Art Deco is back.  In the 1920s Art Deco showcased simple geometric shapes in order to make the designs of fashion, architecture, home decor, and sculpture timeless. The flappers did it so well, that it was hard to recreate a look that with a new spin of the 20s, until now. From Gucci to Ralph Lauren, they all exhibit aspects of the timeless Deco era.

The 90s are coming back into trends for this season as a fusion of Poplar Culture and Grunge.  It is quite contradictory, but in the year 2012, as Lady Gaga displays, we are intertwining this theme better than ever.

Its no secret that Betsey Johnson is inspired by our favorite doll Barbie, which is why I am flat sketching some of my favorite “little back dresses” designed by Betsey Johnson. I am working on a theme to intertwine the two icons and breath a fresh look of fun and flirtation.

I love to forecast trends in fashion and a great way to do that is to keep up with the current trends. I follow multiple blogs and fashion collectives like Lookbook.nu.  As a Merchandise Product Developer, I love to create flat sketches of the new trends that are viewed the most positively by fashion followers around the world. Street fashion blends different cultures, styles and personalities to create a truly unique and beautiful look.

Sublimation prints have a huge impact on my fashion aesthetic. It seems to mostly be involved in the underground Los Angeles and Melbourne scenes.  I like to call it the Spirit Funk movement. If you are going to Flying Lotus shows or going to art gallery openings, you might want to get a all-over graphic printed dress like this. For these two dresses I used abstract photos.  The photo on the left is the macro, ultra-violet spectrum of an egg becoming fertilized and the photo on the right is a photo-manipulation mandala I created for a digital art show. I love making my own photo collages to eventually heat transfer to rayon material. The black color blocking on my illustrations are used to accent a tiny waist and an edgy woman.

With the influx of new technology and new inks, sublimation prints are taking over the nylon and rayon industries for everthing from bathing-suits to leggings to summer dresses. One of my favorites, Black Milk Clothing, takes sublimations to a near perfect level. The illustration above shows a sublimated watercolor i created in photoshop (Left), inspired by famous fashion illustrator Bil Donovan.  The other is a photo-manipulation (Right) created with macro pictures of my birthstone, Amethyst.