Author Archives: ThunderLily

Fashion Design Competition: What is next?

Who is the next ThunderLily designer?
What happens next?
Stay tuned to this page to find out. We will be posting the timeline, announcing the winner and chatting with you about your great designs on this page.
** The winner will be announced on Friday May 25th.

We are also thrilled to announce that we will be opening a [...]

Silk Fabric

Silk floats. As you walk it follows you, like a devoted compliment. In silk you can do no wrong. As it moves around the body it caresses, flatters and smooths. The soft, luxury of silk makes you feel elegant beyond comparison and graceful beyond imagination.
As you walk down the street in silk, heads turn, [...]

Helpful Tips for the Fashion Design Competition

With just over two weeks to go to the Fashion Design Competition deadline, the excitement is building.
The designs are rolling in and we just love all of them, choosing a winner will be very difficult.

Click here for the Rules and Guidelines for the Fashion Design Competition or to ENTER THE COMPETITION
What are we looking for?
There [...]

Be an EARLY ENTRANT to the Fashion Design Competition

Why be an early entrant for the Fashion Design Competition?
The winner of the competition will be collaborating with us, albeit remotely, as we create the patterns for their designs before we have them produced. This means that we will be building a relationship with our first designer, finding out how they work, design and think [...]

Understanding Color in Fashion Design

Aside from cultural and personal interpretations of color, there are physiological associations, which often stem from nature.
For example, blue skies represent clarity and calm, red is the color of fire and blood and therefore associated with anger or danger, yellow is the sun and sand and represents happiness, brightness, but also calm.

Similarly the choice of [...]