A kind of 'Kitsch rococo' Balmain Spring Summer 2012 details

'Rococo wallpaper and bedspread patterns of glitzy Las Vegas hotel rooms'* - One inspiration cited as the source for the elaborate and aureate pattern play seen in this collection by the new Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing.




*Rebecca Voight review on vogue.it

Erik Madigan Heck x Rodarte

Found on the photographer's tumblr

Erik Madigan Heck x Mary Katrantzou

Decadence in setting echoes Katranzou's mildly ridiculous and almost, well, bad, elaborate digital prints. Photographer Madigan Heck captures the self referential nature of the repeated print in interiors and attire. Fine art traditions; the modern European aristocratic subject, still life florals, silk road graphics, colour blocking, Pointillism, oil paints, wallpapers, abstraction, photoshop filters? women in repose and women in movement, Dutch portraiture.

Colours of Water | Marco von Middelkoop

See the publication here in its full screen entirety.

Details of prints / patterns 2012 Spring Summer London New York Fashion weeks

1. Prabal Gurung 
2. Vera Wang 
3. Julien Macdonald
4. Preen by Thornton Bregazzi 
5. Diane von Furstenberg 
6. Diane von Furstenberg 
7. Altuzarra














8. 9. Matthew Williamson
10. 11. Vera Wang
12. 13 Peter Pilotto 
14. 15. Julien Macdonald






16. Jonathan Saunders 17. Reem Acra
18. Preen19. Matthew Williamson
20. 21. Mary Katrantzou

There are so many other amazing patterns and prints I've not included! This is just a smattering of what caught my eye.