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Embroidery & Embellishment Trends

for Fall/Winter 2010/2011

By Samanta Cortes, CEO, Fashion Design Concepts Inc.
 

BLISS ­ - The embellishments such as threads, studs and beading exude a feeling of pure satisfaction and perfect happiness. The splashes of colors and the metallic studded starburst leave you wanting more. Every detail of each appliqué conveys a state of spiritual blessedness, leaving each fashionista with a sense of great enlightenment and innate joy.

NOSTALGIA- The sheer use of textiles, along with the distinguished draping and use of embroidery threads, relates a nostalgic feeling. The impeccable use of dimensions and line helps evoke a passion for the past life. It brings out a sentimental yearning, a great longing and affection for times gone by. It sends one back to a happier time and place. It offers a solemn reminder of what fashion is really about: “It’s a lifestyle.”

SERENITY- Simulation of handwork on embroidery machines sends a message of purity. The colors and tones captured in every piece send one to a place of eternal serenity.  These pieces are beautifully created and accented with the illustrious use of beading, along with other forms of embellishment, which lends a feeling of great peace and an unimaginable sense of calmness.

EUPHORIA- The textile and thread work, along with the beading and metallic studs, makes one excited about the future and leaves one with an intense feeling of happiness. It also adds a sense of confidence, leaving one with the feeling that anything is possible.
 
VIGILANCE – This is where fashion transcends into another dimension. The multiple techniques of thread work and embroidery used in this section leave one in the mode of expectancy… wanting more. The unique use of the textiles, among other very unique embellishments, re-iterates that fashion is alive and evolving.

Samanta Cortes developed Fashion Design Concepts, a company that specializes in assisting private and corporate designers in the development of embroidered and beaded prototypes. Fashion Design Concepts´ customer list includes some of the most prestigious apparel and home furnishings firms in the U.S. Samanta´s innovative ideas, coupled with her investment in state-of-the art technology, contribute to the continued growth of Fashion Design Concepts. A well respected trendsetter in the field of embroidery and embellishments, Samanta is a frequent speaker at the Direction show and the International Textile Design show. Samanta is a member of the Color Association of the United States and a board member of Fashion News Workshop, a prestigious group of fashion industry professionals. To find out more about Fashion Design Concepts, please visit http://www.fdconcepts.com/  Samanta contributes to Stitches magazine. Click here to read more.