'Current' loves
- Scarf prints
- Oriental-style prints that might have been inspired by a kimono or a Chinese watercolour
- Oversized brushstrokes in inky hues
- Ikat-like abstract/geometrics
- Animal/bird/butterfly conversational prints, of which I like best the ones that resemble detailed guidebook/naturalists' notebook illustrations (ie, hyper-realistic) and the simplest silhouettes; though I rather like the Miu Miu too, I usually don't enjoy more 'animated' renditions
- speaking of silhouettes, I saw a couple of cameo-inspired prints I liked
- soft florals (and I usually hate those, but right now there are some great interpretations, and I especially veer to the more oriental ones)
- chalky white or inky 'scribbles' and 'naive art' or doodles such a child might make
- chevrons and nested diamonds and Missoni-like zigzag stripes that recall old-fashioned Florentine embroidery
Polka dots with florals a la Cath Kidston and stripes are things I've always loved, as well as tweedy checks and houndstooth, ginghams (especially pink, red and yellow), plaids both tartan and madras-style. Those are perennials to me, as are the traditional 'figured' ikats of India --- the ones where the pattern draws a set of flowers, or fish, or temple spires, or trees, or an elephant, a doll, a chariot... I love the evocative nature of it, using a technique where the outlines are always blurred and abstract.
Hmm, I love pattern, don't I?
