Transcending Nature AutumWinter 2013-2014 By Chloe Kuruvilla
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Transcending Nature This Autum/Winter 2013-2014 we will make a return back to nature. The question is, what kind of nature? It is not the environment we see every day, but instead an abstracted view with a surrealist spin. Where one would think of lush green landscapes, we will instead see rich colors spanning from bright fuscias to deep blues. Prints will be interpreted as forms seen all around us with a distorted view. This new atmosphere is futuristic in both design and composition. Each trend encompases the Transcening Nature theme. Hybrid Nature takes surreal landscapes and colors to incorporate into everyday items and makes them exciting and fun. Marbleize Me reinterprets the stone everyone knows, and turns it on its side by giving it a pshychedelic feel. Sublime Plumage demands attention with its outlandish use of feathers in deep rich colors. Crystalized Earth goes to the very core of beauty and releases divine allure, provoking you to get lost in the delicacy of its nature. Exaggerated Exotics takes size to a whole new level by playing with the dimensions of the environment. Nature is taking over in a new and exciting way. Let yourself transcend into this new vision of earth that will warp your view of what is reality and what is fantasy.
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Table of Contents Hybrid Reality: Overview pg. 4 Color Direction pg. 5 Prints pg. 6 Fabrics pg. 7 Inspirational Images pgs. 8 & 9
Marbleize Me: Overview pg. 10 Color Direction pg. 11 Prints pg. 12 Fabrics pg. 13 Inspirational Images pgs. 14 & 15
Crystalized Earth: Overview pg. 23 Color Direction Prints Fabrics Inspirational Images
pg. 24 pg. 25 pg. 26 pgs. 27& 28
Exaggerated Exotics: Overview pg. 29 Color Direction Prints Fabrics Inspirational Images
pg. 30 pg. 31 pg. 32 pgs. 33 &34
Sublime Plumage: Overview pg. 16 Color Direction pg. 17 Prints pg. 18 Fabrics pg. 19 Inspirational Images pgs. 21 & 22
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Hybrid Reality When fantasy meets reality, what is the outcome? Beautiful colors with surreal imagery. Allow yourself to get lost in these inventive prints that carry us into a imaginary world. The idea of escape is all around, so let your psyche run free and indulge in a hybrid reality.
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Color Direction
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Prints and Patterns
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Fabrics and Trims
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Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. -Friedrich Nietzche
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very \ persistent one. Albert Einstein
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Marbleize Me Marbleized patterns give off optical illusions with psychedelic techniques. The organic swirls found in both nature and art will be prevalent for fall in clothing and accessories. These swirls of bright colors will add the element of textural dimension using a range of unusual colors.
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Color Direction
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Prints and Patterns
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Fabrics and Trims
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A sculptor wields the chisel, and the stricken marble grows to beauty. William C. Bryant
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. Michelangelo
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Sublime Plumage The natural beauty of feathers is awe inspiring and attention grabbing. Their rich vibrant colors will stand out and provoke conversation. Whether they are the main attraction or just a subtle addition, feathers will without a doubt add extravagance.
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Color Direction
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Prints and Patterns
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Fabrics and Trims
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson
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Crystallized Earth The jagged features of crystals are both dangerous, in a sense, as well as beautiful. This fall we will see the incorporation of crystals in both fashion and accessories. Be daring and rock these exquisite forms day and night.
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Color Direction
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Prints and Patterns
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Fabric and Trim
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Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect obedience to an absolute geometry that even stones, maybe only the stones, understood. Annie Dillard
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Exaggerated Exotics Take a trip down the rabbit hole and find yourself in a topsy turvy world where everything is larger than you remembered it to be. Proportions and textures are blown out to make this trend fun and interesting. You will surely stand out wearing one of these exaggerated exotics.
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Color Direction
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Prints and Patterns
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Fabric and Trims
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Bigger is always better.
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