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How to make a repeat Pattern

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Louis Vuitton pattern

Louis Vuitton the famous luxury lifestyle brand has create a repeating surface pattern that is distinctive and iconic to its brand worldwide.  This instantly recognisable pattern design creates a strong brand presence, how often have you noticed someone with a Louis Vuitton Bag or purse on the street – likely quite a lot and this is because of the striking pattern that is eye catching thus creating brand awareness.  The striking pattern has become part of the company image and  so if anyone (and we know they do) were to copy the design, it maybe mistaken for a Louis Vuitton product.  

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How to make a repeat Pattern

On a clean piece of paper draw a design in the middle of your paper without letting any of the drawing touch the edges- this is very important. Get something that inspirers you, go to places, museums, zoos etc.)

Once you finish the middle space as much as you want you are going to cut your drawing in half-but that’s why computers are helpful.

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How to make a repeat Pattern

Next you are going to cut your drawing in half again the other way- (yikes!) and flip those pieces and tape them back together. Now your design should be on all the edges only and you have a big middle white space. Now fill this space with the rest of your design. Remember again- do not draw to any of the edges of the paper.

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How to make a repeat Pattern

Once you finish filling in all the parts you want to fill in you now have your repeatable tile. You could colour this tile and then Xerox it many times and line up your design- plaster it on your walls and make wallpaper. I am going to cheat and do the final coloring steps in the computer to finish up my design. I am going to scan my drawing, take it into Adobe Illustrator, color and repeat it there.

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Sewing machines

A variety of different inventors worked on devising the earliest sewing machines or on innovative designs for the needles for use in early sewing machines. Early machines did not attain any popularity for a variety of reasons, including limited functionality, difficulty of use, size and appearance of the machines; but an 1850 machine eventually popularized the idea of sewing using a machine.

Hand sewing motion and opposition

Howe and Singer

Early attempts

Thimonnier and Appearance

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Colours that go A standard color wheel is a

circle of twelve colors arranged in such a way that each warm color, red through yellow, will have as its opposite a complementary cool color, blue-green through blue-violet. Color wheels have a long history, going back to Sir Isaac Newton in the 18th century, Goethe and Chevreul in the 19th century, Munsell, Ostwald, Itten and Birren in the 20th century, and many others. Artists use the wheel for varying purposes.

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Designer brands

All of us fashion aficionados may believe that we know all about our favourite brands and can even talk about them in our sleep. However, there are so many surprising facts you may have never heard of. We help you brush up on your GFK (General Fashion Knowledge) with some cool truths about these tops fashion brands and designers.

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Louis Vuitton

The French fashion house is the top most luxurious brand in the world. You may own Louis Vuitton products and may think you know a lot about the brand, but did you know these facts:They have legally trademarked their famous striped pattern as well as the colour combination that is their signature. This can prevent other companies from stealing their designs.99% of Louis Vuitton merchandise in the world is fake.The handles and piping of your LV bag are made from cow-hide leather that is a light tan colour with the edge dyed red and yellow stitching. After using your bag for a few weeks, the leather handle will change colour to a darker brown. If it doesn’t , then it’s a fake.Louis Vuitton burns all their unsold bags at the end of the year.  This drastic measure maintains the exclusive and high-end nature of the brand.In the American city of Nevada, LV has 5 boutiques all on the same street. That’s how popular the brand is!

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Did you know your Louis Vuitton bag isn’t as delicate as you think it is? Each bag goes through countless durability tests like being dropped from a height of half a meter for 4 days straight with a weight of 3.5 kgs inside, among other endurance tests.

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Karl Lagerfeld

The iconic Creative Director of Chanel has also designed for other brands like Fendi and Chloe. Here’s more about the German maestro of design other than his trademark white hair and dark sunglasses.Karl doesn’t have a mobile phone. He prefers to write notes to people or fax letters.Karl designed the wardrobe of Madonna’s Re-invention world tour.He collaborated with fashion brand, H&M in 2004 for a collection that was sold out at their outlets within 2 days.He owns over 100 iPods and has a special custom-made Louis Vuitton bag to keep them in.Karl has a penchant for literature and maintains a personal library. He also owns a bookshop and publishing company in Paris called 7L.

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Karl Lagerfeld

He has caused quite a few controversies thanks to speaking a bit too much of his mind, like publically stating that Adele is ‘a little too fat’. He also caused fury throughout the UK after claiming that Pippa Middleton does not have a nice face and should stick to showing her backside.  He later issued a statement of apology.

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Marc Jacobs

The American fashion designer who heads his own label, Marc Jacobs as well as a diffusion line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, is also the Creative Director of Louis Vuitton. We already love him for being fashion’s most coolest and influential designers, here are a few more reasons that make him even more endearing.He made his acting debut in the film, Disconnect that released in America in April 2013.He’s openly dating a male porn star who’s half his age and doesn’t care what the world thinks.He has 28 tattoos of the most random things including an M&M’s character, a simspons-style cartoon of himself and also one of Spongebob Squarepants.He’s a complete dog-lover and has also named a perfume after his former dog, Daisy and also has a tattoo of her.Inspite of being ultra talented, Marc has had his share of self-esteem issues and has also battled an alcohol and drug addiction, namely heroine. Luckily, he’s kicked the addiction and has been clean and sober for over 5 years now. At age 50, he shows no signs of slowing down.

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Gucci

Gucci is the biggest-selling Italian brand, no surprise there! Considering that it is probably the first fashion-related word you heard when you were young, you probably thought you know the brand well. Well, you’ll be surprised to know these facts then:The Guinness World Records named the Gucci ‘Genius Jeans’ as the most expensive jeans in the world.The company has suffered from some terrible times including the murder of one of the brothers behind the Gucci family over inheritance issues as well as an invasion of first-sopies in the market which almost led them to bankruptcy. Luckily, the brand survived through all this and is today, one of the most profitable companies in the world.Gucci has partnered with UNICEF since 2005. Their stores across the globe donate a certain percentage of sales towards the United Nations Children’s Fund.Tom Ford was appointed to turn around the company during difficult times  as Artistic Director in 1994. He held the position till 2005 and is mainly responsible for making it the super successful fashion house it is today.

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Michael Kors

His name has become one of the most recognizable names in fashion in the past few years, but there still so many things we don’t know about this genius of style. The first thing he ever designed was his mother’s wedding dress

for her second marriage when he was just 5 years old. He was born as Karl Anderson Jr, he was known as Chuckie when

he was a toddler and changed his name to Michael at age 5. At the young age of 11, he opened a shop in his basement called

the Iron Butterfly Boutiqe, selling handmade leather bags and copper bracelets.

He was discovered at a birthday party by a television producer and become a child actor, appearing in several commercials for well-known brands.

He claims that his secret to success is that he loves women. He loves working with women and feels the biggest compliment is when a lady says she loved how she looked and could sit and move freely in his creation.Finish fashion

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Sewing machines-Early Attempts

Charles Weisenthal took out a patent for a needle in London in 1755. Nearly 35 years later, English cabinetmaker Thomas Saint invented a machine generally regarded as the first actual sewing machine. Other innovators included Josef Madersperger, Thomas Stone, James Henderson, and John Duncan---although Duncan's machine was a machine for embroidery versus general sewing.

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Sewing machines- Hand Sewing Motion and oppostiton

Hand sewing motion Early sewing machines tried to mimic the action of hand sewing, an approach which had limited effectiveness in terms of the results of machine sewing. The difficulties with the earliest sewing machines included size, weight and difficulty in setting up the machine for sewing projects. The first sewing machine that did not try to replicate hand sewing action came about in 1833 in America, designed by Quaker inventor Walter Hunt.

OppositionThe arrival of the practical sewing machine invented by Thimonnier met with serious and even violent resistance at the time. Craftsmen tailors viewed these machines as something that would put them out of work, and the tailors stormed Thimonnier's facilities on more than one occasion, eventually forcing Thimonnier to flee to England with only one machine.

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Sewing machines- Thimonnier and Appreance

Appreance Another drawback of the earliest sewing machines came in the form of appearances. Many of these machines looked like a "medieval instrument of torture" as described at the Sewalot website. This off-putting appearance may have helped to delay the advent of popularity of the sewing machine.

ThimonnierIn 1830, Barthelemy Thimonnier received a patent from the French government for a sewing machine with a barbed needle and built almost completely from wood. Originally designed for embroidery, Thimonnier recognized the potential for use as a sewing machine and put these machines into use in sewing uniforms for use by the French army. Thimonnier's machines qualify as the first practical sewing machines, the first sewing machines sold commercially and the first used as the basis of a garment factory as described at the International Sewing Machince Collectors' Society (ISMACS) website.

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Sewing machines- Howe and Singer

Howe and SingerThe sewing machine came into mainstream use through the efforts of two other inventors. Elias Howe of Massachusetts completed a prototype of a sewing machine in 1844 but failed to interest the public in the idea of mechanized sewing. During an interval Howe spent in London, Isaac Singer manufactured and marketed sewing machines using aggressive sales tactics that helped popularize the desirability of sewing using sewing machines. Singer and others, however, had achieved their success in the making and marketing of sewing machines only through violations of Howe's patents: a trespass Howe filed various suits to address. However, as described at the Sewalot site, in actuality Singer's 1850 machine did qualify as the best machine of that time and included features still used in sewing machines today such as treadle action.

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Best fashion designers in these 3 years

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Victoria Beckham Alexander mcqueen Alexander mcqueen

Gucci Louis vitton Cath kidson

Marc Jacobs Gucci Louis vitton

Karl Lagerfeld Cath kidson John richmond

Cath kidson Karl Lagerfeld Gucci

Louis vitton John richmond Marc Jacobs

John richmond Marc Jacobs Karl Lagerfeld

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Batik and Tie Dye are resist decoration techniques that can be used to add pattern to fabric.

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Which colour is next to pink on the colour wheel?

Purple blue

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What is Louis Viton's pattern called?

Designed pattern Repeat pattern

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