The Great Lakes - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Older Boys Trend

June 29, 2015, 12:05 am

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The Great Lakes is an order boys trend inspired but exploring the great outdoors, camping and surviving in the autumn time.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.
  

The colour palette is inspired by the vibrant of colours found in the Autumn around the great lakes.  Coppers, browns and rusts and mixed with mustards oranges and greens and sit beside a range of blues and au shades.  Fairisle knits bring the colour palettes together and are mixed with washed denims, striped top and simple graphic placements.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

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Happy Camper - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Boys Trend

June 30, 2015, 12:01 am

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Happy Camper is an younger boys trend inspired but exploring the great outdoors, camping and surviving in the autumn time.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

The colour palette is inspired by the the colours found outdoors in the Autumn.  think turning leaves and winter veg.  Simple stripes are fixed with tonal earthy checks.  Washed and worn denims are mixed with soft jerseys.  Hand drawn prints are combined with simple allovers.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Cub Camp - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Boys Trend

July 1, 2015, 12:01 am

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Cub camp is an baby boys layette trend inspired but exploring the great outdoors, camping and surviving in the autumn time.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

The colour palette is inspired by the colours of Autumn.  Washed denims and baby chord are key mixed with soft jerseys with simple allover prints.  Hand drawn and painted characters are key.  Introducing knit with character intarsia.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Rebel Rules - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Girls Trend

July 2, 2015, 12:01 am

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Rebel rules is an edgy younger girls trend for Autumn/Winter 2016/17.  It has a simple colour palette of mainly black and white mixed with softer greige tones and mini accents of acid green and fleshy pink.  Hand drawn loose geomatics create fills for larger prints.  One colour characters appear in allover prints and and large intarsia knits.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

Customer Profiling Infographic

July 3, 2015, 12:01 am

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I love information and more importantly Infographics!  I'm always teaching the importance of Infographics to students I teach especially within projects where word counts become restrictive.  I did a little customer profiling recently and decided to list the results in an Infographic display rather than just a pile of works thats hard to digest - heres the result!

You can check out more Infographics that I like on my infographic Pintrest board.   Click here to view.

Rebel Rules - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Girls Trend

July 6, 2015, 12:01 am

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Rebel Rules is an edgy baby girls layette theme.  Contesting of a black and white colour palette mixed with softer tones of cream, warm and flesh pink.  Cute characters lighten the tone mixed with cute allovers with hand drawn fills.  This is an edgy but fun trend.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Rebel Rules - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Boys Trend

July 7, 2015, 12:01 am

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Rebel rules is an edgy younger boys trend for Autumn/Winter 2016/17.  It has a simple colour palette of  black and white mixed with softer greige tones.  Bold slogans are mixed with loosed scribble style characters.  Even character licensing appears in bold black outlines.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Rebel Rules - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Boys Trend

July 9, 2015, 12:01 am

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Rebel Rules is an edgy baby boyss layette theme.  Contesting of a black and white colour palette mixed with softer tones of denim chambray and light gold..  Bold slogans are mixed with simple allover prints.  Acid washing is added to block colour garment to soften.  This is an edgy but fun trend.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

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Trend Book For Sale

July 10, 2015, 12:01 am

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You can now buy all my trends in one single full colour magazine for the introductory price of £104.50.  There are 19 different trends for Autumn/Winter 2016/17 for boys and girls from baby through to youner and older age groups.  Click here to purchase for yourself!

Below is a preview f the first few pages!

Play School - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Girls Trend

July 13, 2015, 12:16 am

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Here is another trend for Autumn/Winter 2016/17 titles Play School!  This is a bright, fun and playful trend intended for early Winter.  Fun multi-coloured slogans are mixed with brush stroked stripes and hand painted characters.  Fun dress up pieces are key too!

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Messy Play - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Girls Trend

July 14, 2015, 12:01 am

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Here is another trend for Autumn/Winter 2016/17 titles Messy Play!  This is a bright, fun and playful trend intended for early Winter.  Fun multi-coloured slogans are mixed with brush stroked stripes and hand painted characters.  Its all about creating, building and making!

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Kids Corner - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Boys Trend

July 15, 2015, 12:01 am

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Kids Corner is a younger boys Autumn/Winter 2016/17 trend!  This is a bright, fun and playful trend intended for early Winter.  Fun multi-coloured slogans are mixed with colour block pieces and hand painted characters.  

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Messy Play - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Boys Trend

July 16, 2015, 12:01 am

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Messy Play is a baby/layette boys Autumn/Winter 2016/17 trend that does everything it says on the can!!  This is a bright, fun and playful trend intended for early Winter.  Fun multi-coloured slogans are mixed with hand painted characters.  Dress up pieced and 3D characters are key!

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Branding Logo Design: Olmstead Honey

July 17, 2015, 12:01 am

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My dad started keeping bees a few years back and demand for his honey has grown ever since.  he is now converting an outhouse on the farm to be a Honey production house and it only seemed right that I came up with some branding for his little pots.  heres what I developed for him.  If you are interested in buying some you can contact him at bkiddy@btopenworld.co.uk

A week in the Life of a Freelance Fashion Designer: Thursday

July 18, 2015, 12:01 am

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I wake up as usual at 6 am and go through and get Alfred and bring him into our room to play until 7am.  I have a meeting in London today and don’t need to leave the house until 9am so this morning, for a few hours, I do my favourite job: play Mum!  I make Alfred porridge and mix it with freshly picked cherries from our cherry tree in front of our house.  I have my morning tea wile he makes a mess getting porridge everywhere while my little Jack Russell Tilly waits underneath his high chair waiting for scraps!

We then play for an hour before I go off and get dressed into ‘proper clothes’.  I say proper clothes because quite often in the chaos of everyday life my morning consist of getting dressed in the dark and pulling on whatever’s clean and closest to reach – REAL life as a (freelance) fashion designer is no The Devil Wears Prada Scene!  In fact it more like The Sleep Deprived, Overworked, Multi-Tasking Designer wears Primark (if it’s clean) if not stick to the Pyjamas (if there’s no conference call today!!!)   But I love my job – seriously!!!

I jump in the car after saying my goodbyes and head down to London to go to one of the University’s I teach at for a planning meeting for the fast approaching academic year 15/16.  I teach on a range of subjects relating to my everyday work experience including branding, fashion management, marketing, design and so on.  My schedule quite often gets very chaotic so it’s important for me to plan my teaching days way ahead of schedule to avoid last minute stress!

I nip to Starbucks before my meeting and grab a snack for lunch (I know this meeting will run through lunch) and a Grande Earl Grey tea to take away.  In the meeting we discuss the units that I will be teaching on in the coming academic year and roughly plan what I will deliver in each session.  I teach across all three years of the degree programme so I can be teaching ‘Introduction to InDesign’ to new first years one day followed by advanced Fashion and Trend Forecasting to third years the following.  You can see how it can all get a little confusing if you don’t plan ahead!

I really love my teaching work and find it really helps compliment my day to day freelance work and vice versa.  Working alone at home each day can get pretty lonely – having one or two days out each week teaching helps keep me up to date with the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs!  It also gives me a grown up and more interactive day of work which I always really look forward to.

I try to keep all my lectures really up to date and fresh!  Any real life project that I take part in my day to day freelance work which I think may be interesting for students to hear I present back to them in my classes.  I think it helps a lot when teaching to refer to (up to date) personal experiences and project examples to give students a real insight into what their future careers may be like.

My meeting finishes mid-afternoon and I make my way home in time to feed and bath Alfred.  Once he is in bed I go back to my computer and answer e-mails I have received during the day.  I have some small urgent amends to the baby layette ranges I created earlier in the week and get these done in an hour.  I then quickly write some notes up from my earlier meeting before heading off to bed at ten!

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Elephant Circus Poster Print

June 14, 2015, 10:44 pm

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Norse Adventure - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Girls Trend

July 20, 2015, 12:01 am

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Norse Adventure is a Younger girls Autumn/Winter 2016/17 trend intended to cover late Winter/Christmas.  Inspired by outdoor adventures and the harsh excistend of lives in the nordic circle.  Colours are taken from the mixture of oceanic blues, Icy landscapes, grey sky and yellowing Heather.  Think soft delicate knit tops and chunky knit tights.  Intricate detailed one colour prints are applied to linings and small details.  Simple short statement slogans are key.  

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Icelandic Retreat - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Girls Trend

July 21, 2015, 12:01 am

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Icelandic Retreat is a Baby/Layette girls Autumn/Winter 2016/17 trend intended to cover late Winter/Christmas.  Tonal Lavenders are mixed with soft icy whites to create this soft pretty palette.  Simplistic prints are mixed with beautiful knitwear pieces and fine fabrics.  Think soft pretty and boutique!  

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Norse Adventure - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Younger Boys Trend

July 22, 2015, 12:01 am

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I have been posting trends for Autumn/Winter 2016/17 for a while now and am ready to share one of my final trend posts Norse Adventure.  This trend Called Norse Adventure is inspired by all things nordic and outdoors.  Inspired by the tough outside winter conditions in these areas and the perishing effects these cold winters have upon these landscapes and occupants.

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here. 

Icelandic Retreat - Autumn/Winter 2016/17 - Baby/Layette Boys Trend

July 23, 2015, 12:01 am

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Icelandic Retreat is a Baby/Layette boys Autumn/Winter 2016/17 trend intended to cover late Winter/Christmas.  Tonal Ocean blues are mixed with soft icy whites to create this soft tonal palette.  Simplistic prints are mixed with beautiful knitwear pieces and fine fabrics.  Think simple and minimal!  

I am now also selling a trend magazine which contains all my trends together in one book along with Pantone colour palettes.  Click here for purchase details.

For further research and a larger collection of images see my Autumn/Winter 2016 Pinterest board or click here.