Archive for October, 2011

Situated on the first floor of the Liberty boutique department store, Heidi Klein’s 64 square meter space is inspired and designed to have the feel of a beach cabana. The space features white washed panelled walls, floors and shutters at the windows that cast a light airy feel contrasted with mirrored textures on columns and tropical palms.

The shop will be run by Heidi Klein’s expertly trained team, to offer a perfect fit service with self contained changing rooms within the space.  Staff will also give advice and guidance on styles to fit different body shapes with design features that include support, padding, power mesh and double lining

“This is an especially exciting opening for us, Liberty is such an iconic department store with such a wonderful boutique feel and a service that is unique in the marketplace and we feel honoured to be part of it.” Heidi Gosman

“Swimwear has been the most requested category at Liberty for some time now. We wanted to introduce great swimwear and make it a year round business so went to the best! Heidi Klein’s dedication to quality and fit is exactly what our customers are looking for.” Ed Burstell; Managing Director, Liberty Ltd

The concession will open with the Resort 2011 collection, and includes a large range of swimwear styles and beachwear from bikinis to kaftans and maxi dresses that will take you from the beach to the evening effortlessly.  This collection, inspired by iconic travel destination, mixes nautical stripes with rich gold detailing and bold animal and tropical prints. New styles are introduced, combined with Heidi Klein’s timeless best sellers updated in new colours and prints.  

MPDClick’s spring/summer 13 Trend Forecast is now available for colour, textiles, graphics, garments, footwear and accessories inspiration, featuring unique homepages for easy navigation throughout the area and helpful tips on utilising our trend intelligence.

This season, MPDClick’s Editors have created a clear and concise forecast tailored to the individual needs of the buyer, designer, merchandiser and executive. The introduction of trend specific landing pages will enable users to navigate a homepage for their chosen age or gender, whilst garment reports return to a gallery-based layout, broken down by age/gender, trend and market area (career, contemporary, street & casual) highlighting the key capsule range for the season. Editable graphic and garment shapes accompany reports and can be tailored to suit any collection.    

For the first time MPDClick present research for each of the three trends in an individual page flipper format with access to MPDClick’s online trend magazine MPDVision. This new downloadable feature breaks down each trend by vital statistics, facts and key drivers with an initial look at the aesthetics to come.

Accessory and footwear content now come as standalone reports, vastly increasing the coverage in this area. The new capsule approach to all garment reports cements the overall look for each season providing the essential garment shapes, colours and textures for any collection. MPDClick’s editors offer information on how these capsule looks will be translated from the most commercial to the most aspirational and high-fashion interpretations. Here fabric use, embellishment, cut and detail is considered across a broad market level.

After extensive research carried out my MPDClick’s team of experts on emerging trends right through to what is happening at retail level, this season’s forecast offers the must-have statement pieces, basics and mixers to ensure a full collection is achieved. Take-out information accompanies each report suggesting to the buyer or designer a time-scale for the in-store drop, price-point information, stock mixes and in-store positioning ideas.

MPDClick’s spring/summer 2013 trend forecast is a must-have range planning aid for any buyer, designer, merchandiser or executive.  

Words by MPDClick’s Trend Journal Editor.

Here at MPDClick, we recently discovered the style blog ‘Jess loves Fred’, today’s Look of the Week highlights Jess’s covetable ensemble that she posted yesterday providing real-time contemporary styling inspiration.

This season’s 70’s trend is represented through burnt orange palazzo pants in a high waisted fit contrasted with a turquoise snake print box shirt; a great colour combination that will make window displays pop. A statement gold necklace pulls the look together while a big cat printed clutch demonstrates the potential of clashing prints.

Click here to visit Jess loves Fred.

For this week’s design focus of the week, we are inspired by emerging textile designer Katie Rosina, who MPDClick recently caught up with to find out a little more about her work and her inspirations for future designs.

Katie Rosina is a super-talented textile designer specialising in the home interior market. Inspired by a passion of colour and everything floral, each design is hand-painted from her favourite spots around The Great British Isles, working with summer meadows and the stunning location of Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire to create beautiful floral prints with a splash of colour.

Katie creates beautiful and versatile designs that echo her enthusiasm for painting, combined with an exceptional attention to detail, making each design individual. Through skilled design and printing techniques, Katie manages to capture every brushstroke and colour with extreme precision, enhancing the feeling of exclusivity, and shows how anyone can create their own ‘interior garden.’

Having gained fantastic work experience as a freelance designer for Cake Studios in London, Katie has outdone many of her peers and sold her prints to agents across the world, including Japan, Paris and New York. These designs are set to appear in forthcoming spring/summer 12 and autumn/winter 11/12 collections, showing Katie’s early success as a textile designer. Not content with that, Katie was also shortlisted for a Liberty in London collaboration competition in early 2011 and her products are currently being considered for New Design Britain awards.

So what does the future for this budding designer? Katie explains to MPDClick that she continues to create new designs throughout the year, enabling companies to incorporate her prints into their collections. Initially focusing on interior products including wallpapers, cushions and curtains, Katie has broadened her print collections to include a successful scarf collection and fashion prints exclusively produced for the fashion industry.

Katie, who is currently on a three month placement with MPDClick, impressed us not just with her extensive portfolio, but diligence, enthusiasm and bubbly personality. She is a consummate professional who has a unique talent in translating beautiful hand-painted prints into high-end products that are commercially viable. She undoubtedly has a great career ahead of her!

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Discover some of Katie Rosina’s amazing work below: