FOMO Print | Womenswear Collection

A flat lay of multiple white cards featuring black ink block prints of various fern and leaf botanical patterns.
A grid of nine black-and-white graphic icons showcasing various latte art rosetta patterns on a light gray background.
A sheet covered in various sketches of the word
The text
A seamless pattern of ornate, electric blue foliage and swirling decorative lines against a solid black background.
Close-up of a person wearing a blue and black jacket with a swirling botanical pattern and white stitching detail.
Person wearing a blue patterned coat and sandals standing by a white wall and wooden floor.
Blue patterned dress with black waist tie and white cuff, shown from the side
Blue patterned pants with pleats, shown at the waist and hip against a light background
Person in a white patterned shirt with rings, standing against a light wall.

FOMO Textile Print Design

I am excited to announce FOMO, my third collaboration with independent fashion label CHORUS part of “High Risk Dressing/Critical Fashion” exhibition at RMIT Design Hub in Melbourne.

PROJECT BACKGROUND: Australian Fashion Design Council

The starting point of this collection was RMIT’s archival material from the Fashion Design Council.

The FDC (1983–1993) was a membership-based organisation established to support, promote and provoke avant-garde Australian fashion.


The aim of this collection is exploring Melbourne’s recent fashion history and designing a new collection in response to our contemporary cultural landscape.


After some research, CHORUS and I highlighted a few questions:


  • Australian dressing tradition?
  • Looking inside versus looking overseas?
  • Australiana iconography?
  • Melbourne culture today?


Independent vs. commercial (CHORUS self-reflective thoughts):


  • What if we don’t know who we are?
  • What if we don’t fit in with the other designers?
  • What if they won’t understand our brave / strange business model?
  • What if our aesthetic is not commercial enough for them?


Interrogating (“what if”) instead of providing answers to promote critical thinking in design practices; which led me to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), a very contemporary concept related to our fast and hectic lifestyle.

FOMO: Textile Design CONCEPT

I wanted to explore an Australiana print made from contemporary elements as well as the idea of cross influences between cultures (Spain and Australia). I decided to use decorative elements from the Catalan Modernism combined with a new form of Australian flora, the coffee flowers.


CHORUS provided the colour palette which I used to resemble the 80’s look and feel (a reference to the FDC) with a contemporary twist. Using the textile print and its colour palette in the background, I designed a lettering for the collection inspired by the neon sings from the 80’s.

PRESENTING THE FOMO COLLECTION

Each piece is locally designed, cut and made to order by Chorus. Digitally printed in NAARM/Melbourne. FOMO Coat (100% cotton sateen exterior with silk/cotton lining)

Services

Illustration

Textile design

Surface pattern design

Industries

Womenswear Collection
Fashion

Credits

Textile designer: Maria Montes
Client: Cassandra Wheat
Fashion label: CHORUS (AU)