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Never before have people felt so pummelled and abandoned. The need for togetherness is growing and the void is filled with animals, friends, food and films. Meditation is governing our creative emotions as yoga is stretching our imagination. Switching off becomes a survival system, producing altered states of consciousness, empowering people to exist. Fashion is at the forefront of this thoughtful evolution, creating a balance between simplicity and generous opulence, inspired by the cloth and clothes from diverse spiritual journeys to stop the stream of no-news news and overdone drops, to bring content and context to garments that are designed to help us simply be. Fashion demands another approach to heal our planet and cure our shopping sprees. Conscious consumption will become the norm for the next generation, born and bred in a world in crisis.
Lidewij Edelkoort
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The House of Colour: home & interiors 2020
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Indian Summer Colour F/W 2019- 2020 = Enlightment Fashion Trend F/W 2019-2020
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
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Jessica and Stephen started working together back in 2013, both living in London and working in interior design.The city gave them opportunities to start collaborating on a few decorative and interior design projects. They received a very positive response from these first interior projects with their design studio All The Fruits.
Their inspiration comes from a variety of sources, and often change from project to project. At the core of their our work are two things that inspire them the most: people and places. Their recent collection of printed linens have been inspired by traditional art movements in India.
Over a period of five months while living and working in Jaipur, India, they ventured into the traditional technique of block printing, discovered incredible fabrics like khadi and fell in love with the vibrancy of our surroundings and the people they met. The collection consists of cushions, drawstring bags, tableware and pouches. The items take advantage of the beauty of block printing and khadi, showing off the textures, prints and colours to the fullest.
Khadi is a handwoven organic fabric that can be made out of cotton, silk or wool and we instantly fell in love with it for many reasons. It’s the worlds most sustainable and eco-friendly fabric as it does not require any electrical support or fossil fuels. It supports millions of people living in rural India as artisans and micro-level weavers, still dependent on traditional skills and techniques to make their living through handmade products. The process of creating Khadi is very slow and delicate. In fact, spinning the yarn used for Khadi is a completely manual process, done on a spinning wheel called a charkha. The irregularities in the weave give it a beautiful texture full of character and charm.
It is a fabric full of history, with its production encouraged by Mahatma Gandhi as a way to promote Indian self-reliance and resilience in the weaving industry.
Every product is unique due to a manual printing method of Block Printing. The master carver starts from a drawing of our design on paper, traces it onto a Rosewood block and carves out the pattern by hand. The block represents the single repeat, which is then stamped in rows across the fabric creating the seamless pattern. Each colour in the design has to be carved into a separate block, with each colour being printed separately.
Once the blocks are complete, the master printer mixes the colours which will be used for printing and pours them into wooden trays. Each colour is printed individually onto the fabric; the pattern must be stamped repeatedly across the fabric, with the printer doing his best to align each print by eye. To help with the block alignment, a guide marker is carved onto the edge of each block. The subtle gaps and overlaps between prints are a beautiful reminder of the hand work and give block printing it’s characteristic look.
This is what makes this printing method so beautiful.
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‘Dreaming In The Sun’ is a collaborative summer story by Prince of Sun & Arturo Bamboo.
Prince of Sun is based in Barcelona and Arturo Bamboo switched city life in Berlin this summer for the islands of Formentera / Spain and Hydra / Greece – a sense of summer heat comes right at you when looking at this story.
Two islands - Formentera - Spain - Hydra - Greece
These small pieces of rock evoke intense emotions - Whitewashed houses
Formentera.. A breath away from Barcelona - Hydra.. A breath away from Athens
So close yet so far - Siesta time - Endless
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SAVE THE DATE !
You are invited to Feel the Yarn organized by our HQ in Paris - 30 Boulevard Saint Jacques 75014.
Come by on September 5th and 6 th to discover super high end Italian yarn qualities.
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TREND SEMINARS
THE HOUSE OF COLOURS
Home & Interior 2020
August 14, 2018
NEW YORK
AW 19-20 ENLIGHTMENT
August 15, 2018
NEW YORK
SUMMER 2020 COLOUR & TREND PREVIEW
August 15, 2018
NEW YORK
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TALKING TEXTILES
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TALKING TEXTILES #2
The wild and vibrant second issue of TALKING TEXTILES is organised around the culture of cloth. In this trend magazine, the mood is up and creativity is on the loose, celebrating the revival of textiles. This issue is filled with remarkable developments in textiles, art, clothes and interiors, from artisans and artists to mills, manufacturers, designers and innovators as well as talented graduates. With colour, textile and yarn forecasts by Li Edelkoort, a whirlwind of floating fibres, harvested yarns, tubular colours, woven fences and knitted architecture will fuel readers’ creative energy.
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TREND TABLET
Trendtablet explains how trends grow, evolve and flow, and helps us better understand and perceive how they interact in our daily lives. this tool accessed for free is open to comments and new ideas, please contribute and be part of our network .Enjoy!
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ANTI_FASHION
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This much-talked-about and thought-provoking manifesto by the world’s most respected trend forecaster covers the 10 main issues that indicate the fashion industry has reached breaking point. Edelkoort courageously confronts marketing and advertising, as well as challenging education, materials, manufacturing, retailing, designers, fashion shows, the press and consumers alike. This means that the economy of clothes will take over from the turnover of fashion. Therefore trend forecasting has changed as well, taking its leads from social change and finding creative ideas within lifestyle trends and consumer behavior. A break-through philosophy focusing on textiles, garment-making and the imminent revival of couture. It’s time to simply celebrate clothes!
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BLOOM FAITH
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Confronted with the adversary of human designed disasters and manmade political scandals paralyzing our planet and countries, people’s only recourse becomes faith, an almost forgotten principle. To have faith in the spirit of survival, to have faith in creative forces able to rebuild society, an intrinsic need to believe in the human race, especially in moments of bewildering despair. We need to trust our instincts to build a better future, full with genuine love towards ourselves and others, even those at fault. Being able to forgive, to understand, to comprehend, to taste the fear in others. To pledge an awareness of altruism, script a gospel of compassion. Desire needs to be embedded in empathy.
Recognizing their inspirations and yielding to innate creative urges, artists and designers will build up the needed confidence to create new matter, landscape other horizons, design decorative objects, weave unusual fibers, draw non-existent flowers, created with the deep conviction that aesthetic expressions will resonate with others and are able to heal and care for people. Faith grows from future generations, professing their reliance on inner strength, convinced to reroute society the way they see it; convivial, cooperative, concerting, concerned, a society where truth remains an important quality and flexible forms of constancy help to compose the rhythm of existence.
Lidewij Edelkoort.
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