Shape shifter: Calico Wallpaper designs made wearable

Calico Wallpaper has teamed up with the digital fashion platform
(Image credit: R Smith)

The Brooklyn-based studio, Calico Wallpaper, has spent the last few years shaking off the fusty reputation of wallpaper as a whole. What started as an experiment to turn unique, handmade patterns into large, non-repeating wall murals has spawned an intoxicating collection of marbled, chromatic and gilded works that are atmospheric, textural and chic all at once. Produced with the help of digital enlargement, no two installations are quite the same. 

That is until now. Calico Wallpaper has teamed up with the democratic digital fashion platform, Print All Over Me, to replicate some of their most recognisable designs in wearable form. Depicted on a selection of Print All Over Me’s product silhouettes, the collaboration is comprised of clothing, accessories and home goods that display Calico Wallpaper’s artistic patterns in true unadulterated fashion.

Whether it’s the whimsy of their ombré Aurora design, captured in cotton oxford shirts for men or blousy silk dresses for women, or its gilded marbled pattern that boisterously appears on cushions, hats, jumpsuits or sweaters, the offerings are ripe for the picking. 

The collection is on sale exclusively at the Brooklyn boutique Swords-Smith within a specially designed installation in store.

Print All Over Me’s product silhouettes

Depicted on a selection of Print All Over Me’s product silhouettes, the collaboration is comprised of clothing, accessories and home goods

(Image credit: R Smith)

digital techniques to bring the patterns to life

Print All Over Me, a platform that helps emerging designers realise their creations, uses digital techniques to bring the patterns to life

(Image credit: R Smith)

cushion featuring Calico marbled print

A cushion featuring Calico Wallpaper's signature marbled print

(Image credit: R Smith)

The collaboration includes offerings

The collaboration includes offerings for both men and women

(Image credit: R Smith)

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The collection is available online or in person at Swords-Smith boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ADDRESS

Swords-Smith
98 South 4th Street
Brooklyn

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Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor at Wallpaper*. Born and raised in Singapore, she has been a New Yorker since 2013. Pei-Ru held various titles at Wallpaper* between 2007 and 2023. She reports on design, tech, art, architecture, fashion, beauty and lifestyle happenings in the United States, both in print and digitally. Pei-Ru took a key role in championing diversity and representation within Wallpaper's content pillars, actively seeking out stories that reflect a wide range of perspectives. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children, and is currently learning how to drive.