It’s another Saturday afternoon, the air is crisp and my sprite is fizzing in my Neiman Marcus glass. As I look through my stack of design and fashion magazines, I can’t help but notice the relationship of what’s been popping up on the fashion runways of New York and Paris are seeping into the textile and furniture world.
You can’t afford that ten thousand dollar dress? Well, you can find a pattern similar to that dress and have it grace your walls as wallpaper. Or buy a spectacular piece of drapery hardware and have that fabric flawlessly cascade down to the floor like a chic Dior gown one that even Lupita Nyong’o would envy.
In the past it used to take about four or five years for interiors to catch up with what was hot in fashion. Then it used to take a season, now it seems like it’s seamless. It seems they are echoing each other with not only color, but with form and structure. The fabrics and structures have been consistently traditional, but what makes it modern is the bolder color palette. Deep rose, sapphire blues, teal and aquamarines permeate the fabric selections.
The reintroduction vintage patterns in a new way keeps the history of the lines from the 1930’s and 40’s alive and introduces them to a new generation.
Hot designers Tilton Fenwick (for Duralee) are the Zac Posen’s of the interior design world right now. They have taken otherwise traditional floral, ribbon like patterns and made them chic – and in demand. The same could be said about the Brunswick and Bailey and Griffin lines as well. Their textile lines have been regenerated in daring, vibrant color palettes for a new generation of designers and their savvy clients. The marriage between fashion and interior design has always existed and it seems like one thats determined to last in the 21st century.
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