I want to introduce you to two designers who have experienced a huge leap forward in their career by exploring...
I am not a detail oriented person, so as you can assume my experiences with bookkeeping have been a wild...
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*Balenciaga Fall “13 via vogue.com Hi there! This has been a busy week here at Pattern Observer…registration opened for The...
* images via: Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2013, vogue.com The life cycle of a print has many stages: trend research, concept...
In last week’s newsletter I shared a few things that we are working on for 2013, including: 1. A Pattern...
