Tag: textile design

Different Types of Stripes that Every Designer Should Know: A Fabric Series

You Probably Never Realized There Were So Many Different Types of Stripes! Stripes are great design elements when they’re used in a thoughtful way! Here are 13 types of stripes that are most commonly worn in the fashion industry! Awning Stripe Awning stripes, aka cabana [...]

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Textile Printing Methods that Every Designer Should Know: A Fabric Series

The 4 Textile Printing Methods that Dominate the Fashion Industry Fabric printing! One of the best ways to make a design your own! If you’re a small one-off designer then maybe you’d prefer more artisanal methods of batik or block-printing.  But if you’re trying to [...]

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3 Game-Changing Sustainable Fabrics That Just Might Save Our Planet

A Renaissance of Sustainable Fabrics When most of us think about pollution, we often think about CO2 emissions and smoggy air. Many of us don’t realize that the clothes on our backs contribute to most of the world’s pollution coming second to the oil industry. [...]