We love a good photo-based placement print here at Aaryn West, so we were excited to see several great examples on the runway featuring scenic nature views. This season we’re seeing the trend lean slightly away from realism and more toward fine art in some way. They appear subtly removed from reality, slightly enhanced by color, blur, or traditional fine art techniques.
Unless you’re a photographer, the word ‘bokeh’ might be a new one for you. It’s a Japanese term for the blurred, out-of-focus effect used in photographs, often resembling ethereal dots of color and light. Technical jargon aside, I think we can all agree it’s rad, and makes for the perfect marriage of photography and abstract textile design.
As fans of the rising trend of digital printing, we swooned over these intricately detailed architectural prints from the Fall 2013 runway shows. Although it may not be the easiest trend to capture, it’s multidisciplinary approach of merging photography, sculpture and architecture into a high fashion format is truly eye catching.
For your Fall 2013 collection, give your floral prints a modern twist by deconstructing them, petal by petal. Exploding florals carry a sense of movement and burst of energy not found in more traditional floral designs, as if torn apart by a sweeping fall breeze.
Basic geo prints get a black tie upgrade in these sleek and sultry designs from the Fall 2013 runway shows. Bold shapes, linear elements and symmetry are the key elements needed to capture this print trend. This is definitely the type of LBD we like to see here at Aaryn West.