British Textile Week 22: Sourced Vintage Studio
07/02/2022
Sourced Vintage Studio is a trend-led vintage inspiration studio based in South East London that curates influential collections of antique and vintage garments, print references and embellishment swatches ready to be used in design direction. Sourced worldwide with a contemporary viewpoint the collection is ever-changing and ever-inspiring.
Led by trend forecaster Claire Foster, the studio primarily works with professionals in the fashion and interiors industry internationally from luxury houses to mass retailers.
For SS23
In anticipation of SS23 Sourced Vintage is presenting collections with a ‘Hyper Organic’ concept in mind. With consumers ready to embrace all of the benefits of summer and eager to take vacations, to party, to explore nature, the aesthetics of the season are amplified and reflect the full spectrum of summer. The anticipation of experiencing all that the summer season has to offer is underpinned by a digital ability in both craftsmanship and in representation online. Florals are hyper real, filtered and adapted, non-prints mimic organic patterns in a new saturated, meta-ready appearance and textiles and embellishments explore techniques with depth and texture that feel opulently rendered.
Innovation is core to this enthusiastic trend concept, and while new manufacturing processes are explored to create novel fabrics, shapes and components, Sourced Vintage Studio is looking back into its collection and finds inspiration in the antique. Victorian jacquard swatch books showcase amazingly textural and decorative references, print designs from the 1920s and 30s translate perennial florals in a dynamic, hyper-real way and antique garments present innovation in the context of design of intentional, problem-solving design and with some of the first examples of circularity in mind.