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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!
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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.
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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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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!
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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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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.
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Trend Forecast - Spring / Summer 2022
So many fun, bright trends to look forward to in Spring/Summer '22. Comment your favorites!
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History of Gingham
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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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Plumager® Perfect Plaids - Why Precision Matters
Plaid fabric is a classic choice that can elevate any look. While plaids are originally woven, today many are also printed. You work hard to craft great products for your customers. Don’t ruin them with a poorly executed plaid! Plumager’s large collection of Perfect Plaids are all precise and flawless.
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The History of Tartan
The plaid is arguably one of the most popular, classic patterns. It is considered a staple pattern in the world of textiles. The plaid is a pattern that is versatile and embodies a lot of character, partly because of its long line of history that it carries. To go back to the beginning, the origin of the plaid is actually, the tartan.
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