TRENDS // PATTERNBANK - NYFW PRINT + PATTERN HIGHLIGHTS AW14/15

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Patternbank brings you their key print highlight report on the recent New York A/W 2014/15 Fashion shows. 

Go here for Part I and here for Part II New York Fashion Week Print and Pattern Fall 2014 highlights for their full reports.

    THAKOON   

Vivid Technicolour Blooms – Super Scale Placement Prints – Ikat Applied Florals – Applique and Embroidered Looks – Brush-mark Stripes – Soft Plaids – High Contrast Pattern – Colour Blocked Panels – Pattern Mix-ups – Asymmetrical Layouts

   MARA HOFFMAN   


Graphic Checkerboard Prints – Moroccan Textile References – Engineered Star Prints – Bedouin Jewellery Patterns – Egyptian Camel Motifs – Complex  Ethnic Arrangements – Monochromatic and Optical

   BAND OF OUTSIDERS   


Painterly Brush-mark Florals – Cartoon Popcorn Prints – Offset Patterns – Floral Clusters – Background Colour Graduation – Ditzy Florals – Tromp L’oeil Tricks – Dark backgrounds – Artistic Floral Paintings

   MISSONI   

Abstract Rock Star Images – Marbleised Jacquard Pattern – Abstract Kaleidoscopic Effects – High Contrast Pattern – Marble and Textured Surfaces – Mashed-up Prints – Contrasting Scale – Earth’s Surface

   NICOLE MILLER   


Complex Feather Prints – Kaleidoscope Pattern build-ups – Dark Studies – Graduated and Merging Pattern  - Blurring and Distortion – Damask Florals – Distorted Ikat – Peacock Feathers

   PETER SOM   

Midnight Carnation Blooms – Bouquet Placement Prints – Motion Blurs – Border Pattern Mixes – Graduation in Texture – Herringbone and Check Mixes – Tonal and Monochromatic – Orange Colour Bursts