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Oct 8, 2021
Trend Forecast - Fall / Winter 2022
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Oct 4, 2021
Starting a Design Hustle? Don’t Forget About Self-Care
There are plenty of perks that come with building a side hustle. But if you’re not careful, it can consume too much of your time and burn you out. Follow these simple tips for prioritizing your health and well-being.
Sep 27, 2021
Met Gala Report 2021
Check out our favorite print looks from this year's Met Gala. The Met Gala is one of the biggest and most exciting fashion events of the year. This year’s theme was In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, it was in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Costume Institute.
Sep 14, 2021
Copenhagen Fashion Week
Copenhagen Fashion Week is rising and competing with the bigger capital fashion weeks. However, Copenhagen Fashion We...
Sep 3, 2021
Women’s Fashion Prints Through the Ages
Follow us through 100 years of fashion prints! Fashion is constantly changing! Need a quick print? Shop Plumager®'s Library now!
Aug 4, 2021
History of Houndstooth
The Houndstooth plaid is characterised as being a duo-tone plaid, made up of four bands, two which are dark coloured, and the other two light, in both the warp and weft weave, which are woven in a standard, simple 2:2 twill weave. This creates the unique contrasting check and block shape of the Houndstooth. By experimenting with the size, scale and colours of the weave, many variations can be created.
Jul 14, 2021
History of Ikat
Ikat is 5000 years old! Ikat has Indonesian and Malay origins, but has been shown in history from pre-Columbian Peru, India, Egypt, and Guatemala, 10th century Yemen, Japan, Uzbekistan, and a few others. Learn more on our blog!
Jul 14, 2021
History of Madras
Madras Plais is a pattern comprising of coloured checks and stripes that intersect to create uneven checked patterns. The Madras is also known for being a lively and colourful plaid created in an array of bold colours, which is an expansion of its original staple colours of red and blue and black, made from the limited vegetable dyes of the time, that were used on the cloth. Today, pretty much any colours are used with Madras Plaid, the brighter the better!
Jun 30, 2021
Screen Printing Basics
Screen-printing may be the most popular and wide-spread method of surface printing in the world. The process is used to produce printed designs on textiles, wallpaper, posters, tee shirts, hats, coffee mugs and almost any other printable substrate. Learn the basics here on our blog!
Jun 13, 2021
History of Tie Dye
Tie dye, we all know what it is and almost every year it crops up in trends on DIY tutorials and in stores. The tie dye trend is not a trend we will see the end of quickly, as it continuous to grow and stay popular amongst most age groups as a form of expression. There can be so many ways to wear and design tie dye.
Apr 10, 2021
Talking Production
Today, we’ll be talking to production designer extraordinaire Jin, of @jinandyangny. Jin has years of experience turning great ideas into the incredible products you buy in stores. She has worked for many different brands and product categories such as apparel, accessories, and home goods, and visited factories around the world. Jin’s newest enterprise is starting her own business!
We’ll be talking to her about how she did it, and what’s next for Jin + Yang, as well as learning more about the production process.
Mar 30, 2021
Trend Forecast - Spring / Summer 2022
So many fun, bright trends to look forward to in Spring/Summer '22. Comment your favorites!