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What is it that fuels you? For me, it’s Fashion & Design. I love writing about my passions, what interests me, what interests others, and sharing all of my thoughts with my readers.

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Hi, My name is Alen Biju Varghese, and I'm a Textile Design student at NIFT Chennai.


This blog is truly my own little passion project. I hope you enjoy browsing my site and all of the versatile content I have to offer. Take a look around; perhaps you’ll discover what fuels you as well. Read on and enjoy!

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Textile Design

About my Core Area

We are all told, “Fashion should be a form of escapism and not a form of imprisonment”; I am here to do just that.

Textile design serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this innovative world. So, sit back, relax, and read on 

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Print Design

Core Subjects

Print design, a subset of graphic design, is a form of visual communication used to convey information to an audience through intentional aesthetic design printed on a tangible surface, designed to be printed on paper, as opposed to presented on a digital platform. A design can be considered print design if its final form was created through an imprint made by the impact of a stamp, seal, or dye on the surface of the paper.

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Textile printing is the process of applying color to fabric in definite patterns or designs. In properly printed fabrics the colour is bonded with the fibre, so as to resist washing and friction. Textile printing is related to dyeing but in dyeing properly the whole fabric is uniformly covered with one colour, whereas in printing one or more colours are applied to it in certain parts only, and in sharply defined patterns.
In printing, wooden blocks, stencils, engraved plates, rollers, or silkscreens can be used to place colours on the fabric. Colourants used in printing contain dyes thickened to prevent the colour from spreading by capillary attraction beyond the limits of a pattern or design.

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Surface Embellishment

Core Subjects

Surface embroidery is any form of embroidery in which the pattern is worked by the use of decorative stitches and laid threads on top of the foundation fabric or canvas rather than through the fabric; it is contrasted with canvas work.

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Fashion Advice: Colour Combinations

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Nailing the right clothing color combinations can enhance your appearance tremendously. By merely pairing the right colors together, you can achieve a balanced and complete look. So, if you want to give your style a boost, there's no better way than to be more thoughtful in the tones you choose to wear.

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Orange and Navy

Colour Combination

Navy goes very well with orange. The key to mastering these hues is to add neutrals (black, white, nude, gray, denim, gold, silver, etc.) since they are great for color mixing. You can wear a pair of tailored blue pants with an orange top and barely-there makeup for a fun outing with the girls, or a fitted navy blazer and orange dress styled with minimal gold accessories and nude high heels for date night.

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Tan and Maroon

Colour Combination

Tans and light neutral colours can be hard to style and leave you looking drab and rundown, but if you style them with a deep rich colour like maroon, you will have a match made in heaven. The key to keeping it exciting and suitable for all skin tones is to ensure you mix texture and hue so try a corduroy skirt with a satin camisole. And while fashion trends usually advise you to steer clear of keeping the same colour scheme from head to toe this is one look where you need not play by the rules.

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Pale Blue and Pink

Colour Combination

 Soft pinks and blues may sound subtle, but when styled in the right way, they can be as eye-catching as a bright pop of colour. This colour combination will remind you of the soft scent of jasmine and a warm spring breeze.


Try a soft blue cashmere sweater with a pink jacket for a day look that will melt away any remnants of winter. Layer your accessories and don’t be shy to add a combination of pastels. This colour combination works well with a statement shoe like a white stiletto to even out the colour palette.

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Introduction to Slow Fashion

 It encompasses awareness and an approach to fashion that considers the processes and resources required to make clothing. It advocates for buying better-quality garments that will last longer and values fair treatment of people, animals, and the planet along the way. 

Realistically, slow fashion and sustainable or ethical fashion have a lot of similarities. They are sister movements and follow the same general guidelines. The main difference with slow fashion is that it hones in on reducing consumption and production more specifically.

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Slow Fashion: Beginner's Guide

The past decade or so has seen a wave of change sweep through the fashion industry. An increasing number of brands are rejecting the principles of fast fashion and opting for a more sustainable approach to making clothes.

The term ‘slow fashion’ came about quite organically. It was coined by Kate Fletcher of the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, following the phenomena of the slow food movement. As with the slow food movement, Fletcher saw a need for a slower pace in the fashion industry.

Slow fashion opposes the fast fashion model that emerged around 20 years ago, in which clothes became cheaper, and trend cycles sped up. With brands like H&M burning many tonnes of unsold garments per year despite ongoing sustainability efforts to close the loop in fashion, it’s clear that this philosophy is a necessary part of the movement as a whole.

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 Characteristics of a Slow Fashion Brand

  • Made from high quality, sustainable materials like linen

  • Garments are more timeless than trendy

  • Often sold in smaller (local) stores rather than huge chain enterprises

  • Locally sourced, produced and sold garments

  • Few, specific styles per collection, which are released twice or a maximum of three times per year, or a permanent seasonless collection

  • Often made-to-order to reduce unnecessary production

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How is this slower approach changing the fashion industry?

From top end to small scale designers, the values that make up the slow fashion movement suggest a complete overhaul of consumption and production. As we have explored, this approach has inspired many changes in recent years, particularly in the production of clothing, but also in consumer behaviour.
And while there is a growing support for slow fashion, there is still a long way to go. To really support the slow fashion movement, we need to be a part of the growing movement of people looking beyond the “appeal” of the cheap, high turnover of fast fashion. We can maintain awareness of what a brand is really representing and focus on quality, not quantity by simplifying our wardrobes. As they say, less is more, right?

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