Galactic Adventure - Autumn/Winter 2012/13 - Boy's Trend

A story inspired by a child’s imagination of space exploration and adventures in the lab.  Robots and space icons appear in appliqués and prints, the figures of imagination and tales.  Futuristic colours of greys and tones of blues are mixed with subtle highlights to give pops of colour in the range.  Appliqués and prints are bright to stand out.  Simple stripes and fun checks give depth to the rage.

outer space - lab craft - exploration - imagination - characters robots - space vehicles - chromes - adventure - unknown

Explorer -Autumn/Winter 2012/13 - Boy's Trend

A range inspired by the great outdoors and a child’s sense of wanting to explore.  Natural tones and mixed with warmer hues to create a natural colour palette.  Multi coloured stripes and checks are combined with brighter highlights.  Prints and appliqués are inspired by maps and of iconic exploring destination scenery.  Animal character such as moose and deer are added to bring it all to life.

exploring - outdoors - foreign destinations - wild animals
mapping - natural colours - tactile embroidery - appliqué

Farmyard Fun - Autumn/Winter 2012/13 - Trend Boys

A farmyard inspired outdoor style theme with warm organic coloured garments embellished with iconic farmyard characters and machinery.  Layered appliqués add texture and depth to these fun appliqués.  Checks are used on shirts as well as to linings to give hints of colour.  Work wear inspires shapes and details within the range with elements such as patches to elbows and washed denims.  Embroidered patches and badges are added to prints and appliqués.

layering - work wear - organic tones - outdoors - farmyard machinery - checks - patches - characters badging

Industry - Autumn/Winter 2012/12 Trend - Boys

An industrial themed range inspired by transport and manufacturing of the modern industry.  Work wear styled items are embellished with industry vehicles such as busses, planes and lorries.  Tools used in manual labour inspire smaller embellishment details.  Buildings and maps appear in prints. Traditional work wear checks appear on shirts as well as in appliqués.  Multi lined stripes brighten up plainer garments. Industrial tones of rusty oranges, bright blue, dusty greys, greens and charcoals make up highlights in check, stripes and graphics.

manual trade - industry - work wear - rusty tools - authenticity vintage checks - factories - production - manufacturing

Asia Adventure - Autumn/Winter 2012/13 - Trend Girls

Inspired by thing from afar, Asia remix combines flat colours with bold over sized foreign inspired prints mixed with a more modern twist on traditional prints such as paisleys.  Bold coloured buttons and printed appliqués embellish garments.  There is a lot of busy printed pieces in this range toned down by block colour garments with lining detail and hints of bright decoration to tie them back in with the rest of the range.  Stripes make an appearance on layers.

Intricate pattern - asian inspired fabrics - inspired by afar Indian summer - bold floral - paisley print - ornamental

Portobello Princess - Autumn/Winter 2012/13 - Girls Trend

A range inspired by the London markets and the sense of discovering new things. Washed pinks and vintage creams are mixed with grey marls, camels and navy’s to create a vintage style nostalgic range.  Sophisticated details like bows and appliqués mixed with lace trim bring this range together.  Warm tidy stripes and bold check lift the range.  Appliqués of hearts and vintage items found on the market such s bags embellish the range.

discovery - vintage markets - delicate - moderately raised sopsticated street wear

Happy Daze! - Girls - Autumn/Winter 2012/13 Trend

A warm, fun feeling autumnal range with influences from outdoors.  A range consisting of tones of purples mixed with pinks.  Plain fabric garments in the range are mixed with polka dots, stripes, tartans and bold checks. Highlights of pinks, yellows and blues bring life to the range in the form of checks, appliqués and stripes.  Vintage style floral fabrics build up appliqués and liven up linings.  Over sized multi-coloured buttons give a colour pop to plainer items.  Appliqués animal characters from the garden such as birds and owls make for fun prints and appliqués.  Chord materials are used to add warmth and texture to the range.

nostalgia - craft playful - memories - outdoor play - collage whimsical - fresh take on old things - nostalgic birds

Girls Cruise - Autmn/Winter 2012/2013 Trend - Transitional

Girls Cruise is a more transitional trend for Autumn/Winter 2012/13 leading one of my favorite Summer nautical themes into a more autumnal story. Keeping to the traditional colour palette of Red, Navy and Blue I am steering away from the traditional stripe combos and translating them into larger scale bold floral's. I am also mixing in appliqués to go alongside to make the range more tactile and fun!

I have been working on a few prints for this theme now. Below is a sneak preview! If you want to purchase prints under this theme please contact me on 07941 205 063 or emikiddy@googlemail.com to book an appointment. Also, feel free to leave comments too!

Kids Fashion Illustration

After designing many beautiful ranges over the past few years I though it was about time I had a go again at illustrating them to bring them to life! Here is a first attempt at a boys cruise theme I worked on a few months back!

Colour Palette

The Line Up!

College Leagues - Boy's - Autumn/Winter 2012/12 Trend

Here is an american theme collegiate range I have created for Autumn/Winter 2012/13. It is inspired by American heritage and collegiate sports. As this is a graphics theme that contains a lot of typography I have tried to give it a vintage/retro feel by drawing all my fonts up so that they appear almost painted on. There are also a lot of textures and distresses to give a vintage theme to the print techniques. I have mixed all prints with badging and appliques to add a little texture and so that the prints don't look so flat.

I have been working on a few prints for this theme now. Below is a sneak preview! If you want to purchase prints under this theme please contact me on 07941 205 063 or emikiddy@googlemail.com to book an appointment. Also, feel free to leave comments too!