London Market Research Day 27th March 2012

London market research day. 27th March 2012

I went to London on Tuesday with one of my friends from university. We went for a textiles market research day and set about to visit galleries and exhibitions, including the design museum, fashion and textiles museum, saatchi gallery andthe fashion space gallery. We had a very long day but i got some inspiration from it!

Design museum:

Cost: £5

He made really intricate prints, most of his work was printed onto rayon and he used similiar techniques. I really like the look of them due to the intricate and the detailed patterns coming together! I also like the use of linear lines over bold prints.

Fashion & Textiles Museum:

Cost: £5

Lucienne day designed these prints. I love how she has used layering within her work. The background unites everything together with the white creating a bold contrast to highlight the subject on each of them. The print then stands out onto the white and on top of that she has used a clear black linear line adding in intricate detail. I am keen to give this a go! It looks very clever and adds in a lot of brightness and colour!

These printed designs were made by Mary White named 'coppice' in 1954! I love the different combinations of the same print; you can really see visually how versatile they are!

Looking down at the exhibition!

These hankerchiefs are absolutley adorable! there was a whole room full of these printed hankerchiefs... They are a modern take on vintage artists such as Lucienne Day and Mary White. The designs were done by Nicky Albrechsten who collaborated with Oasis for their spring/summer 2012 collection. They were absolutley beautiful you wouldn't want to use them!

Fashion Space Galley:

Cost: Free

This was the exhibtion i was most keen in seeing as i knew Felicity Brown was exhibiting some of her work!

I love the layering & i especially love how she's blended the colours together, the use of vibrant colours onto a natural looking fabric really creates a statement and the dashes of colour are eye capturing! I want to create a sample using layering as i feel the lightness of the fabric represents birds and feathers!

Again loving the use of layering here; and the dashes of not only colour but of the bold prints.Chi chi Lou has made use of knotting and plating within her work here; she plays on the idea of the ripped silk and the stitch are a form of construction and the use of beads are a symbolic represntation of Tibet (a recent trip she had and was inspired!) Eleanor Amoroso has developed the ancient technqiue of macrame to create minimalistic sculptures.