Once in a while you’ll be deep inside the internet and stumble across something new and exciting which get’s you thinking about designing and all the wonderful stages of creativity. Where i see fashion collections fashion images and apirs them up with images of art, architecture, scenery, photography, really anything that shows a resemblance to the actually fashion photograph.
These photos though not what the designers where looking at when designing, make you think they might have. We are now obsessed with this new found Tumblr account and love seeing what it has to offer, we hope if inspires you as much as it inspires us!
images from Where i See fashion
Nothing says Christmas portrait like an ugly sweater.
//www.keatleyphoto.com/blog/2008/12/christmas-sweaters-and-little-stuffed-goats/
While we here in the southern hemisphere are lucky enough to have a warm Christmas (fingers crossed it’s not so humid, it rains, unless there’s a draught somewhere…in that case, wish for rain from Santa), we do miss out on the hilarity and fun that is the Christmas sweater.
Some look as though they have been made purely to win worst dressed at the annual ugly Christmas sweater parties that are happening all over the northern hemisphere as you read this, some could be considered cute and others relatively tame when you see the imagination that goes into decorating this festive treat. Don’t think yourself crazy to want to add lashings of tinsel, Christmas ornaments or even flashing lights to your get up because you won’t be alone in this Halloween-ish costume extravaganza.
Nice, how to playing it safe at the Christmas party
Naughty ugly sweaters…ew…
It’s almost a shame that, while our northern comrades snuggle up in their tacky (mostly) acrylic ‘jumpers’ and nurse a sickly sweet spiked egg nog, we here in the south miss out on the chance to don our upper bodies with a hand knitted masterpiece that someone once thought to be the height of holiday fashion! All we get to do lazy about by the pool or by the soft licks of the air con trying desperately to avoid any sudden movements lest it disturb the abundantly fully stomach or raise a sweat and wear a little as possible without raising any grandparental eyebrows.
And just plan bad…
With Christmas just a breath away, and a chance to get in on a warm climate version of the tacky sweater, what festive season prints are you coming up with? Make sure to get your print orders in lickety split and have everyone admiring your get-up over lunch on the 25th!
If you’re stuck for ideas, a quick image search will have you come up apples!
Print design by Liz Smith for her wedding dress, printed at Digital Fabrics.
If you’ve ever thought, nay, dreamt about your wedding, chances are that a lot of that time was spent imagining your perfect gown. Whether it was princess, modern, vintage, beaded, laced, tulled or none of the above, it was to be unique and yours alone. And Digital Fabrics made that once imagined dress a possibility this year when they printed a bespoke design for a custom wedding dress.
Developed from a photograph of hydrangea’s, and repeated along the border of the ivory duchess satin, the colour and effect could not have worked better on the day. The ombre purple and mauves were a great contrast to the earthiness of the bush surrounds and were a true reflection of the bride’s personality.
If you look to the meaning of flowers, hydrangeas (although there are conflicting ideas) are said to represent anything that is sincere and heartfelt, a particularly good thing to be announcing for a bride to her groom.
The team at Digital Fabrics not only printed the fabric but had some helpful input regarding colour and fabric which made the process almost seamless.
So for that totally unique print you’ve been dreaming about, give Digital Fabrics a call as our design and print solutions go all the way to the altar!
More images can be viewed on the photographers blog The Flame Trees here.
Detail of the wedding dress, printed at Digital Fabrics
Look out at Kangaroo Valley courtesy of The Flame Trees Photography
As the festive season nears we seem to have an influx of orders as expected, with customers wanted to personalise and spice up their homes and events, here are some ideas for any occasion to add some personality to any event
1. Printed menus
Create a set menu for your event and have a banner printed for each guest to keep and see whats next to eat, great for weddings and special parties.
Printed menu banner found on pinterest
2. Personalised birthday banners
Make that special someone feel even more special on their birthday, this is a great idea which we spotted on the website Lillychicevents.com.au
Hungry caterpillar inspired banner from lillychicevents.com
3.Cake toppers
Pinterest if abuzz with different cake toppers, we designed, printed and made this cake topper for a special mother which could be easily changed for any occasion.
Cake Topper printing and made at Digital Fabrics
5.Wedding banners
Personalise your wedding with banners, you’ll have the banner and the photos for the rest of your life aa reminder of your special day
wedding banner found on pinterest
6. Christmas Spirit
Personalise your home this Christmas with some printed items, advent calenders, banners like the garland we spotted on refreshrestyle.com, tree ornaments like the one seen from the website missmustardseed.com. The possiblities are endless.
advent calendar garland from MissMustardSeed.com
Christmas garland from refreshrestyle.com
All of us at Digital Fabrics hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New year!
As you all know, last week we held a women’s scarf exhibition in conjunction with St George TAFE students fashion show, where students presented their super creative final collections. Every corner of students dedicated space was well thought through, fabric design, garment construction, space styling and branding etc . Here are few names that we would like to share with you.
Rebecca Harding
Jessica Reynolds
Kamellia Allaf
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.
Last week Digital Fabrics was asked by St George TAFE to exhibit the scarves their students designed for a competition for us.
For those who couldn’t make it we took the liberty of photographing our space for all to see. What do you think?
You Design We Print
Digital Fabrics Exhibition at the MUSE, ULTIMO
Printed scarves on show
printed samples table
wall of printed scarves
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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Day of the Dead Skulls
Leading on from last week’s post on Halloween (did you spook or get spooked?) Dia de Muertos is forming the base of our inspiration for creation this weekend. The Mexican Day of the Dead festival which celebrates the life of family and friends who have passed has become quite a fascination with popular western culture in the past few seasons and it’s easy to see why.
Brightly coloured tattooed skulls (known as sugar skulls) have adorned t-shirts and hoodies. Simple black and white imagery could be seen on scarves and tote bags on every second person and even models were done up in makeup resembling adorned skeletons for Lena Hoschek’s spring/summer 2013 catwalk show in Berlin. For a while there it could be found everywhere and it might be too early to tell if the trend has past or just lying low for the moment.
While we wait to see where this trend takes us, why not take a moment to reflect on life and death and then turn it into a creative celebration of the circle of life.
Day of the Dead symbols from a font on www.fontbros.com/
Images from Lena Hoschek’s spring/summer 2013 catwalk show in Berlin.
Spooky Scene by Poofy on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/enchanticals/galleries/72157627899470504#photo_2950228894
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)