Viva Magenta is a special colour – it is Pantone’s trend colour of the year 2023 and stands for strength – bringing positivity to the future. It is a strong colour, that is brave and connects to nature.
Pantone Colour of the year- Viva Magenta Pantone 18-750 Weiterlesen »
WGSN and Coloro have announced their colour of the year 2025. Future Dusk has a mystical character and plays with the themes of escapism and change. It is a hue between blue and purple. The colour is with the code Coloro 129-35-18. Purple has always been a colour that speaks to mystical themes – being a colour of spirituality. Future Dusk has a relation to that but goes deeper in a way that includes technical themes that play a role in our life and will be much more present in the future. We are already experiencing deeper connections to tech themes compared to the world before Corona – everything made a jump with people working at home and seeing each other digitally even more – giving the world even a stronger sense in regard to globalisation. Future Dusk touches on topics like AI generated content – as well giving a secure and calm vibe in contrast – as blue is known to be a calm, cold and grounding colour. In this world that is progressing digitally rapidly fast and inflation is taking it’s place – colours have an influence – what kind of print is being used. What kind of colours people are wearing. It has an immediate impact on how people feel. Blue has always been a colour that has an calming effect and stands for a reliable and confident expression. For prints blue is a good combination with other colours – depending on the shade it can be combined with many other colours and can give a print design just the calm composition that is needed to reassure the customer in this uncertain world. Click here to find out how to work with me on new prints for your swim or activewear collection including Future Dusk as a calming but still mystical colour – making the customer curious to buy your clothes. Photos: Canva Finding the right colour for prints can be a long process and development. Trends can help to make this decision easier and faster. Whether you are looking for a pattern that is an addition to your current swim or activewear collection or you are looking for new prints for your upcoming collection – I’ve got you. I work in Illustrator and Photoshop with hand-drawn and digitally-drawn flowers and other elements. Are you wondering how to translate this trend into print design ideas? Let me help you with a custom print for your brand – click here to contact me and learn more about working together. Giving an idea of what topics and elements could relate to this trend: futuristic elements, the mystic trend theme, marble prints, including gradients vs sharp edges in abstract prints, and transparencies using dark colours. Write me an email at info@siobhanbradfield.com to book a free inquiry call.
Colour of the Year 2025: Future Dusk Weiterlesen »
Let me tell you about my visit at Premiere Vision in July 2024. Such an exciting time in Paris – taking all this creative energy and visiting Premiere Vision. You could feel the city vibing in a different pace – preparing everything for the upcoming Olympic Games. Visiting Premiere Vision can be such an inspiring event for designers but also for small brands. As a brand owner or someone who is planning to start their own brand it is essential to do research and be familiar with the production process. This time there were 8 universes to discover what you need to develop your collections. From manufacturing, sustainable fabric selections and textile designs. I found the talks about sustainable fabrics very fascinating. Especially in swimwear where fabrics like polyester and nylon are mostly used there are alternatives and sustainable swimwear fabrics have gained more popularity. Econyl is one of these sustainable fabrics and it is made from regenerated nylon collected from landfills and oceans. Another fabric is Repreve, that is made out of recycled plastic bottles. Do you want to know how it is working with me? Check out one of my last blog posts with my client Linda here.
Premiere Vision July 2024 Weiterlesen »
This year I visited the London Textile Fair in September 2023 What I learned from my visit at the London Textile fair last month: **Networking:**it can be an amazing opportunity to speak to people in the fashion industry and make contacts. Even if at this stage it won’t benefit you, you never know what can come from it down the way, work or collaboration on textile collections. Also a big plus is just chatting with people you don’t know – it definitely gave me practice going more out of my comfort zone. **Trends:**this was unexpected and made me very happy – finding the trend seminar held by BDA London. At the seminar, I learned about upcoming trends in fashion and in textile & prints for AW 24/25 for womenswear and menswear. It’s not just about trends but also learning what is happening in the fashion and textile & print industry so I can give my clients the best advice and pass on what I’ve learned. **Research:**researching what kind of studios show there, looking up the program and researching the names. Maybe there could be a collaboration in the future. Seeing what kind of fabrics are on the market, how are they displayed? Are there a lot of visitors? Although there are also a lot of opportunities to research this online, it was a good way for me to gain more knowledge of fabric, suppliers and trends. Is it worth visiting? It really depends if you are close to London or not and if you are a brand or a freelancer. For brands I think it could be a great way to get into contact with different suppliers to source fabric and get more info on what kind of fabrics are on the market. If you are a small brand it might be good to see fabrics in real life and make yourself common with fabrics that might work for your collection. Many suppliers at the fair have a concentration fabrics without prints. For only prints, I would recommend visiting the London Design Fair, Paris Prints or Premiere Vision. But Premiere Vision is quite a different story and a very special print fair that I wouldn’t miss going to. Find my experiences on one of my last blog posts here. Are you a swim or activewear brand looking for a new print? Let’s talk about what kind of print could be suitable to make your brand more visible to new customers. Write me an email to info@siobhanbradfield.com to learn more about how we could work on your next textile design.
The London Textile Fair 09/2023 Weiterlesen »
Premiere Vision Paris!! I was there!! Attending the show as a visitor Two days Paris – what felt like a dream after ages of not travelling abroad because of Covid. I took all my courage (it felt so strange travelling with all the restrictions and my bad conscience about taking the risk.) just booked a flight and went. It was amazing. Amazing seeing so many prints, printed fabrics and print studios showcasing and selling their prints. It was emptier than usual and people from India and China did not attend the show that much. Hopefully next time in July everything will be more back to normal. I talked to so many new people, made so many new contacts and it was really wonderful and inspiring to see all those beautiful prints and fabrics. The fair had three different halls and also a lot more fabrics, textiles and accessories besides printed fabrics and print designs. There was a whole section about sustainability and natural dying methods. There were fashion talks about trends, fabric sourcing, sustainability and much more. They even had a job board where you could see boards of jobs in design, sales and marketing and you could check out the pr code that took you to the job offer website. All in all, I am so happy to have made this journey and this experience. This lovely photo was taken with It´s Monday at their stand – loved meeting Debora and Anna from Barcelona!! #theartandheartoffashion #printstudios #printedfabric #printdesigner #textiledesigner #surfacedesigner #freelanceprintdesigner #surfacepatterndesign #repeatpattern #designer #fabricpattern #contemporaryart #patterninspiration #patternlove #printlife #digitalprint #designer #patterninspiration
Premiere Vision Paris February 2022 Weiterlesen »