Useful & Useable Solutions........

"DMA focuses on the fashion industry with over 25 years of experience. We understand the industry’s issues and listen closely to understand your needs. We partner with best of breed companies to deliver software and services that help Design, Sales, Marketing and Production departments increase their efficiency and grow their DMA focuses on the fashion industry with over 25 years of experience. We understand the industry’s issues and listen closely to understand your needs. We partner with best of breed companies to deliver software and services that help Design, Sales, Marketing and Production departments increase their efficiency and grow their business".

Selvedge Magazine...

Selvedge Magazine... offers the world's finest textile photography, unparalleled design and peerless writing
Open a copy of Selvedge and you sense there is a philosophy that Selvedge readers subscribe to. A belief system based on a cerebral and sensual addiction to textiles in all forms. Readers share a belief in the importance of their material surroundings and a passion for the beautiful and beautifully made. Our aim is simple: to provide a textile publication which fits seamlessly into their creative lifestyle. Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping.

Adobe photoshop for textile design

Adobe PhotoShop is the foremost design tool on the market today. Just about any CAD technique that can be achieved for textile design can be executed better and more efficiently by using Adobe PhotoShop. This book was written to give textile and fashion designers the necessary CAD tools to function in the textile and fashion industries today by using this incredible tool.
This book was created as a textile design tutorial. It will show you step by step techniques for creating color combinations, color reduction, repeats, tonal (watercolor) designs and simple woven effects for textile design using Adobe Photoshop. With the book we are including a CD ROM with Color charts and practice images.
Everything in this book is explained in a simple uniform manner so that nothing is overwhelming to the beginner and so that the more advanced PhotoShop user can grasp key concepts more quickly.

Fashion & Textile links

We hope that this listing of Fashion & Textile links comes in handy for you. We created this list to benefit freelance artists, fashion designers and small design studios in the Fashion & textile designing

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Careers Education in Textile Designing

Career education is concerned with the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes through a planned program, which:
· assists students make informed decisions about their study for work options;
· and enables effective participation in working life.
Career education programs are part of the school curriculum and are supported by the school careers adviser.
The School to Work Program
Our School to Work Program helps students to manage their transition from school to further education, training and employment.
This program consists of:
· The School to Work Planning Initiative
· Work Education
· Workplace Learning Support
· Industry-specific career information
· Professional development support for careers advisers

Development of design

A textile designer has to deal with a great range of duties and responsibilities.
A textile designer is generally responsible for the following activities.
General work performed by textile designers :
Attracting clients by proper planning and presentation
Briefing the initial ideas and concepts to clients
Analysis and research works
Development of design
Commercial aspects of finished product
Textile designers primarily fall into two basic categories.
They either work for design agencies, manufacturer or retailers or they work as Freelancers.
A textile designer needs the following skills and qualities .
• A basic understanding of color, texture and pattern
• Creativity and artistic sense
• Adequate knowledge of various techniques and characteristics of different textile materials
• Knowledge of recent market trends
• Ability to work in a team
• Good communication skills
• Knowledge of relevant softwares used intextile designing
• Marketing, financial and administrative skills in case of freelancers
To create innovative and a wide variety of designs, textile designers usually works in knit, print or weave.
There are two basic fields in textile designing .
• Interiors ( home furnishing )
• Fabrics for garments and accessories
Specialized works performed by textile designers are categorically listed below .
• Creating sample design set
• Liaising with clients to plan and develop designs
• Proper interpretation and representation of clients' ideas
• Creating sketches and designs for presentation to the clients
• Proper assessment of finished products
• Utilizing specialized computer aided design software (CAD) to create a great variety of designs
• Color, fabric and texture experimentation
• Possessing updated knowledge of new developments in the field of designing and production techniques
• Creating innovative design concepts
• Maintaining deadlines
• Attending trade shows regularly
• Getting updated with contemporary fashion trends in textile designing
• Developing and maintaining a network of business contacts

Theme Title - LUSH LIFE

Meaning: The sense of competition today is highest. It is because everyone wants to achieve a certain level of living, which comes in the highest standard. This theme depicts a form of life led by only a few who have both, a well-earned highest standard of living as well as the taste for that kind of a living in addition of always being at ease. Lush life symbolizes the social standard of those people who are top runners, quiet confident, luxuriant and having a good taste in everything. That taste is reflected in everything around them, related to them. Those who lead a Lush Life are always ahead of time and handle things beautifully.Our inspiration for Lush Life will be to create motifs and patterns, which are abundant in design and give a true feeling of being on the top of things.Keywords: 1) Gold. 2) Blossoming. 3) Abundance. 4) Geometric. 5) Bold.Design Strategy: Bold and geometric with a complete merge between oval, geometric and floral shapes. Focus is on the motif more than anything else.Color Strategy: We will be using rich and tasty colors to depict this theme. The colors will be flourishing and thriving in nature depicting rich growth

Textile Designing in its most unique and decoratively patterned

Textile Designing in its most unique and decoratively patterned form. WE design specially for Jacquard, Damask, Applique, Aubusson, Chintz, Crettone, Brocade, Ikat, Kashmiri, Tapestry, Dobby and more. We design specially for Home Furnishings Upholstery Fabrics and Feminine Clothing. Since the contents are somewhat big in size we ask you to have a slight better than usual internet connection. Repeats of the designs shown over here may not depict the actual size of the designs. They are specifically scaled down for size to provide you with a full view of all designs. All designs have been provided with a "REPEAT VIEW" tool, showing exact repeats. At present we have around 3000 original designs at your disposal, where in we have maintained Innovation, Creativity, Substance and Aesthetics. Our designs are ready for automated production in the TEXTILE MANUFACTURING UNITS, applicable for both Weaving and Printing techniques. We are a dedicated designing house. Through this site we hope to catch your attention. Some of our designs are displayed on this site as samples. Please feel free to contact us all year round, 24*7. We hope that you will want to have a fruitfull relationship with us in which we guarantee you will not be disappointed, neither financially nor by the quality of our designs or by its uniqeness. If you are interested in a particular design on display here, please convey us the number attached with it. Its our guarantee that these designs have "never been printed or woven".

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Advance Automation was established some ten years ago to deal in computers, computer accessories and to provide for after sale maintenance services. By passage of time keeping in view the needs at Faisalabad, A. A. developed specialization in the field of
* Textile Design & Training. * FABRIC SIMULATION * TEXTILES VISULIZATION * STRIKE- OFF * COLOUR WAYS * DESIGN STUDIO * TRAINING FACILITIES

Cameron Diaz: Hot

The smug smile on Cameron Diaz' face tells everyone she knows she's looking hot - and isn't afraid to show it. The Charlies Angels star looks fab in skinny jeans and knee high boots. VERDICT: HOT

Louisa Lytton: Hot

Ex-Eastender girl Louisa Lytton has still got the wide-eyed girl look about her, and carries off this little peach number perfectly. VERDICT: HOT

Celebrity Fashion Watch

It was the News of the World's Children's Champions Awards last night in London, and the Z-List celebs were out in force, with a veritable array of outfits on show. Our fave Spice Girl Emma ramped up the glamour, as did ex-soapies Louisa Lytton and Nikki Sanderson. Lacking in the style stakes were Peaches Geldof and the usual club of glamour girls - put in more of an effort, ladies!

Britain's Got Talent star Faryl Smith shines in this pretty silver dress with pumps - she needs a quick lesson on posing for the cameras though. VERDICT: HOT

The worst of London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week is renowned for its trend-setting displays of style (see the best of LFW), but sometimes even the designers get it a bit wrong.

We take a look at the trends which even the most fashion-savvy girls are unlikely to be wearing in 2009.

The best of London Fashion Week

The best of the British designers have been showcasing their wares in the huge fashion fest that is London Fashion Week.
Topshop, Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane and more have all been revealing what's set to be big for autumn 2009.
See their fabulous creations