Paris has always been my favourite fashion week of a season and I knew this season would be extra special. With Matthieu Blazy's second Chanel collection, where we see his deconstructed tweeds, vibrant mix of colours and iridescent embellishments and fabrications. Jonathan Anderson's Dior promenade, with flowered lamé fabrics and polka dot tutu skirts. Blurred florals at Lanvin, bright pops of lime in checks and stripes, among ditsy embroidered florals at Dries Van Noten. Che

Every season, I provide an overview of print trend favorites from The Print Boutique, my online shop offering ready-to-purchase prints for fashion and home. Whilst we're not entirely led by catwalk trends, it's handy to understand current and upcoming print trends and identify themes or 'favorites' that align with The Print Boutique's style, allowing us to incorporate them into new print collections. As a freelance designer, I also create more in depth trend boards for client

I like to take full advantage of my morning dog walk, and whilst my sighthound uses her eye to wishfully gaze into the trees for an unbalanced squirrel, I use my creative eye to hunt out colour. Season to season, nature gives us a beautiful variety of ready made colour palettes, and once you start looking for inspiration it really is everywhere. From summer's vibrant pinks and zesty limes to autumn's warm golden leaves, winter's crisp whites and deep forest greens to spring's

At The Print Boutique, we're not driven by the catwalk trends (as you may know if you read the Copenhagen SS26 post...). We adopt a comprehensive creative approach when designing new print collections, drawing inspiration from various sources, as this blog frequently highlights. However, we absolutely LOVE all things print and enjoy providing our clients with trend breakdowns from the catwalk as part of developing concepts for new prints and collections. Below, you'll find ou

Copenhagen always offers the best and most relevant inspiration with its roster of designers and creative street style. With bold constrasting stripes at Marimekko, mismatching Polka Dots at Caro Editions, colourful checks and abstracts at Henrik Vibskov and intricate lace at Taus. Take a look below, at a few print favourites from this season of Copenhagen shows:

When a brand hires a freelance print designer, like me, they're not just paying for my skills in painting, creating repeats, layout or colour matching, they're investing in creative thinking. Understanding a creative brief, sourcing original ideas, interpreting trends and turning them into well-crafted textile prints. In my studio: the beginnings of mood boarding a new print collection concept But how do designers stay creatively inspired, especially between big projects? In

My print studio, The Print Boutique, draws design inspiration from a wide array of sources. As you'll see from many of my blog posts and...

Following on from my SS25 floral trends, I bring you your next dose of key print trends for the season. Stripes & geometrics are forever...

This season on my blog I will be breaking down my SS25 catwalk coverage into motif categories. Starting with, 3 floral trends that have...

I felt inspired to honour Oxfam's annual campaign 'Second Hand September', with a post dedicated to how I find print design inspiration...

As a designer I like to take snippets of inspiration from the runway shows to inspire fresh ideas into new textile prints. The latest...

My favourite fashion week has come around again, and as usual it did not disappoint on the colour and print front. Copenhagen street...

I'm an avid collector of imagery that inspires me. Whether it's taking my own photographs, saving Pinterest images, collecting magazine...

Welcome back to my Inspiration Everywhere series. Where I look at how the world around us can inspire design and how collecting your own...

Following on from my print finds in Paris, I bring you some of my favourite home shops that we stubbled across during our walks around...

As a freelance print designer and creative, I often work primarily on my own from my home. Which has a lot of perks but I've found in...

Welcome back to my Inspiration Everywhere series. Where I look at how the world around us can inspire design and how collecting your own...

Welcome back to another blog post in my 'Inspiration Everywhere' series. If you are a fellow creative, you'll know it's hard to go...

Welcome back to another blog post in my 'Inspiration Everywhere' series. Last week I visited the wonderful Design Centre Chelsea Harbour...

A run down of a few print trend favourites of mine from Fall 2023's runway. I always love curating trend boards each season from the...