Mood Boards

A mood board is a tool used by designers to help them get a good idea of what their clients are looking for. Mood boards are basically collages of items such as photographs, sketches, clippings, fabric swatches and color samples. A mood board can be actual or virtual. A mood board is used by many different types of designers such as those in fashion and interior design.

A fashion mood board usually has sketches of garments as the main focus of the board. Fashion mood boards may also have magazine clippings or other sketches of what inspired the designer such as pictures of ocean waves for the design of a dark blue silk gown. Trimming details and ribbon could also be on a fashion mood board. (Examples from: fashioncapital.co.uk and www.fashion-era.com)

The Mood Board of Kristina Klarin

"I’m a freelance textile and fashion designer. I adore colors, but often find myself very limited by color schemes which repeat in my mind. For me, the best recipe against this mental laziness is to take photographs of seemingly insignificant things which often hide an infinity of fresh and surprisingly beautiful color palettes." (www.erayo.com/BlogEditors/post/2008/01/Kris-Mood-Board.aspx)

Hussein Chalayan

Hussein Chalayan was born in nicosia, cyprus in 1970. Chalayan is an internationally regarded fashion designer who is renowned for his innovative use of materials, meticulous pattern cutting and progressive attitude to new technology. he was educated both in Cyprus and England, at London's strict highgate boarding school. In 1993 he graduated from London's central St Martins College of art and design. He caused a sensation with his graduate collection decomposed silk dresses he had buried and exhumed. Since then he has produced more than 20 collections and twice been crowned british designer of the year (1999, 2000). Chalayan is inspired by architectural theories, science and technology. he famously produced a collection which included chairs and tables that became garments. (/www.designboom.com/eng/interview/chalayan.html)