Every designer’s got an eagle eye. We’re always watching and consuming, noticing the details. Thoughts like, her eyelashes uncharacteristically long, to woah, the brim of that hat’s asymmetrical in an 80’s-kind-of-way, to boy, the tip jar’s fuller than usual – maybe it’s the pop culture reference, are on constant loop during my daily commute.

Designers are trained to catch the obvious and less apparent commercial trends, then track their origins. Today’s feature pulls from yesterday’s instagram reel. We have rounded overlapping rows in three varying scenarios: as a vibrant leather clutch from Antik Batik, as a silk 2D tunic on the street in Soho and as a crochet basket from Calypso Home. Sometimes it’s easiest to document, review then compile. What’s your strategy?