With the technology advantages, print becomes more and more sophisticated and well engineered. Digital print taking the role of the traditional screen printing and bring the design to another level of possibilites. I am driven crazy by the vivid color and the shade of the print that overwhelmed the whole body. We would love to share some of the collections we love over the recent years.

Alexander McQueen Spring Summer 2010

Full Collection | Catwalk Video

McQueen SS2010 is a collection telling the story of women morphing into creatures of the deep as the seas slowly reclaimed planet earth. The models wore sculpted dresses, with computerised, digitally-enhanced prints of fantastical fish, snakes, praying mantis, moths, beetles and giant squid.

Distressed metal harnesses, girdles and collars clung, crablike, in the manner of carapaces. Some girls wore dresses in iridescent tulle with waving “fronds”, suggesting cyber-jellyfish; others gleamed in golden, fish-scale ‘armour’ like warrior-mermaids.

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We are so glad that we will have Project No.8a (New York), I.T (Hong Kong) and Symphony (Dubai) to carry Fashionary.

Thanks Kersti, Noel, Salama, Ronnie, Karmuel and Vikki for your support!

Project No.8a / Ace Hotel

No. 8a is one of the best New York’s curated shops. Facing north along 29th Street, No. 8a is the second offshoot of Lower East Side boutique Project No. 8, founded by partners Brian Janusiak and Elizabeth Beer. Like its downtown counterparts, 8a is stocked with a mélange of understated cool and cutting edge labels.

— Quote from Papermag

No. 8a / Ace Hotel
22 W. 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
USA

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Ladies and Gentleman, thanks very much for your patience. After 8 months of making, the new version of Fashionary is ready.

I would love to thanks for everyone’s feedback and suggestion, we have sent out feedback emails and received lots of opinion which helps the development of the new version.

The new-versioned Fashionary comes in womens and mens edition with 35% more content than the previous version. Nearly all the previous content are re-written and updated.

Today, I would love to reveal with excitement about the updates and features of the new Fashionary.

Major Updates:

• A new cover material is used, more durable and better hand feeling.
• The Flat Drawings section is rewritten and accessories categories are added – bag, hat, shoes, button, neckwear are all introduced in Accessories section.
• Fabric Dictionary section is added, it Includes 160 fabric descriptions and common fabric pattern.
• Seams & Stitches section is added.
• Book & Bookmarks section is updated. Online shop, makeup, hair, bag and shoes reference are added.
• Spec Sheets are rewritten.
• Laundry label is expanded from just US standard to US, EU and JP standard.

Additional Updates and Changes:

• Brand list is updated for the latest brand.
• Body Measurements is updated to include European countries and Japanese sizes.
• More board examples are added to the Presentation Boards Section.
• Online color generators are added to the Color & Print section.
• More cities are included in the Catwalk event section.

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After 6 months of research and preparation, the Fashionary mens edition will be launched in early August. In the meantime, the templates are open to download.

Download the template (PDF):
http://fashionary.org/download/mens_sketch.pdf

The mens template works in the same way as the womens, to serve as a tool for instant sketching and at the same time it can be treated as blank page.

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