FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY - 1ST PROJECT - CROPPED SHIRT

Ok, so here's some photos of my cropped shirt!

Throughout the past few weeks in construction workshops

we've gone through steps of making different parts of the shirt.

 

Left: collar and front shirt placket with buttonholes.

Right: symmetrical darts in the back of the shirt.

Left: welt seam on the shoulder with slight gathers in the sleeve head.

Right: continuous shirt placket.

 

Left: side view of the garment.

Right: lap seam on the side and bust dart to the front of the shirt.

 

View of the shirt from the front.

 

I have now gone on to constuct my final shirt where I am going to include

french seams and shirt dress plackets. The theme is monochrome and I have chosen

to use black, grey, white and striped fabric!

 

TALBOT RUNHOLF FALL WINTER 2011/2012

I realize that I haven't posted in a while!

So just an update on whats been going on :)

I passed college and got into Falmouth University to study 

BA (Hons) Fashion/Performance Sportswear Design!

They set me a summer project; Shirts.

 This would then lead into my 1st project once I got there.

I had to explore the history, politics and different cultures within shirts, which I

found quite interesting once I got into it :)

But the best part of all was finding a brand/designer that had subverted the shirt!

I came across Talbot Runhof;

a duo mix of an American (Johnny Talbot) and a German (Adrian Runhof)

There Fall Winter 2011/2012 Ready-to-wear collection was to die for!
  It was also perfect as they had subverted the shirt!

Colours:
black, white, bronze, poppy and rosewood
Fabrics:
cotton, wool crepe, silk faille, silk georgette, satin, silk duchess, cashmere,
rabbit, organza and guipure embroidered sequin knits
Shapes:
structured and tailored or fluid
Lengths:
dresses generally hit the knee or ankle; trousers were very long and slouchy
Accessories:
platform heels by Larare, fedora hats by Antonia Zander and gloves by Roeckl

RED RIDING HOOD - COLLECTION ON THE CATWALK

My Red Riding Hood collection backstage at the fashion show and on the catwalk!

There not finished yet but still wearable :)

RED RIDING HOOD FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS

My two rough sketches of the two garments I'm making for Red Riding Hood.

I still have yet to create a background and finalise the illustrations.

PHOTOSHOOT LOCATION - RED RIDING HOOD

I've been searching for a while now for a photoshoot location for my final major project.

I've finally come across this old disused saw mill in Osmaston Park, Osmaston.

It's also surrounded by beautiful woodlands which would also be great

to do the photoshoot in.

Here are a few photos of the location, the photoshoot will be commencing

in a couple of weeks time!

OUTFIT 2 (FUR JACKET) - RED RIDING HOOD

An image of my fur jacket pattern pieces on the fabric.

Then below is a front and back view of the fur jacket

(which is unfinished at this stage)

This fur is difficult to work with as it gets everywhere and it's thick to cut!

It's good quality and is giving me the perfect look to my jacket.

I brought it from www.fauxthrow.com

OUTFIT 1 (DRESS BODICE) - RED RIDING HOOD

Below image is of my pattern pieces for the bodice of my dress (outfit 1)

layed out onto a heavyweight red wool fabric.

Below image is of the front view of the bodice of the dress.

It still has a lot of work to be done to it, this is just an update to show you how

I'm getting on with everything!

OUTFIT 2 - RED RIDING HOOD

I've been a busy bee lately, working hard on my final major project!

I've now got all of my pattern pieces together, all of my fabrics have been brought,

all of my toiles are complete... now I'm on to making the real thing!

A working pattern and a finished pattern for the front fur jacket (outfit 2)

Pattern pieces on calico.

Front and back view of the toile for the fur jacket (outfit 2)

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.