrant summer salads
Image source: Nicole Franzen Photography, Sophia Bush wearing Monique Lhuillier, DF107, DF100 (to view our print collection please contact us through our website)
Interested to see our fashion prints collection? Book in to visit our showroom in Erskineville.
Interested to see our fashion prints collection? Book in to visit our showroom in Erskineville.
Bigger, bolder and slightly 50’s, statement botanicals are catching eye’s this season.
Largely graphic and tonal, predominantly featuring blues and sea greens with pops of coral or red, there is something mildly nostalgic about this print trend that may make you inclined to pick up that dusty ukulele and start strumming away like The King himself in a tropical getaway movie.
Lots of palms, floaty leaves, vintage Hawaiian and updated hibiscus tropicals, are being seen not only in fashion but interior trends as well.
The overarching feeling is that everyone is just keen to relax, kick back on a beach lounge someplace exotic, sipping an ice cold beer and listening to some sweet tunes…Bali anyone….?
Interested to see our fashion prints collection? Book in to visit our showroom in Erskineville.