5 ways that fabric connects fashion and interior design to enrich our lives
If you care about the way you look, you're going to care about the way you live.
Just like fashion, interior design is a prolific art form that we use for self-expression. But not only are they a part of our daily lives, fashion and interior design will always be woven together because of fabric’s different qualities.
Cocooning textures in fashion and interior design
The feeling of comfort and belonging can be all-encompassing, and it’s never as strong as when it comes from our sense of touch - either a familiar feeling or something out of the ordinary.
Nothing says cosy and comforting quite like wool. An ancient and indigenous textile, wool has been keeping us warm (and cool!) for centuries. Since the Stone Age, it has been a textile of choice and still holds a special place in our hearts.
“As we are instinctively drawn to items that have tactile and sensory appeal, warm up with our cocooning textures this season.”
Designers Guild is introducing new fluffy faux sheepskins (pictured below) woven on velvet looms and woolly inspired textures - making it the perfect choice for decorating and furnishing accessories. Sprinkle woollen cushions around your living room, and you bring comfort into your home. Wear a woollen sweater and you’re practically enveloped in a feeling of cosiness.
Use Of Colour In Fashion And Interior Design
Fashion and interior design would not have the same impact on our lives if it wasn't for the intentional use of colour and colour’s psychological impact. Colour is what makes the world, and everything in it, beautiful, and every shade has its own effect on our mood, whether it be the colours we choose for our homes, or for our clothing.
Did you know? Pantone fell in love with colours so much they named them twice. Below are the Pantone 2021 Colour(s) of the Year.
“Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic, this is a color combination that gives us resilience and hope.”
The importance of trends in fashion and interior design
Both fashion and interior design go through trends, and more often than not, they draw inspiration from each other.
One simple example is the impact that the seasons have on these art forms. Consider summer’s impact on fashion and interior design. In 2020, summer fashion trends brought us pastel bucket hats and matching printed tops and stockings. Also in summer 2020, one of the interior design trends was bold contrasting patterns and prints. Fashion and interior design will always pay attention to trends. And we will always seek out fabrics that appease these trends, for the sake of our homes and our clothes.
“There is a beautiful moment between the shifting seasons that I absolutely adore. It’s the perfect time to embrace those crucial little changes that will breathe vitality into the home again. I much prefer to evolve my home seasonally, with a focus on the smaller elements rather than making any radical changes.”
Prints and patterns in fashion and interior design
Fashion and interior design share a love of prints and patterns. This is never as clear as when we incorporate nature, such as flowers, into our homes and clothes. Nature will forever be a source of inspiration for interior design and fashion.
Florals are still popular today. Whether printed onto the wallpaper in our bedrooms, woven into the cushions in the living room, or decorating a flowing dress or formal blouse, florals are an effortlessly classy choice for our homes and our outfits.
You can break the rules of fashion and interior design
First and foremost, fashion and interior design should be about you. Your home. Your lifestyle. Your clothes. Your personality. After all, fashion and interior design are a form of self-expression, and fabrics are versatile. That’s another beautiful thing about them.
So explore colour combinations, allow your personality to define your home and your clothes, and choose the fabrics that speak to who you are as a person. The connection between fashion and interior design and the way fabric binds them together will only be as beautiful as when you embrace it for yourself.
