TRENDS // CLOSE UP SHOES . A/W 2014-15

Coming soon is Close-Up Shoes for Autumn/Winter 2014-15 season.  This publication is a photographic magazine which analyzes the fashion shows.  Sketchbook Shoes 14/15 focuses on the product by categories, trends and inspirations.  Every trend has a range of Pantone, photographic and inspirational mood with a vast selection of colored drawings, accompanied by materials, accessories and style details.  To order your copy, go here and also for their trend inspirations for bags, go here.

TRENDS // GAP PRESS - WOMEN'S A/W 2013-14 PARIS . MILAN . NEW YORK CATWALK

Here are more trend info from GAP Press Women's winter 2013-14 PAP catwalk photos from Paris, Milan and New York. This trend publication analyzes and provides written reviews for the shows  key trends including the designer profiles. Go here and here to order your copies, which are very reasonable.

DESIGN CONTEST // SDBI.DE - EUROPEAN FASHION AWARD FASH 2014

Music and dancing, excitement and relaxation, fast fashion and slow fashion are some of the many facets of the theme “Rhythm” of the European Fashion Award FASH 2014, which will be presented for the first time in Berlin.

In addition to cash prizes totaling 10,000 Euro the winners can also look forward to a number of paid internships at CLOSED under Creative Director Kostas Murkudis, as well as at FREITAG in the design department headed by Daniel Freitag.

The global competition targets especially talented design students from all sectors of design beginning with the fourth semester. The second category is open to final and graduate projects from the year 2013.

Registration is now open until the entry deadline on September 15th at www.sdbi.de. The deadline for project submission is September 25th, 2013.

Details of the scope for the competition are available at www.sdbi.de and here.

Copyright Image FASH 2014: Christof Nardin/ Bueronardin

TRENDS // TEXTILE . PATTERN PEOPLE

Pattern People is a surface design studio founded by designers Claudia Brown and Jessie Whipple Vickery. Their studio provides a collection of thousands of ready-made print designs available for immediate use on apparel, paper products, beauty packaging, accessories, interiors and more.  They are also available for commissioned design and can develop to your project's specifications.  

Check out their daily surface design inspirations on their blog,  here for many great inspirations.  Below is one of their more recent posts on their observation of Resort 2014, Mark Markers and for more details, go here.

Also, you can download a collective of their design tools here to help you with your design process.

   PRINT TRENDS - MARK MARKERS   

Gucci , Show Fall/Winter 2013-2014,Gucci, Défilé Fall/Winter2013

GUCCI MEN'S AUTUMN WINTER 2013 - 2014 COLLECTION

Gucci , Show Fall/Winter 2013-2014,Gucci, Défilé Fall/Winter2013

Gucci - Collections Fall Winter 2013-14 - Shows