By, Shreya Golchcha (Student) B.Design (Fashion Design) Ms. Megha Gupta (Assistant Professor) Satyam Fashion Institute Whether you like buying into trends or prefer to stick with basics, you need to add pastels to your wardrobe. Soft hues are a classic spring staple and are timeless enough that you can wear them year after year, yet when styled just right, they’re also super trendy and cool. How can you style pastels? MONOCHROME Choose one color and stick to it throughout your entire outfit as in Figure 1. It always makes a smashing look. This will elongate your silhouette and jazz up your persona. Pair it with thread earrings (Figure 1.1) and block heels (Figure 1.2). Here we try to keep it basic, giving a balanced look. Try to stick with minimalism. Figure 1 Figure 1.1 Figure 1.2 PAIR IT WITH CHUNKY ACCESSORIES Wear a cute pastel dress (Figure 2) and pair it with a vibrant handbag (Figure 2.1) and some cool multiple layered bracelets (Figure 2.2). If you don’t want it that minimal and basic, then you can flaunt your style with chunky accessories. Pastel dresses in one color are fabulous for any summer occasion, from office to beach. Well, for me fashion is never completed without some addition of accessories. Figure 2 Figure 2.1 Figure 2.2 DIFFERENT PASTEL COLORS TOGETHER (MIX THEM) Make a different pastel color combo and no vibrant or chunky feel to be added. (Figure 3). This creates a kind of soothing look and at the same time classy. (Figure 3.1). You should never overdo with pastels but do not be afraid of mixing and matching different pastel colors. Figure 3 Figure 3.1 WITH NEUTRALS/ BLACK/ WHITE Keep your outfit simple with neutrals and then pop it up with pastel. This gives a catchy...
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January 15, 2020
SHAPING THE GEOMETRICS OF AFGHAN EMBROIDERY DATE – (AFGHAN REFUGEES DESIGNING “A LIFE SHE LOVES”)
By, Ms.Mahima Malik (student) B.Design (Textile Design) Dr. Vandana Jaglan (Principal) Satyam Fashion Institute The art of embroidery is deeply rooted in the cultural history of Afghanistan as well as India, which unites the two countries beyond boundaries. Embroidery work is traditionally done by women and girls in Afghanistan. The Afghan technique involves counting each minute thread in the woven fabric to develop patterns that are symmetrical, evenly spaced and perfectly matched. Unlike other forms of embroidery, one cannot embroider it by printing design on fabric. Afghan embroidery directly develops designs onto fabric with perfection in stitchery. This often takes a physical toll on artisans as they have to carefully count each thread. The work is so intricate and precise that it is often mistaken for a weave or machine embroidery. This embroidery is done with silk, wool and cotton thread, used on hand woven cotton and woolen backgrounds. Afghanistan and India have traditionally been strongly connected and friendly. For more than 17 years, hundreds of women and men who were trapped in the wars in Afghanistan, and robbed of their dignity and hope, escaped to India. India provided them much-needed refuge. Women are given the opportunity to be free and regain control of their lives in a foreign land. Typical embroidery of Afghanistan is done with a frequent use of one dominant stitch on each piece; this stitch depends on the ethnic group of the embroiderer, denoting an integral part of their tribal life. The distinctiveness of Afghan embroidery lies in the way it is executed and by its small stitch size and length, which is sometimes reversible. It is done by counting each minute thread which runs in width or length-wise direction on the fabric. The fabric used is hand-woven khaddar, cotton or any available fabric that is... -
By, Nidhi Krishna (Student) B.Design (Textile Design) Dr. Sakshi Shail (Assistant Professor) Satyam Fashion Institute Batik is one of the world’s oldest living crafts and art forms. It has survived so long, adapting and evolving along the way, and still is made in many parts of the world, by both traditional and contemporary means and suggests, it has some wisdom to yield about sustainability.The design and development of the khadi fabric using batik design, paraffin wax, azoic dyes, khadi fabric were used the traditional batik technique. Batik literally means ‘wax writing’. Batik work is limited, mainly in Naphthol color and partly in solubilized vat dye; it is applied to the fabric in cold condition. The excellence of batik word is, its natural creation of crack design with the help of wax, which is a good resisting material.Batik was traditionally only done on cotton and silk, but nowadays other materials like georgette and crepe are also used. In recent years, ethnic prints and fabrics have become extremely trendy in western fashion and Batik is no exception. The value addition to batik print on Khadi fabric which is usually woven from cotton and may also include silk or wool. Khadi is being promoted by Government of Indian nowadays and batik is also popular in recent trends, which has made an effort to use the traditional floral motifs, warli art motifs and geometrical motifs inspired from Indian monuments for the batik printing. The possible variable was kept in mind and the numbers of samples were prepared and a survey has been conducted. The specific objectives of this topic are to know and compare the traditional natural or floral motifs, geometrical motifs and Warli art motifs. METHOD AND MATERIAL Batik is a “resist” process for making designs on fabric. The artist uses wax to prevent dye from...
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January 3, 2020By,Himanshi Chaudhary (Student) B.Design (Fashion Design)Dr. Neetu Malhotra (h.c), HODMs. Megha Gupta (Assistant Professor) Satyam Fashion Institute Each state in the country is unique by itself as far as textiles and embroidery is concerned or craft is concerned, this is because of the difference in the made of the people, availability of the indigenous textile material, ground fabric, influence of ecology, skills, various motifs, techniques of stitch and thread etc. Today embroidery as a form of art is universal. In India there are various states having their own particular embroidery. One of which is Tamil Nadu famous for various embroidery and art. The study is to create the awareness about the craft of Toda community to make it approachable. The Todu tribes of Nilgiri Hills are expert in embroidery called Toda, which is famous for its distinct style locally known as Pugur, which means flower. This fine embroidery is done by tribal women on shawls adorned with Toda embroidery on shawls called as Phootkuli. The embroidery is done on the stripes of red and black colour. Motifs are worked, by counting the threads. The embroidery is so fine that it looks like weaving. Toda people use the rougher side of the fabric as right side because the embroidery is reversible. This embroidery is carried from one generation to other generation. The embroidery is done basically on cotton fabric by counting the threads. Toda embroidery is a hereditary craft which is known by its geometric motifs and beautiful finish and appears like woven cloth. The embroidery is done on off-white cotton cloth with red and black woollen threads. The hand-embroidery in India has kept alive many art forms that would otherwise possibly lost in time. The Toda women give expression to the beauty of life around them by creating the surrounding...