Embroidery is one of the practices that is loved by all, no matter whether they actually master the technique or not. After years of no development phase, embroidery is now back with a bang and is being appreciated by people more than ever before. Traditionally, embroidery was only used as a technique to mend clothes. However, over a period of time, the technique has evolved to have much greater importance that that – now it is also used in the professional world to create beautiful and innovative designs.

This article takes a look at how embroidery trends and innovations have invaded different fields around the world –from branding to street art – and how embroidered designs helps fulfill the needs to different categories of people.

Wedding Embroidered Dresses

Wedding Embroidered Dresses

 

Embroidered wedding dresses came into notice when Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie wore her wedding dresses on her big day. Her dress has her children’s drawings embroidered on the back and on the veil and this was something that had never been created before. The creation of such a dress with the help of embroidered awakened the industry in a way that many designers now started to think about how they can incorporate such designs into their pieces.

Embroidering a piece of delicate fabric is a difficult thing to do. However, with sheer dedication, patients and hard work, you too can master the technique of crafting intricate designs on different kinds of fabric. To start off, a basic image can be digitized with the help of an embroidery digitizing software.

Embroidered Sandals

Embroidered Sandals

 

Addition of colorful, embroidered threads is a great way to give new life to your old sandals. A few years ago, nobody would have imagined that it is very much possible to embroider sandals too. And today, the practice has become so common that girls now customize their sandals in a way that they can easily redo later, without any hassle.

By adding embroidery thread to sandals, girls can make sure that their footwear match their clothing or the shade of the nail paint that they’ve put on their toenails. They can re-wrap the thread next week to match the changed toe nail paint!

Embroidered Handbags

Embroidered Handbags

 

Embroidery digitization can be easily used to give a new life to old bags of any shape and size. People love carrying different kind of bags while travelling, shopping, at the workplace or during a casual day out. A little bit of personal touch using embroidery to your favorite sling bag, laptop bag, shoulder bag or travel bag can help create an irresistible magic. It makes your bag look like a real accessory along with the clothes that you’re wearing.

Embroidered Jackets

Embroidered Jackets

 

Nobody could have imagined embroidered jackets becoming a big hit this year. But the fact is that, this trend is going to boom in the near future. Embroidered silk bomber is definitely in fashion and a number of international celebrities have already joined the silk bomber bandwagon. The popularity of the embroidered jackets can be attributed to the fact that they look good on anyone and everyone.

Embroidered silk bombers are not new. These kind of embroidered jackets became famous during the World War II, thanks to the Japanese soldier who had his Army bomber embroidered with colorful flowers as a memento from the country. An army of other soldiers joined him and started to flock tailors to get their jackets embroidered in a similar fashion.

Embroidered Watch

Embroidered Watch

 

Embroidered watches were first introduced in 2013. These watches had embroidered dials, crafted with delicate and pure silk threads. This type of embroidery was considered to be so innovative that an Artistic Crafts award was won by the Chanel at the 2013 Grand Prix d’Horologerie de Genève. Since then, Chanel has added a new collection of embroidered watches, with improvements being made with each installment.

Each year, new elements are included into the design. For example, in 2014, the use of gold thread came into limelight. The trend was followed by inclusion of beads and pearls to the design. However, creating such designs is not an easy task. New technology is developed with each improvement in design to ensure that the new element stays in place.