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Designer Spotlight: Dame Zandra Rhodes
Dame Zandra Rhodes' contributions to the fashion and textiles industry have been eccentric and brilliant as she has provided an influential safe space to push the boundaries of eclectic fashion and print design.
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Smooth Scaling with Vector Prints
Learn more about vector prints. Vector artwork is created with mathematical formulas. It is resolution independent and can scale from a tiny postage stamp, to the size of a building without any loss in quality! Choose a vector based print when you want that clean, flat look.
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Textures and Painted Details with Raster Prints
Learn more about Raster Artwork.
Plumager® raster prints are production ready and easy to recolor. Edit in Adobe Photoshop (or comparable program).
Raster artwork is pixel-based, so it can contain intricate textures and soft gradients that are not possible in vector artwork.
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Take it Easy with Plumager® Tie Dye
Learn more about Plumager® tie dye. Our innovative tie dye prints capture the details of the real thing, yet are set up in easy to edit layers. Digital or sublimation printing produces a smooth, convincing effect.
Recolor however you like, your Plumager® tie dye print will still reproduce beautifully whether digitally printed or screen printed. Color standards are easily applied for consistent printing.
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Designer Spotlight: Anna Sui
American born designer Anna Sui is a highly accredited fashion designer worldwide. What is so inspiring about Anna Sui is her consistent creative ability to remain true to who she wants to be and show the world.
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Say it with Florals - Romantic Meanings of Flowers
As we get ready for Valentine's Day, we can't help but turn to romantic floral prints. Besides being pretty and romantic, flowers can convey a message, even when used in a textile print. Say it with florals! We look at some popular flowers and their meanings.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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History of Paisley
Paisley print is a well-known favourite for detailed and intricate patterns which are displayed through fashion and interiors. Paisley print is traditionally noticeable by its unique shapes known as a teardrop, mango, and kidney shape which are used to create the overall busy print style. Paisley can also feature many other shapes to blend into prints, mainly florals in the styles of ditsy and folksy style.
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