A World Of Pattern

Patterns from everywhere and every era. Contemporary and traditional print and #pattern in #fashion and #interiordesign, past and present, worldwide. #surfacepatterndesign #surfacepattern (Sideblog - I may follow you from @busstop.) I'm also @thejewellerybox and @iwantitinpink

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VOGUE Germany

Gigi Hadid by Patrick Demarchelier with styling from Sarajane Hoare x Vogue Germany (December 2018) Hair by Teddy Charles and beauty by Brigitte Reiss-Andersen

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Nadia kaftan by Nöl Collective

Cut and sewn in Bethlehem, and hand-embroidered with the pomegranate motif of the Bir al Saba region of Palestine. $498

100% linen, hand-embroidered in Bethlehem and Nablus.

Palestinian tatreez embroidery is a centuries-old art, handmade by women in Palestine and traditionally passed down from mother to daughter.

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Tatreez jacket by Souk Samara at Nöl Collective

Denim jacket featuring upcycled tatreez from a vintage Palestinian thob. Souk Samara is a Palestinian brand which gives fraying vintage thobs (traditional dresses) a second life. $348

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CMAT at the Ivor Novello Awards 2026, wearing Ashish SS26.

She won Best Album for EURO-COUNTRY! 🎉👏

In her acceptance speech, CMAT said she has a “very specific idea of what songwriting is supposed to be for”.

“I think it is to reflect the times through your own personal view, so that everybody can have something to connect to and something to learn from years later.

“Now I would compel my fellow artists in the room – it is not the time to sit on the fence.

“I have no time, sympathy, or empathy for anybody that decides to make life more difficult for people who are just trying to live, and that’s what this record is about."

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Trompe l'oeil shadow-print dress, Fendi, 2021

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Trompe l'oeil 'shadow' print on coat at Dior, Cruise 2027

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Priyanka Chopra at the 5th Annual Gold Gala, wearing a custom gown by Amit Aggarwal, designed in partnership with stylist Ami Patel.

Constructed from a 20yr-old sari, the gown is decorated with chikankari, a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh, Chopra's home state.

'The traditional Chikankari from Uttar Pradesh, where Priyanka hails from is a signature craft known for years. Lucknow was always a Mughal city, and that history still lives within the craft.

The age-old Mughal jaal and the beauty of parametric architecture are connected through biomimicry. What I wanted to create for her became a passage of light.

For this piece, we revived a two-decade-old Chikankari sari, embroidered entirely by women on an incredibly delicate chiffon, using a single silk thread. It is one of the most delicate forms of lace-making in India.

At Amit Aggarwal, I looked at Chikankari as a starting point. I took that softness and openness and rebuilt it in my own language through rubber cord, recycled glass, and hand-formed beads, all signature materials of the brand.' X

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Alia Bhatt at Cannes, wearing custom 1950s-style dress by corsetier Yash Patil, handpainted by artist Basuri Chokshi with a French Riviera landscape.

Styled by Rhea Kapoor.

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Paloma Faith at the BAFTA Television Awards 2026, wearing a bicorn hat in dupion silk, by Between Beauty. Dress by Mithridate.

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Paloma Elsesser at the Met Gala 2026, wearing custom gown by Francesco Risso for Bureau of Imagination.

The gown was constructed from a patchwork of 30 vintage dresses from as far back as the 1920s, sourced from eBay. It was then beaded, hand-painted, and embellished with metal appliqués.

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Angela Bassett at the Met Gala 2026, wearing Atelier Prabal Gurung

Her gown is inspired by the painting Girl in Pink Dress (c. 1927) by African American artist Laura Wheeler Waring, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.

'Laura Wheeler Waring’s portrayals of Black women across the social spectrum often transcended class norms and disrupted prevalent stereotypes. Here, her young sitter is presented as an icon of the Jazz Age, with the sleek, bobbed coiffure and elegant drop-waisted flapper dress that were emblematic of the period. The artist’s skillful portraits of Black figures drew praise from an initially skeptical Alain Locke, the philosophical leader of the Harlem Renaissance, who later acknowledged the modernity of her subjects. Portraits such as this one solidified her stature as the foremost Black female painter of the Harlem Renaissance.' X

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Kalpavriksha - Wish-fulfilling Tree Artist: Mahaveer Swami Bikaneri style of painting (via jaypore.com)

Kalpavriksha (Devanagari: कल्पवृक्ष), also known as kalpataru, kalpadruma or kalpapādapa, is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in Hindu mythology. It is mentioned in Sanskrit literature from the earliest sources. It is also a popular theme in Jain cosmology and Buddhism. wiki

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Kalpavriksha Sculpture inside Jain temples

Agamshastra @Truejainology wrote : Pic 1) Kalpavriksha inside Dilwara Jain temple. Pic 2) Kalpavriksha inside Jami masjhid, Champaner.

No it’s not an outcome of so called indo-islamic architecture as taught in our history books.

(via Twitter: Agamshastra @Truejainology)

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Louisa Jacobson at the Met Gala 2026, wearing custom Dilara Findikoglu:

'A mini crinoline corset dress, embellished with antique Afghan and Victorian jewellery. The delicate silk train, composed of four mud stained dresses.

As an artist whose work centres on celebrating and freeing the body, I wanted to take a different approach for this years MET theme. Here, the body is not only adorned, it is armoured. It becomes a shield, a survival mechanism shaped by the demands of a patriarchal world.

Through this look, I ask: can I exist in power without abandoning my vulnerability? Can I be both at once?'

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Yseult at the Met Gala 2026, wearing Harris Reed Demi Couture - including 400 hours of bead work.

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Diya Mehta Jatia at the Met Gala 2026, wearing outfit by Indian designer Mayyur Girotra.

The gown is made from kanjeevaram silk fabric from Tamil Nadu, and decorated with West Bengali sholapith, ornaments carved from the white, spongy core of the Indian Cork plant (Aeschynomene aspera), which resembles ivory.

Traditionally sholapith products have been used for decorating Hindu idols and creating the headdresses worn by brides and grooms at traditional Bengali weddings.

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Bronwyn Newport in Germanier for the Met Gala 2026.