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PATTERN. Fashion Strategies. Pattern. A combination of several design elements – lines, shapes, colors arranged in or on textural material. Building a wardrobe with pattern. Rely on solid colors and classic patterns, in small to medium scale prints, stripes, and plaids
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PATTERN Fashion Strategies
Pattern • A combination of several design elements – lines, shapes, colors arranged in or on textural material
Building a wardrobe with pattern • Rely on solid colors and classic patterns, in small to medium scale prints, stripes, and plaids • Look out for patterns you absolutely love, that feel like you could wear them forever, and seem to reflect you well.
Classic Patterns • Retain their fashionability, and thus their wearability for years. • Classic patterns are always in good taste and do not detract from you.
Recognizing classic patterns • Classic patterns look familiar • Are almost always available • Are in style despite trends • Are small to medium in scale • Are more often rendered with wardrobe neutrals and combine with a wide range of colors
DO NOT BUY OR BUILD A WARDROBE EXCLUSIVELY FROM ONLY SOLIDS OR ONLY PATTERNS!
Trendy Patterns • Have distinctive lines and shapes • Are larger in scale • Are bold in color – bright or strong contrasts • Limited in the places it can be worn comfortably or appropriately
Benefits of pattern • Adds interest to plain surface of fabric • Helps coordinate two or more solid colored items • Create a point or area of emphasis • Create illusions (enhance or disguise) • Become a visible expression of personal style
Nature Man-Made Sources of inspiration
Types of motifs • Realistic • Imitate or duplicate nature • Appears photographic
Types of motifs • Stylized • A conventionalized impression or interpretation of natural or man-made objects • Simplified detail • Objects are still recognizable
Types of Motifs • Geometric • Strict use of lines in recognized geometric shapes • Stripes, checks, plaids, • Dots and circles • Squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds
Types of Motifs • Abstract • From artists imagination • Appear as a blur or splashes of color • Unrealistic, free-form, or flowing lines
Arrangement of motifs • All Over • Appear the same from any direction you look at them
Arrangement of motifs • 4 way arrangements • Appear the same from four directions given a 90 turn
Arrangement of Motifs • Two-way arrangements • Appear the same from only two directions
Arrangement of Motifs • One-way arrangement • Appear right side up from one direction only. • Has a recognizable top and bottom • Words & numbers, people, animals, functional objects OOPS!
Arrangement of Motifs • Border arrangements • Appear right side up from only one selvage edge. • Dominant motif in the pattern create a specific border along that edge