I see pattern…

…at Gap Body!

First off, Happy Valentines Day everyone!  I absolutley love red, pink, and anything with HEARTS!  <3  Needless to say, this is my fave holiday!  I have been working part time at Gap for three Valentines Days now.  Each year, I have always admired the Vday prints that are on the PJ’s and undies in Gap Body.  These are a few snaps from this years collection!

I see pattern…

…at GAP!

Gap has THE cutest patterned button up shirts, right now! I just had to cover them on I See Pattern! As you may know, I have been working part time for GAP for three+ years now. In the three years that I have been with GAP, these may just be the cutest patterns we have ever had on anything! The colors are so vibrant and the prints are made of some of my favorite icons - cherries (that, by the way, are white, making them cooler than regular ole red cherries), back to school apples, birds, which have been flying around on every surface these days, and bright grass green viney leaves. I kinda bought them all… Is that bad? If my husband is reading this, he is saying YES! “Im sorry, honey, I have a problem, I know.” :) GAP is having a Labor Day sale that started today! So if you like these button ups, go shopping! Enjoy!

XOXO,

I am really in love with all the patterns GAP has chosen for their Spring/Summer collections.  I work part time at the GAP, so I am very proud of these floral prints and get to stare at them while I work making work a little less like work.  

I see pattern…

…at my fave store and part-time employer, GAP!

Gap, I love ya! This Spring 2013 collection is filled with PATTERN!!! My eyes are so happy!  And, of course, I already own most of what you will see below! Trouble! :)

XOXO,

I see pattern…

…on scarves at Gap!

I really really want this first one, btw!  :)  These are some images of patterns on the scarves that are at the Gap right now.  I get to look at these beautiful Spring patterns every time i have work.  Yay! Enjoy and go get one now bc they are leaving the store quickly!  :)  

I see pattern…

…on Trina Turk in Banana!

Hey Everyone,

I am sure you know already, but one of my favorite fashion designers, Trina Turk, did a collection for Banana Republic. I didnt go check it out in stores until it had been on the floor for a week or so. I wanted to wait until my Gap Inc. employee discount could be applied. :) For the first week, employees were not allowed to use the discount bc the collection was limited. They wanted actual customers to get first dibs. That worked for me bc I knew if I went when it came out, I would have bought too much and I would have paid full price for it. So by the time I made it to the store to check out all the fabulous Trina Turk prints, there wasnt much left (so I was limited in what I could buy) and I was able to get that employee discount! Just a few shopping tricks I use so I dont spend too much. If only money grew on trees, I would have been there opening morning! HAHA I just didnt trust myself! :) Anyway, a couple girlfriends of mine and I made a night out of it. Dinner, then Trina Turk at Banana! This is what I saw! Enjoy!

I especially LOOOOOVED the wallpaper background in the store! So cute!

This is one of the pieces I picked up! I can’t wait to wear this on a dinner date with my husband in Mexico this summer on our vacation (in two weeks)!

This image is a scarf that I held up to my friend’s black and white striped tee. Double pattern effect! This scarf is another Trina Turk item I bought! It is a great go to scarf that will add a pop of color & pattern to any outfit! Smart purchase! 

I loooooved the booklet that Banana Republic sent out to advertise the line. So I instagramed some of my favorite pages!

If you havent been to the stores to see the Trina Turk collection, I recommend you go asap. It was so beautiful. I cant wait for my beach vacation even more now!  haha

XOXO,

I see pattern…

…on Gap’s Holiday Marketing Campaign and Store Visuals!

As you all know, I work at GAP part time for some extra cash and just as a fun side job. I have been with GAP for a little over 3 years. This is my 4th Christmas Season with GAP. Each year they do a bang up job with the holiday visuals. You can see some of my posts I did on previous seasons at Gap here and here on my personal blog called WB Inspired. (Which btw I have put on hold bc I have been focusing on I See Pattern. :) 

Anyway, this year at Gap, the holiday decor has PATTERN on it!!! And so do some of the clothes. So I snapped a few shots and wanted to share the fun patterns with you! Enjoy!

BTW, some of these photos, like the one above, are Instagram shots I took for my store’s instagram account. As of right now, I am the only one running it. So if you like my instagram and follow @iseepattern then follow @gap_westvillage. :)

These are this year’s Holiday Gift Cards! Holy pattern, right?!? Aren’t they so adorable? I haaaaaad to get at least two of them to give as Xmas gifts this year! They open up and have the card inside. So clever, GAP! 

And so many to choose from!

Yes, I bought these star jeans! LOL

Happy Holidays, everyone. Head to Gap for some great gifts and to see all the patterned gift cards! hehe

XOXO,

I see pattern…

…on the inside of some GAP men’s shorts!

I worked tonight at my lovely GAP job.  I was putting out some new men’s summer shorts and noticed the inside had a lovely sailboat pattern paired with a stylized dot pattern!  First off I love the colors.  The Mint being my favorite!  And then you add sailboats!?!?  What a spectacular choice.  These patterns me wanna sail away! Enjoy!

I see pattern…

…even though it is camouflaged!

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Hey yall! How is everyone doing this Tuesday morning? I have a full day planned today! Starting my day out with this camo post here on I See Pattern! 

I recently noticed at Gap while unloading our Fall 1 shipment, that camouflage was repeatedly popping up! I was waiting for it, to be honest. Gap got some Camo printed skimmer skinnies last Spring and they sold out in a matter of seconds! So I started watching the trend and just knew it was going to be big for Fall. I feel like every Fall and sometimes Summer seasons, Camo plays some sort of a part. This pattern is another one of those prints that is always needed each season. As a Textile Designer, you will be challenged every season to come up with more camo options that are different and better than your last season collection! This year, I predict camo will be bigger than usual. Here are some camo prints I saw at UO and Gap that are already hitting the stores for Fall. The more we get into Fall/Winter, the more camo I think will appear. It’s already everywhere! Enjoy!

Urban Outfitters

 Love mixing the tribal pattern with the Camo print!

Three very different examples of Camouflage above and another style below!

Classic Camo on the inside of some VANS! Pop of pattern. Love that!

Fall leaf inspired camo print.

Love this little print. Camouflage can be inspired by hunting gear or influenced by the military. You can really go a couple different ways with the trend. It doesn’t have to just be boring ole Camo.

VANS picked up on the trend apparently! ;)

I cannot tell you how many different camo prints I had to come up with for socks when I worked with legwear fulltime. I love these UO Men’s socks bc of the color choices. You have your typical camouflage olive greens and tans, but then they added the turquoise-peacock color with the normal camo colors. And, of course, I love the heel toe cuff that is colored a lovely orangey-red. These men’s socks are a great example of a pair of hip yet classic camouflage printed socks. 

Believe it or not, this back pack is not from Bass Pro. This is a great example of where the sport of hunting can be a huge influence in fashion. This was at UO! Love the fluorescent orange detailing, too!

Gap!

There was SOOOOO much Camouflage at Gap that I missed my time to take pictures. It was a little overwhelming! My iPhone just couldn’t take it. haha I did take a couple that you will see below. But, basically, Gap took a couple different prints and colored them out in a variety of color combos (mainly a warm, a cold, and a traditional). Then they put the prints on everything from clothing to accessories! A lot of it is already on sale, tho. I think they over did it and introduced it too early. Like I mentioned, Gap is now doing a Fall 1 and Fall 2. I think had they waited to put the camo trend more in Fall 2, It would have done a little better. Altho, I have to say, I still really liked everything! It is just too much for most customers, I think. People will only buy one item, not all of it, ya know?  Of course, the other day I did have a lady come in wearing the blue camo printed dress that is second on the top row in the image above. She came up to the counter wearing her indigo/navy camo printed dress and bought the traditional camo skinnies. haha She told me she can’t get enuf of the camo stuff! haha SO maybe there are some others, like me, that love and want it all! ;)

This is one of the three or so camo patterns that Gap has in stores right now. This is a blouse that is oh so cute! No maternity version tho. ;(

These were an update to the Spring skimmers that sold so well. I love the zipper add in update! These come in a peachy/pink colorway, as well.

If I weren’t preggo, I so would have had these mint Skinny Mini Skimmer Khakis! They are even mintier in person. I am not sick of mint, yet, but it is slowly dying. None the less, you gotta love a good camo print in a minty pastel colorway!

Love this dark indigo blue color option! And that jacket is too cute! Altho, gap, why did you do that jacket in all the colorways??? We will never sell them all. haha Love the blue and the traditional camo colored ones, tho!

Camouflage Pattern Book

One last thing before I wrap this post up!

I have this book of camo patterns with a cd of 100 royalty free eps files of camo pattern examples that designers are free to use in their artwork. While I was flipping thru the book for inspiration, I noticed a pattern that looked familiar. I had taken a pic of a shirt in UO that matches one of the patterns in my book! For the designers out there that work in house for a company, there are books like this that you can use on occasion. We had some at my last job, but I usually preferred to come up with my own art. But if I did use something like this, I always tweaked it a bit. Which is exactly what it looks like was done below. You can see the pattern in my book is much more detailed and tighter. The designer of the pattern for this shirt, took bits and pieces from the pattern in the book and made a much simpler pattern for the Tee. Pretty interesting. I see things like this in the industry a lot. Mostly bc I notice things more than the regular Joe bc I am a Textile Designer and it’s what I do and I love pattern! If you are in the industry or you just loooooove patterns like I do, you may see things like this a lot, too. Anyway, compare below! And a link to where you can find this book if you are interested in owning it is here.

Hope you enjoyed!

XOXO,

Well Merry Christmas!!!

I had so many patterned gift wrapping ideas for this season and well… ya know how it goes! Oh the holidaze… Oh life…

Since I ended up not DIYing any of my gifts this Christmas, I wanted to share last years’ that, well, never made it to the blog either… Okay, next year I will get it together! ;)

As most of you know, I had my very first born November 27th of 2013.  So this time last year, from Thanksgiving to New Years, I was like, “WHAAAAA?!?” Somehow in between back to back feedings and sporadic crying fits (and when I say “crying fits,” I’m not talking about the baby- new moms cry A LOT too, ya know - haha)… Thru all that craziness, I managed to pull off some pretty cute DIYed presents if I must say!  hehe

My apologies for the poor images.  I may have had a baby literally attached to me while taking these pictures, if you know what I mean… :)

Things You’ll Need

1. Good ole brown packing paper you can get from just about anywhere.  I get mine from either Lowes or Target.

2.  Any patterned paper.  You can find holiday patterned paper at any craft store!  Or you can design something yourself like I did for this wrap job.  I printed my patterns out on cardstock so I wouldnt have to tape the shapes completely down to the brown paper. 

3.  Yarn or any ribbon.  I used red yarn for these.

4.  Mini Candy Canes

5.  And tape, duh… ;)

That’s it!  It was really easy!

PS - I originally REEEEEAAAALLLLLLLYYY REALLY wanted to get these patterns I designed printed on actual wrapping paper to wrap my gifts with…  And, well, I did, buuuuut the print job was terrible.  If you know a good place/website to get your own designs printed on wrapping paper, please comment!

Happy Holidays everyone!  LOVE!

XOXO,