Trend Spotting WW - A/W 2006/07 - Ruffled Shirt

Chanel

Burberry Prorsum

Alexander Mcqueen

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Trend Spotting WW - A/W 2006/07 - Tartans & Plaids

It seems like tartans and plaids are going to be the fabric of the season. We have already seen much of them at menswear ready-to-wear and the story continues. They can be seen in many interesting patterns and color combinations with size ranging from small to big and colors varying from dull to bright. Plaided skirts, jackets and overcoats will be something to lookout for.

Balenciaga - WW A/W 2006/07

Burberry Prorsum - WW A/W 2006/07

Marc Jacobs - WW A/W 2006/07

Alexander Mcqueen - WW A/W 2006/07

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Graduation show

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One of the pics from graduation show of my batch.
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f-term - get your basics right

Ever those terms used in fashion editorials puzzled you. Did you ever wanted to know what does Empire line means or is lantern a kind of sleeve or skirt. If these fashion terms make you go mad or if you waqnted to improve your understanding of clothes than this is the section to look out for. It will be featuring terms used for fabrics, garment detailing, accessories and everyhting related to fashion and style. Let's begin with following : -

Denim & Jeans

What's denim and jeans. Most of us use the terms interchangeably. But both are not the one and same thing.

Denim Jeans

Denim: It is a twill weave cotton fabric with colored yarn (which is usually blue) in the warp and white yarn in the weft. Because of this white yarn in the weft, you can see little white spaces in between the diagonal lines of denim.

Jeans: Jeans on the other hand is also a twill weave cotton fabric but has colored yarn in both the warp and the weft. It has three harness weave and can have other variations as herringbone and chevron apart from twill.

Twill: A cloth has a twill weave if it shows a diagonal effect on the surface. The diagonal lines you see on most of the trousers and jeans are because of this weave. This weave is known to make fabric stronger and durable. Has many variations like right-hand, left-hand, broken, herringbone etc.

Warp: It is the name given to yarns which run lengthwise in a woven fabric. They must have high tensile strength as compared to weft yarns as they are under continous tension. A single warp yarn is called end.

Weft: This refers to the yarn which runs across the width of the fabric. This is also called filling because the weft yarns are used to fill the gaps created by the warp yarns. The weft yarn is also known as pick.

Trend Spotting - MW A/W 2006-07 - Wine Red

What's hot and what's not. What to do and what not to do. Which is the hottest color of the season. Well this is not going to be the all neutrals or all dull winter. It is going to be all charged up with shiny and rich shades of wine red. Have a look yourself.

Vivienne Westwood - MW A/W 2006/07

Valentino - MW A/W 2006/07

Versace - MW A/W 2006/07

Dolce & Gabbana - MW A/W 2006/07

Costume National - MW A/W 2006/07

DSquared2 - MW A/W 2006/07

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Trend Spotting - MW A/W 2006-07 - Tartans

Ever wondered where checks disppeared? They are back as Tartans - the traditional scottish textile pattern. So liven up otherwise dead winters with some interesting check patterns and color combinations.

Vivienne Westwood MW A/W 2006/07

Moschino - MW A/W 2006/07

Alexander Mcqueen - MW A/W 2006/07

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Trend Spotting - MW A/W 2006-07 - Vests

Vests are going to make big at this year's fall. They showed up here and there on the ramp and are definitely a trend. If you don't have vests, make sure you grab one before the season begins.

Costume National - MW A/W 2006/07

Dries Van Noten - MW A/W 2006/07

Dolce & Gabbana - MW A/w 2006/07

Alessandro_DellAcqua - MW A/W 2006/07

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Trend Spotting - MW A/W 2006-07 - Animal Prints

I know I am late while coming up with these, but I have to. Still there's time to pep up your wardrobe.

It may not be the biggest trend happening this year but defninitely an important one. Animal prints can be seen everywhere, and even if it does not make big this year, we can surely expect it to continue and grow bigger in another few years. We can see them on bags, coats, shirts and caps. No trousers yet, may be in future. Designers who featured them in big way included Prada and Valentino.

Prada - Autumn / Winter 2006/07




Etro - Autumn / Winter 2006/07

Valentino - Autumn / Winter 2006/07

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