How Can Interior Design Inspire Fashion Design?
Interior design is almost as big as the clothing industry. There are countless magazines, blogs, and shows all displaying the latest trends. Now, it’s obvious what you’re thinking. Usually when interior design inspires fashion it’s because a dress happens to look like a pair of curtains. If you’re a budding fashion designer, or you simply want a new wardrobe, interior design can help you.Inspiration doesn’t always have to mean copying. Sometimes, fashion magazines don’t offer anything new. You need to look elsewhere for inspiration. Let’s take a look at some of the ways interior design inspires fashion.
Times are Changing
Interior design and fashion have always been intimately connected to each other. Previously, furniture wouldn’t appear until five or six years after it appeared on the runway. This decreased as people started to realize the potential for fashion inspiring interior design. A few years ago, it reached a point where it was a mere two seasons away.
Today, we’ve reached a point where there is no gap. Both industries work together to inspire each other. And this is something that will continue to happen from now on. We’re increasingly seeing interior design trends cropping up on the major catwalks of the industry. This wasn’t always the case before.
Through Social Media
Social media has increased the speed at which information travels. You no longer have to wait for the next issue of a magazine to come out.
Pinterest, in particular, has had a major effect the creative arts. It’s an image-based platform. It encourages people to share their creations from both industries. One click can share it with all your friends on Facebook. It doesn’t take a lot for a creation to go viral. It doesn’t need the stamp of a professional to catch on any longer. To an extent, the image of the celebrity designer has faded away from relevance.
Color Platforms
Color in fashion is one of the hardest aspects to get right. There’s very little to compare it to. The best you have are various skin tones. Interior design provides an arena for various color combinations to be tested out. It’s how we realized two-tone neutral colors work well together. In terms of fashion, this inspired more two-color dresses in neutral tones. Previously, these dresses used rich colors with severe contrasts.
Patterns
Believe it or not, patterns for dresses tend to appear in our homes before they appear on the catwalk. Think of the popular floral pattern that’s ‘in’ today. This isn’t anything new or innovative. Floral designs have been used since the early 20th century. Back then, having these patterns on clothing would have been unthinkable.
Fashion designers have been inspired by different patterns found in carpets and on walls over the years. It starts with a flat surface, such as a wall, and then designers work with it to turn it into a three-dimensional moving garment.
Blending into Backgrounds
An essential part of interior design is how patterns and colors work together. This is also a consideration for those in the fashion world. One way fashion designers can become inspired is by looking at nature. This is due to the vast color combinations and the use of light and shading. The interior design also has the same capacity to inspire. Carpets must fit in with walls and shelves. Cupboards must work with sofas and TV stands.What do they have in common?
They’re all in different colors and they blend differently. This is how new looks happen in the fashion world. When someone creates a new garment, they have to fit it with an existing garment. Use the spaghetti top as an example. It had to blend in well with existing clothing, such as jeans and skirts. Even if a designer loves a new pattern, they have to think about how it’s going to work with what already exists. Interior design specializes in blending lots of different items together. It’s only natural that designers take a lot of inspiration from furniture.
Strike Rate
Despite the closeness of the industries, this doesn’t mean you have a 100% strike rate by looking at someone’s house. Both types of art still use inspiration from third-party sources to make something memorable.
Let’s look at another major trend at the moment. Animal prints have their place in fashion and interior decorating. Obviously, these were inspired by nature and the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia.
The point is you shouldn’t feel obliged to know about interior decorating to be a fashion designer. Yes, it’s a place of inspiration, but it’s not the only place.
We recommend exploring as much of life as you possibly can. Experience new things in your locality, and outside it. Go traveling and taste what other cultures have to offer. That’s the essence of creating the next big thing!
