Fashion &Textile Design
Presenting my philosophy on technology in fashion Anouk wipprecht is a big inspiration to me because of her work with car manufacturers and how she developed the automotive design into techno-garments
First Semester Year 2: Customer profiling so finding things that the chosen customer would have in a day to day lifestyle or what they’re like individually…
My customer chosen is very modern rides a motorbike, loves leather and dark denims wears biker jackets and is very empowered and strong. hence why I collaged “leading women’ into the picture to show she’s independent and able to make it by on her own
I chose some places she would shop too. places like diesel and saint Laurent and all saints. Top brands that are very similar in a way of dark washes and the biker/ leather inspiration running through them.
With this customer profiling I found myself wanting to relate and add things in from my personal future reference. I made her to be what I would like to be like.
My Denim Jumpsuit:
Made from Three different coloured Denims for contrast in panelling and white topstitching to add extra detail theres fastenings in different directions. In the picture the poppers are all done up making it whole however there is also a zip going through the waist bans that completely detach and make the garment a two piece to either wear separately or as a whole.
What you can’t see in this picture is that the trousers have a contrast of paneling slightly more blocked than ombre but the inspiration came from grey scaling. I then went on to add rivets in correct places to ensure no wear comes to the garment quickly.
I added inset seams cut away pockets inset pockets and gatherings to the piece to show the skills I have gained. I used curved panels straight panels and harsh cornered seams to make the final piece more exciting.
After drawing out back and front of each developed idea I have picked my line up of 4 garments. all different use of patchwork, leather panels, topstitching, zips, poppers and decorative seams.
Garment 1: Poncho with ribbed fitted asymmetric top flowing into a denim skirt with a leather front panel and raw edges paired with some high knee boots
Garment 2: Denim bomber and bootcut jeans jumpsuit/two piece. poppers down the front and then a zip round the waist hot pant like panelling and ombre inspires panels at the bottom which different colour denims
Garment 3:Big flared Culottes in patchwork with hot pants leather panels and a crop top shirt with rolled up sleeves with rips and raw edging and patchwork.
Garment 4: cropped Hoodie with drawstrings and patchwork sleeves and then hot pant seamed skinny trousers with topstitching and then the trouser legs have outside leather panels and inside dark jeans.
Using my initials E , L & R i have produced a few designs. All with functioning zips and pockets. decorative seams and a mixture of three different fabric colours. (black, Calico and black striped calico) i love fitted garments however a little more form to the body is always welcome… as long as its flattering – As seen on my image i have chosen and redrawn my final garment design ready for the creation of flats, cutting pattern and construction.
OVERLAPPING SLIGHTLY : We have started another project along side the missoni one for Levi ( Denim project) we have stated bringing in denim to draw and measure
I am slightly obsessed with drawing Technical flats. The denim jacket is definitely the best one i have drawn to date. This kind of mathematics i don’t mind as much. i will keep perfecting my skill of hand drawing flats aswell as starting to find my way with illustrator.
My final 4. I have added shapes and motifs into the portfolio page to increase the design detail and show what shapes were used and the colours aswell. i feel like by doing this my pages seem more fun and unique. i have used a similar technique to all 4 pages each having its own style by colour.
Hand made some Missoni inspired prints today! In love with the purple one! now time to start putting my collection of 4 prints all with 2 collaboration prints together on Photoshop for my portfolio!
Back to Uni Starting the Second year off with a project about a company called Missoni specializing in knits, patchwork and woven garments. New techniques were shown. This is my research map i have put together through researching things like futuristic and constuctivism along side missoni itself. Its all in connection with each other. I visited the missoni exhibition at the fashion museum in London and there were artworks and sculptures from futuristic and constructive artists. that i would later transfer onto Photoshop to create a page for my portfolio.
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