Color alone can convey different emotions, but if you add something else? Maybe a pattern, some flowers or geometric figures? It changes completely if you give it a new perspective in the end. Remember that fashion is a living organism, in constant change and movement; for that reason today you will know what will be the fashion prints for autumn 2018.
First, where does the word print come from? To go to its etymological origin you must walk until arriving at French, since it comes from the verb “estamper”, which in turn, comes from the pháncico “stampon”, which translates into something like “crush”. The stamping action can be made in several ways and with several materials. Although the most common in this concept is when reference is made to a fabric that has drawings printed on fire or cold. One of the concepts that is most used in the field of fashion is printed or printed fabric.
Therefore, in fashion the most common is that it is setting trends according to these. Thus, for example, for a season the most “in” may be to wear items that bet on having animal print or others with floral motifs, stripes or even elements of ethnic class. Almost all garments can be printed such as pants, dresses, skirts, skirts, sweaters or jackets, among others.
If you delve into humanity’s past, you may find that there has always been a desire to add color and shapes to textiles. The focal point was always to stand out among the rest, to differentiate. Therefore, it could be said that stamping fabrics with patterns, shapes and colors has been an invention for the world of design and fashion. Some say that it is a technique that combines art, engineering, and technology that was used with dyeing to produce figures that only existed in the imagination of the textile designer.
Also, in ancient times the human being selected mainly designs and images that were used in clothing fabrics, however, currently textile printing is very important for different types of upholstery fabrics, home (sheets, towels, curtains), rugs, carpets and other uses.
One of the techniques that was used in antiquity was the Batik. The word Batik is derived from the Japanese term “Ambatik,” which means “touch up,” “write” or “draw.” This is an art through which unique dyeing patterns similar to the textile print that is known today are developed. The patterns and color combinations of the batik were unique. In Egypt, according to the records of 23 to 79 AD, they talked about a technique similar to batik but that was done in wax.
In India, wood blocks were carved with the design or motif that was wanted to be stamped, at the same time inks were applied to it and then it was applied on the fabric under pressure, repeatedly and in rows, and at the end it created a pattern.
Also, it is said that the ancient Egyptians also used designs with ink in wooden cylinders to print on fabrics around 400 AD. For its part, in Europe the first textile prints were in France at the end of the fourteenth century. In Germany, they appeared thanks to a family that was nicknamed as the “Tuchdruckers” or “textile stampers” renamed around 1440 and in the United States they appeared around 1770.
But, it was in 1783 when the Scot James Bell, invented a roller that could be used to stamp. As for Asia, printing was developed in the seventeenth century. In its case stencils were used with designs that were made with very fine silk threads. The designs were applied to the fabrics, while the color was placed exclusively in the areas that had no design. This is how threads and fibers were little by little impacting and making their way into the textile print.
Of course, currently prints have come and gone through industrialization, so any designer can find the print that pleases him, combine it with another and even have his own print make without representing a titanic and impossible effort.
For fall season of 2018, prints will be the order of the day, ranging from paintings, animal print, galactic motifs, geometric figures, among others. Therefore, for this season keep your smooth fabrics well and encourage yourself with prints.
One of the protagonists will be rhombuses, which of course are part of geometric patterns, perhaps you are used to wearing them in jersey, however, Fendi brand has impacted proposing full coats with these.
Another of the prints that will be wearing is the messy geometric in a different arrangement. You can even find proposals for sets of two pieces in prints of this type.
Pictures could not be left out this season, also known as ‘check’ print. Dior is one of the fashion houses that opted for the trend in its original version, offering blazer and trousers combined with simple print flannels. You can also find the classic American jacket with soft frames.
Likewise, the classic handkerchief returns, the first to bring this piece was Versace but the firm Burberry has joined this proposal. Of course you cannot leave aside animal prints, either leopard or zebra; and although flowers are associated with spring, remember that in autumn trees shed their leaves, so in this season you can bloom through your clothes.
One of the surprises of the season is the galactic or cosmic print, fabrics with prints that evoke space, planets and other. Last, but not least, you will be wearing camouflage either in classic green, blue or even red.
Finally, you cannot deny that any of these patterns give life not only to fabrics, but also to your style, either with sacks, shirts, dresses, skirts and even pants of different models, from neutral colors such as gray, black, white and beige, even in strong and vivid colors that give a little joy to these traditional prints. Enjoy it!
ALFA