Trend Watch: Tribal Prints

Tribal prints are taking over the runway! This trend can be seen in the Spring 2011 lines of L.A.M.B., Anna Sui, and Diane von Furstenberg. An exotic mix of bold graphic prints, animal prints, African fabrics, ikats and batiks gives the clothing a memorable, striking style.


PC: Imaxtree/L.A.M.B.


PC: Imaxtree/Anna Sui


PC: Yannis Vlamos/ GoRunway.com/ Diane von Furstenberg

Paired with turquoise jewelry, wooden bracelets and beaded cuffed sandals, these native-inspired clothes can spice up your spring wardrobe.

Qi has embraced this tribal trend in our spring collection. Our cotton and silk Tied To The Tribe Dress and button-up Naturally Native Shirt are the perfect pieces to add a bohemian flare to your wardrobe.


Naturally Native Shirt - $115


Tied To The Tribe - $137.50

Shop this trend and others at QiCashmereShop.com!

Seen Front Row At Anna Sui

Actress Taryn Manning was spotted sitting front row at the Anna Sui fashion show during Fashion Week wearing the Eliza Fur Jacket from the Ainsley collection!


PC: Steve Eichner/WWD.com




The Eliza Fur Jacket is a faux yak fur shrug from the new Ainsley collection, launching Fall 2011.

Treasures of Syria

While Marc Jacobs flies to Morocco to get inspired, Anna Sui teams up with Anthropologie buyer, Keith Johnson, for an inspiration trip of their own! Together they venture to Syria to gain design inspiration from the markets of Aleppo and Damascus. Man Shops Globe shows the pair pushing through a "claustrophobic" market to look at the treasures of Syria. After deciding on some hand-carved soaps to bring back for a keepsake and ogling at glass chandeliers, Sui notes that “[i]t’s such a traditional culture, I don’t know how really to interpret it. Maybe it’s going to be more in the color.”

Check out the clip here: NYTimes.com

For Qi's Spring 2011 collection, design director, Karina Mazzilli, was inspired by nature's beauty. The four abstracts of nature--sky, earth, water and air--are inspirations that can be seen throughout the line. The collection draws inspiration from the depths of the seas, to the summits of mountains, to the grasslands of Africa, featuring nautical stripes and rompers with brass buttons, structured blazers with a utilitarian feel, and tribal prints that will instantly transport you to the humid jungles of Namibia.