Fabric painting in Fashion

Over the years many designers have used painting on fabric as a technique to creative individuality and add colour, pattern and print to a design. 
I like this technique because I can be much more experimental with it using drawing methods completely original. It’s also hard to tell what the outcome could be.

Printing with a screen

This is how I did it:

For painting on the screen:

1.Mix Procion dyes to paint with

2.Turn screen upside down

3.Paint onto the screen and let it dry.

4.Once dry place fabric underneath with screen on top.

5.Then using paste for the painting on a screen technique (recipe found in textiles handout) we used that with a squeegee to print with

6.Then once dry let it go into the bullet steamer and then take out and let it dry

Designers that have used this method in their work:

Burberry’s Fall 2014 collection was fully hand painted, from the scarfs, dresses, iconic trench coats to the shoes and cardigans. Everything layered together with hundreds of pieces constructed in a range of fabrics and silhouettes. The collection was very boho and inspired as the “Bloomsbury girls.”

Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2008 collection inspired by Water Lilies with paintings by Claude Monet. The collection held a lot of volume and colour similar to that of Claude’s paintings.

Dolce and Gabbana was also inspired by Fireworks photographed by Nicholas Martin. They were inspired by artwork and photographs.

Painted Fabric Pattern by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel SS2014. This was inspired by art. Karl used different methods of printing across fabric and then pleated, cut or draped the fabric in different ways throughout the collection. He also painted the colours in blocks across the fabric.

Jean Charles De Castelbajac Spring 2014

He made a vibrant exploration to produce something eye-catching with painted silks and satins.

Christian Dior Haute Couture fall winter 2012-2013 by Raf Simons. This is a Strapless dress made of pink red black and green hand painted fabric. The full skirt appears lighter than the Corolle shape that Christian Dior created for his first collection in 1947.