Lily&Rose Design Studio

I’ve just received the lat­est newslet­ter from Her­tex Fab­rics and here’s what they have to say about Home fur­nish­ings Tex­tile tends:

The gen­eral trend of the tex­tile indus­try in the cur­rent econ­omy is “Adap­ta­tion”; fac­ing the facts and deal­ing with the sta­tus quo, which has brought forth atten­tion to detail and mean­ing­ful inno­va­tion.  This cul­ture focuses on ideals instead of greed, with the empha­sis on “sus­tain­able sophistication”.

The themes at the 2012 inter­na­tional fairs, as attended by Her­tex over the past six months, cen­tered around the fol­low­ing: mod­ern, nature, clas­sic and ethnic.

Play­ful, pas­tels and vivid accent colour giv­ing this both mood and youth­ful energy. Designs con­tain abstract ele­ments, paint splash, as well as  del­i­cate brush patterns.

Griz­zled pas­tels, greys and neu­trals.  Designs are con­structed, quilted, peb­bled and with irreg­u­lar fin­ishes. Tex­tures and yarns con­sist of cro­chet and knit, as well as nat­ural yarns such as paper, bam­boo and hemp.

The Gentleman’s club, offer­ing ele­gance with a mas­cu­line old world air, cler­i­cal grays and black with a hint of camel, maroon, ochre yel­low and navy. Designs con­sist of hounds tooth, Burberry checks, ani­mal prints and geo­met­rics.

A sam­pling and com­bi­na­tion of cul­tures, muted sat­u­rated colours, com­bined with black and white.  A rich, warm palette of mid tones, mid brown, blood-red, saf­fron ochre and teal forms the basis of this trend. Designs include tribal and authen­tic with large-scale colour block­ing. Blue hues show the time­less­ness of indigo, one of the old­est dyes to be used in tex­tile man­u­fac­tur­ing. We also see denim treat­ments, batiks, mud cloths and degrade finishes.

View the indi­vid­ual col­lec­tions online at http://www.hertex.co.za/