So we all know digital textile printing has almost had its day right?... but wait!

Natalia Grzybowski has printed stunning botanical designs straight onto super structured neopreen synthetic fabric in her latest Hybrid collection.

LOVE.

From Prague...

1.LOVE the digitally printed bag (I'm a little useless and didn't get the store's name)

2. Stunning graffiti graphic I found on the street in Lesser Town

H E R M I O N E

Went for a wonder through Liberty's today -walked with confidence but am pretty sure all the shop assistants knew I didn't belong! Came across a designer I'd not heard of before -Hermione de Paula. Beautifully floral digitally printed garments! Silky and lux with a price tag to match, but oh so worth it!

S A L L Y

Had a quick peek at Paper Bow Studio's facebook page today, they allow designers to post patterns on their wall which is great, because that's how I found out about Sally Boyle! Sally has created some very beautiful vector prints. Reminds me a weeee bit of Catalina Estrada's work but not as detailed?... Take a quick peek at her webbie here!

C A R R I E

LAST ONE!

Saved my favourite for last!

Carrie Osborne won the TigerPrint award at the New Designers Expo and surely deserved it.

She's created some refreshing playful, quirky illustrated wallpapers and fabrics which were quite different to most of the other designs I saw today.

Quite jealous really.

S U M M E R R

okay I promise I'll stop soon! only two more to go...

Summer Morgan -Illustrator with crazy narrative prints and textile pieces! Her website is pretty neat too!

T O N I

Toni Lake -Amazing digital fabrics but you'll have to go to her Carbon site to see more! (I don't usually post images the artist has specifically popped a label over but I wanted to share as it truely is some beautiful work).

A S H L E I G H Smith

First up I'm going to gush about Ashleigh Smith grad from Heriot Watt Uni and her colourful contemporary digital patterns. LOVE THEM.

One thing that was glaringly obvious with all of the universities -they have really pushed the boundaries of Digital design which is great but it actually made you think oh no there's too much of it, everyone is doing the same thing! So I found myself drawn more towards the simple digital repeats like Ashleighs above which tend to focus on vector geometric imagery rather than the collaged photo techniques many employed. (However I'm not going to bash it too much as there were some AMAZING pieces of the latter).

E X C I T I N G!

Had the best day today! Back track to Tuesday when I picked up my trusty copy of Stylist, flipped through a few pages and came across a mention of Joel & Sons Fabric store on Church St in Marylebone. Joel & Sons is an amazing couture fabric supplier and supplies fabric for the queen!

I've been dying to see a massive fabric store in action and decided today was the day so I missioned my way to Joel & Sons this afternoon (after a trip to Kew Gardens -my I have been busy!), and lost myself in the rows of gorgeous fabrics for every occassion. After wondering around (taking sneaky photos...), I hear a 'Can I help you miss?' and I cringe thinking oh no he's going to tell me off for the photos... but nope he just wanted to help, phew!

So we get to chatting along the lines of Me: no thanks I'm just having a look at this amazing store blah blah studied textiles blah blah amazing blah blah, Him: oh well come this way -we print all our own fabrics in Italy on a blah blah (fancy digi printing machine I didn't quite catch the name of) and many of my own designs are here (spreads out several roles of beautiful digital fabrics and he lets me take non-sneaky photos!), we buy many designs as well (wink wink).

A few roles of fabric and photos later and I'm up at the counter being handed his business card with the offer of an interview for a saturday job in the store! Turns out it was Joel I'd been speaking with the whole time, so am going to work on a few digi designs and see what he thinks!

E R D E M

More a-mazing digital printed garments, this time by Erdem. I love the use of embellishment, in particular how lace is used as a peep-hole fabric allowing the gorgeous digital colours to pop from dark garments. But oh how I do love a brightly coloured ALL over print!

Oh E M M A

Beautiful digitally printed garments by uk native Emma Cook. Another talented designer from the Central St. Martin stock once again... Her designs are based upon her own imaginary muse-Susie whose travels she describes and develops through whimsical prints and simple silhuettes.

M A R Y

I absolutely adore Mary Katrantzou. I'm a huge fan of digitally printed fabric for clothing especially when the prints/graphics are placed around the form with particular stategic care to placement rather than an all over repeat. Mary is a London native, 27 years old and has just won an amazing award as a young creative. Her Spring 2011 looks are based on photographs from the 70's by Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin -mostly interior/decor shots basing the room on the body, however I love her pieces with the giant chunky jewels and perfume bootle shapes wrapped around the body on beautiful stylised dresses. Very talented indeed, would love to get my hands on one of her pieces!

M O R E !

MOre!!! Fabulous prints from the Fabulous Basso & Brooke!

These are some of their previous season prints but still pretty amazing!

Go here to see more!

B A S S O & B R O O K E

Completely forgot to post that I finally went to the Basso & Brooke exhibition!

Was actually a little disappointed though, I think I'd built it up a fair bit in my head that it was going to be a highly extensive look into their work. Don't get me wrong though -the work that was there was amazing but there were only 6 garments. I was so excited to have A: found the Design Museum in the first place and B: remembered to take my camera that the high of seeing two garments by a set of stairs and 4 in a box frame outside paled in comparison.

However as small as the collection was it was still pretty awesome to see some of their work up close!

B A SS O & B R OO K E

Love their work! LOVE IT!

Am extremely excited to be able to go to their exhibition at the Design Museum in London when I get over there, it's a first stop!