Fabric: Because Trend Union is so influential in the worlds of textiles and fashion, Klee finds herself constantly surrounded by fabrics, swatches of which are included the firm’s biannual color forecasts. Klee is obsessed with the book on the left by famed Japanese costume designer Emi Wada, which comes packaged in a frayed cloth binding. “Her book is about the making of fashion and fabrics. I am totally inspired by the layering of raw materials and things that are slightly unfinished,” she says.