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FALL/ WINTER 2013/2014 Lifestyle Trend Prediction

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HUNTER GATHERER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . . . .

HUMAN COMPUTER . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7, 8, 9 FRAME OF REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11, 12, 13

INTUITIVE SPACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 15. 16, 17

FACTIOUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 19, 20, 21

INTRODUCTION

R E N E G A D E RENEGADE OUTLINES THE SOCIETAL MOVEMENT OF A GENERATION WEIGHED DOWN BY A WORLD OF AUTHORITATIVE GLOBALIZA-TION, MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS LIFESTYLE TREND SETS OUT TO RECOGNIZE INCREASING NUMBERS JOINING TO RANKS OF NONCONFORMIST. FINDING THEMSELVES FAR FROM ALONE THIS IDEAL IS HIGHLIGHT BY INNOVATIONS IN ENVIROMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, A RESURGANCE OF CRAFTSMAN MADE PRIDUCTS, AND A HANDFULL OF PEOPLE WHO REJECT FRILLS AND OPT FOR THE NOSTALGIC COUN-TER-CULTURE. WITHIN THIS TREND VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS BRANCH OUT, DEFINED AS: THE HUNTER GATHERER, HUMAN COMPUTER, FRAME OF REFER-ENCE, INUITUITIVE SPACE AND FACTOUS. EACH OF THESE SUB THEMES HONE IN ON CERTAIN DIRECTIONS THAT ART, CULTURE, AND DESIGN HAVE GRAVITATED TOWARDS. HUNTER GATHERER IS THE MOST FEMININE OF THE THEMES WITH MANY REFERENCES TO VINTAGE UPHOL-STERY AND NEW CREATIVE PATTERN PLAY HIGHLIGHTED BY NATURAL TONES OF PEACH, OLIVE, GREYS, AND RUST. HUMAN COMPUTER TOUCHES ON THE VIDEO GAME GENERATION WHO HAS LATCHED ONTO THE PAST, RE-PURPOSING THEIR PAST TREASURES AS A WAY TO COPE FINDS MORE PLEASURE OF GAGETS OF THE PAST AND INNOVATIONS THAT BRING THEIR BELOVED ACID WAVE GRAPHICS BACK TO LIFE IN A NEW LIGHT. OPTOMISTIC TONES SURFACE IN THIS THEME WITH MAGENTA AS WELL AS SYNTHETIC AND METALLIC TONES THAT CREATE COOL GREY UNDERTONES FOR VIBRANT PLASTICS. FRAME OF REFERENCE AND INUITIVE SPACE TOUCH ON THE MINIMALISTIC AP-PROACH SOCIETY HAS TAKEN, STRIPPED OF HEAVY VISUAL WEIGHT AND FOCUSING ON CONSTRUCTION AND SIMPLICITY CARRIES MUCH INSPIRATION FROM MODERN AND POST MODERN ARCHITECTURE. FACTIOUS IS THE MOST REBELLIOUS OF THE GROUPINGS, WITH LEATHER, PUNK ROCK, AND TATTOOS IN THE MIX. -Sarah Miller

HUNTER GATHERER

INSPIRED BY HYBRID SOLUTIONS, TIME WORN TECHNOLOGY, AND THE OBSOLETE. THE IDIOSYNCRIC OPPROACH TO FEMININE EXPRESSION. A FOCUS ON PECULAR INVENTIONS THROUGH RE-USE AND REPAIR. THE

HUNTER-GATHERER IS UNCONVENTIONAL, QUICKY, AND UNPREDICTABLE, REFERENCING A MULTITUDE OF CULTURES. SALVAGED MATERIALS ARE RESOURCFULLY REDESIGNED FOR A LO-FI DIY AESTETIC THAT KNOWS LITTLE BOUNDRY. THESE PRACTICES CHALLENGE SOCIETIES INCREASING

DEPENDENCE ON TECHNOLOGY.

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POST DIGITAL. MOSAIC. ECCENTRIC. ECLECTIC. CRAFTED. COLLAGED. REPURPOSED. FRAGMENTED. LAYERING OF ALL OVER PATTERNS

FABRIC & TEXTURESDOBY WARPSPACED WOVENS. TEXTURED WOOL BLENDS. FAUX FUR. HIGH CONTRAST YARNS. SHORT PILE COT-TON VELVET.

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TRIM & ACCESSORIES Idosyncratic Expressions of Femininity

HUMAN COMPUTER CAN SOCIETY PROPERLY COPE WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT

HAS PROGRESSED MORE RAPIDLY THAN HUMANITIES SPIRI-

TUAL EVOLUTION. ANYLITICAL RETRO- FUTURIST DESIGN WITH

IDEAS THAT COMMUNICATE AND INTERACT AS THE AESTETIC

GRAVITATES TOWARDS THE ANDROGYNOUS. THIS MOVE-

MENT IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH OPTIMISTIC COLORS CIRCULATING

SYNTHETIC METALLIC TONES AND COOL GREY UNDERTONES.

PRINTS COMBINE HAND CRAFT AND DIGITAL IMAGERY WITH

90’S TECHNOLOGY. ACCESSORIES WILL INCLUDE HYPER TEX-

TURAL NAILS AND STATEMENT HARDWARE.

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PATTERNS & PRINTS INSPIRATION FOR PRINTS SURFACING FROM A RESPONSE TO A GERATION GROWING UP ON A MOUN-TAIN OF MOUNTAIN DEW, VIDEO GAMES AND DIGITALIZED SURF GRAPHICS. SENSES OF FLUIDITY AND MOVEMENT REFERENCING A RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY

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FABRIC & TEXTURESSMOOTH & TEXTURED FABRICS. SATIN ACETATES. HOLOGRAM JERSEY. PERFORMANCE FABRIC. ULTRA-DURABLE LOOK. MULTI-PURPOSE. SYTHENTIC VOLUME.

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ACCESSORIES & TRIMS CYBER NEW WAVE

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FRAME OF REFERENCE

FRAME WORK AS A TREND WILL PICK UP MEMENTUM MOVING FORWARD. THIS WILL PULL PATTERNS AND CONSTRUCTION INFLU-ENCE FROM OPEN GRID DESIGNS FROM PRODUCT AND POST MODERN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. DIFFERENT LINEAR PATTERNS WILL APPEAR AS WELL AS REFINED PATCHWORK AND ABSTRACT QUILT-ING COMPOSITIONS.LINEAR LAYERED GRIDS AND EXO-SKELETON FUNCTIONAL DESIGN ARE CONSIDERED IN THIS MOVEMENT. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE OUTLINE AND SIMPLICITY WITH NEGATIVE EMPTY SPACE IN FABRIC AND GARMENT CONSTRUCTION. FRAME OF REF-ERENCE VISITS THE IDEA THAT SOCIETY FEELS A PULL TOWARDS THIS SCARCE, GENDERLESS AESTETHIC AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE MODERNITY.F

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PATTERNS & PRINTSARCHITECTURAL BLOCKING. GRIDS. MINIMALISTIC PATCHWORK. ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC COMPOSITIONS. COLOR BLOCKING.

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FABRIC & TEXTURESLASTING QUALITY. HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFT. RECYCLED YARN. BOILED FELT AND WOOL WITH NATURAL FINISHES. DOUBLE FACED STUCTURE. OPEN GRID STRUCTER WOOL KNITS.

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ACCESSORIES & TRIMS EXO-SKELETOPM FUNCTIONAL DESIGN

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INTUIT IVE SPACE COUPLED WITH SOCIETY’S FASCINATION CONCERNING THE VASTENESS OF OUTERSPACE, ONE MUST WONDER WHERE THIS DESIRE EMERGES FROM. EARTH IS YEARNING FOR A CALM. ONE AVENUE IS THROUGH AN ULTRA MODERNITY, OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE TO AN INCREASING AUTHORATA-TIVE CIVILIZATION.THIS IS EVIDENT WITH NEW OBSOLETE VACTION SPOTS LIKE CANADA’S FOGO ISLAND WHERE PEOPLE GO TO BE UTERLY DISCONNECTED FROM MANKIND, ALONE WITH THEIR THOUGHTS AND NATURE. FROM THESE KEY POINTS A CACOONING EFFECT PRESENTS ITSELF,LESS EMPHASIS ON FRILLS AND MORE ON A DEEP SIMPLICITY FOCUSED ON AN ENVELOPING VOLUME THAT FORMS TO THE BODY. CONSTRUCTION FOLLOWS MATHMATICAL PRE-CISSION WITH INTUITIVE INTERFACES. FABRICS CONTINUE WITH AVANT-GUARDE KNITS, DOUBLE FACED WOOL, AND SCULPTURED LAYERS THAT DRAP THE BODY IN IN A PARACHUTE SILLOUETTE. ACCESSORIES PULL FROM SPACE MOD REFERENCE WITH FELT MOLDED HELMETS AND CIRCULAR EYE WEAR AS WELL AS AN ESSENTIAL SHAPELESS COVERING.

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PATTERNS & PRINTSINTUITIVE TO FABRIC AND SILHOUETTE . JERSEY AND WOOL NATURAL DYING TECHNIQUES

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FABRIC & TEXTURESDIMENTIONAL SILHOUETTES . DOUBLE FACED WOOL. TECH FLEECE. FOAMED JERSEY. FLANNEL BLENDS. MOHAIR. INTUITIVE INTERFACES

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ACCESSORIES & TRIMS Cacoon Coats

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FACTIOUS

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THIS IS THE THEME FOR THE QUINTESSENTIAL REBELLIOUS EXPRESSION. SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ARE REFERENCES TO 1980’S GRAPHICS REMINISCENT OF INTE-RIOR DECOR AND WALLPAPER WITH HIGH CONTRASTING BLACK AND WHITE MOTIFS ACCENTED BY BRIGHT REDS, YELLOWS, AND COBALT BLUES. FACTIOUS TAKES THIS AND MELDS IT WITH CULT HORROR, FEMALE PUNK ROCK BANDS LIKE BIKINI KILL, AND OF COURSE CUSTOM LEATHER JACKETS. THE JACKET, A KEY AC-CESSORY, RECIEVES A NEW INTERPRETATION FROM EAST LONDON’S HIP ARTIST AND SOCIALITE, CLAIRE BARROW REMINISCENT OF HELLS ANGELS WITH PICASSO PATCHES INSTEAD OF BURNING SKULLS.THIS SUB CULTURE STRIVES TO ALIENATE THEMSELVES FROM ANYTHING COOKIE CUTTER AND FINDS SOLITUDE IN THE UN-KNOWN SMOKEY DIVE BAR DOWN THE STREET. NOT TO BE CONFUSED A FAC-TIOUS CREATURE IS WELL VERSED ON CULTURE, AND IT IS THIS KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT HAS PUSHED HER TO ISOLATE WITH DARK COLORS & CLOUCHY JACKETS WITH OVERSTATED HOODS THAT HIDE THE FACE FROM UNWANTED INTERACTION.THE SELF-MADE MISFIT WHO SEES EVERYDAY AS AN OPPERTUNITY FOR A NEW REVOLUTION.

“Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit” - Henry Rollins

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VARIED INSPIRATIONS OF CHECKERED PRINTS, 80’S INTERIOR DESIGN MOTIFS, VINTAGE PUNK ROCK RECORD IMAGERY, ABSTRACT TATTOOS

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TEXTURED WOOLENS. BUCLE TWEEDS. HIGH CONTRACT MULTI-COLORED YARN NEPS. LIGHTWEIGHT SWEATSHIRTING. MINERAL TONE SLUBS. METALLIC FINE GAGE JERSEY.

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LEATHER MOMMY & INVISIBLE OVERSIZE HOOD CLOAKS

FALL/ WINTER 2013/2014 Sarah Miller