TURNING JAPANESE - GARMENT & ILLUSTRATION - 2010

Here is my garment that I created for my first college fashion project 'Turning Japanese'.

The previous blog explains the inspiration and base of this project.

My fashion illustration for this garment was inspired by Petra Dufkova and Katharine Asher.

Here are my research boards based on these two illustrators.

& here is my fashion illustration!

I used red and black ink to indicate the colour of my garment and let it run off the page because I was inspired by my research to do this; I felt it fit well with my project too.

TURNING JAPANESE - FUTURE BEAUTY EXHIBITION - 2010

My first college fashion project was called 'Turning Japanese'.

The research for my project was based around an exhibition I visited in London called "Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion". The exhibit, which was held at The Barbican, included the likes of Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, Junya Watanabe and Koji Tatsuno. We weren't allowed to take pictures in the exhibition as to not damage the clothing but I've managed to come across some snaps!

I came across a blog for this exhibition which contains a few more pics if you'd like to have a look then just follow the link - Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

FABRICS - RED RIDING HOOD

I was just browsing through my pics on my laptop and found these snaps of

fabrics that I may consider for my negotiated project of Red Riding Hood.

I came across these whilst on a visit to Manchester.

I am not definate on these materials, it's just abit of inspiration!

I also managed to gather samples of velvet and lace for my sketch book!

TAPING - CORSETS - SESSION 3

I realise I haven't posted in a little while so thought I'd update you on my technical session!

In the last session I learnt how to add shape to the corset by "padding" out the areas I wished.

Here's a few pics showing how I've done this on the stand.



TAPING - CORSET RESEARCH

I've created some rough research boards for my technical session based on corsets and Miss Havisham.

I don't partically like the way these boards are set out and will probably end up redoing them as I seem to have trouble with leaving a piece of work until I think it looks perfect!

Although only rough research, it has helped to inspire me with shapes and techniques for my project.



RED COLOUR BOARD - RED RIDING HOOD

As my theme for my NP is Red Riding Hood, an obvious colour for me to use in my designs would be red. Here is a colour mood board on red that I have created as part of my research.

I'm aiming to make my project edgy yet elegant. I want my garments to be harsh but floaty. I think the mood board is giving a sense of softness with the velvet material and roses, but it also seems very hard and mysterious with the blood and woodland area. 



2012 F/W MAKEUP TREND - RED RIDING HOOD

For my NP - Red Riding Hood, I've started to look at makeup ideas and the current trends. From this I've created a mood board (shown below). I want the look to be quite dark, bold, mysterious and dramatic. I feel it will compliment what designs I have very well.

TAPING - CORSETS - SESSION 2

The second technical session has been and gone and I decided to experiment one last time.

After getting the shape I wanted, I started to lift the pattern straight off the mannequin.

Pics below! :)

Here is the corset shape that I'm going to take a pattern from. I like

the symmetry on the front and think that its quite eye catching.

To get the pattern off the mannequin I've draped and pinned some material and then draw around the underlying shape. I'll then add seam allowance and notches to each pattern piece before sewing them together.



TAPING - CORSETS - SESSION 1

In my technical sessions at college we are currently working on a corset project. The idea is to use the method 'taping' and then take inspiration from Miss Havisham to create a decayed looking corset.

Here are just some practice pieces that I did to try and get used to the idea of taping.