Trend Hub Session

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In our context and communication lesson we were introduced to the Trend Hub. This is a resources that the university of Huddersfield has put together to aid their students when they are creating and researching trends. it is a extensive collection of  old fashion journals, trend reports and fabric samples all there for students to access at any hour when they need it. this resource is more personal and tactile than other trend resources, such as WGSN, which we have access to.

When we were taken in we were given time to look at all the resources then were asked to collect and create a new trend by finding, images, old colour boards and other things we found interesting from the hub. If I said I wasn't daunted I would be lying, It was our first time being asked to create a trend but I decided to dive straight in and I was impressed with how much I found which I felt could create a trend.

The pieces I collected spanned many different genres from architecture to art journals but I felt they could all work together to create an autumn/winter collection.

These images were taken of the Pigeons & Peacocks journal Issue 7 New Horizons.
The theme is Mongolian style from the streets of London. I just love the bright vibrant colours which is why my eyes were drawn to it.



This image is of the Pigeons & Peacocks Mongolian spread paired with the colour palette from a trend board from 2014, Scone Palace fall/winter collection. I felt the colours went well together and I liked how it used bright soft colours like in the Mongolian themed images but were used in a winter collection.


This is an image of the main trend board from the Scone Palace 2014 a/w board. 
You can see it is put together as a interior design board but I think the colours work well and I can  use that as inspiration .  


The first image I took from Architect April 2015 issue from a article called Fashion Fun House. 
The second image I took from the Royal Academy of Arts magazine  issue 131 summer 2016. The piece 'Dry Winds' was created by Peter Lanyon in 1958. I feel both these images like to the colour palette I was collecting so I collected them to, so I could show them as trend inspiration.




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