Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Trend Board
I have completed my trend board, but I decided to re-do my board from the first time I did it. Here is my first board.
The reason I decided to re do my board is that as you can see on this board, there isn't a wide range of pictures and I don't think that the layout is appropriate for a trend board. I also didn't like the way I used the ink as I thought that it could have been used in a 'less is more' type of way.
Here is my new trend board. I think this board looks so much more professional and presentable, the images are a lot stronger and show off my trend so much more, the use of colour shows off my colour palette and the use of ink is a lot more effective. I have also placed a few fabric samples on my board as well which also adds to my trend and theme and shows patterns and textures off a lot more.
The reason I decided to re do my board is that as you can see on this board, there isn't a wide range of pictures and I don't think that the layout is appropriate for a trend board. I also didn't like the way I used the ink as I thought that it could have been used in a 'less is more' type of way.
Here is my new trend board. I think this board looks so much more professional and presentable, the images are a lot stronger and show off my trend so much more, the use of colour shows off my colour palette and the use of ink is a lot more effective. I have also placed a few fabric samples on my board as well which also adds to my trend and theme and shows patterns and textures off a lot more.
Story Board
Here is my story board, on it I have my influences, colours patterns fabrics and my target market.
I have started off by adding in some of the inspirations and where my whole collection started. I also added in words to show where I got my main inspirations from, the texture of and colour of the beetles, the silhouettes of the crystals and patterns and movement of the planets oil and northern lights.
I also added in my target market. My target market is high street, not low end or high end, just simply in the middle. I added images that to me showed the type of person I am hitting my collection at, students, graduates and people who have just started out into the world of work, that are on 18-25 thousand a year and ages 18-25.
Spare time consists of socializing, going to bars and clubs with friends and shopping on the high street. I have also put in a colour palette showing the purples greens blues and blacks I am going to feature in my collection. I have also placed on some fabric samples showing the colours patterns and textures I am going to use.
I think my story board is quite successful and features all of the key aspects within my collecton.
I have started off by adding in some of the inspirations and where my whole collection started. I also added in words to show where I got my main inspirations from, the texture of and colour of the beetles, the silhouettes of the crystals and patterns and movement of the planets oil and northern lights.
I also added in my target market. My target market is high street, not low end or high end, just simply in the middle. I added images that to me showed the type of person I am hitting my collection at, students, graduates and people who have just started out into the world of work, that are on 18-25 thousand a year and ages 18-25.
Spare time consists of socializing, going to bars and clubs with friends and shopping on the high street. I have also put in a colour palette showing the purples greens blues and blacks I am going to feature in my collection. I have also placed on some fabric samples showing the colours patterns and textures I am going to use.
I think my story board is quite successful and features all of the key aspects within my collecton.
Design Boards
I have just completed my two design boards. On each board, I illustrated two of my chosen outfits, front and back.
I chose poses that I thought were edgy and reflected my chosen target market. This is my favorite board as I really like the poses and the first outfit is my favorite out of the 4.
I specifically like the dress on this board as the texture of the galactic material really shows, I used ink and white acrylic paint.
I like my style of illustration and inks, I also used a skin coloured marker pen to add a bit more texture to the bodies of the fashion figures, just a line or shadow hear and there really adds a bit more mood and personality to my illustrations but without making the boards look too messy or busy which is where I have failed in the past.
I think to improve, next time I would maybe use some different media, maybe a different media on each figure to make the board look a bit more interesting.
I chose poses that I thought were edgy and reflected my chosen target market. This is my favorite board as I really like the poses and the first outfit is my favorite out of the 4.
I specifically like the dress on this board as the texture of the galactic material really shows, I used ink and white acrylic paint.
I like my style of illustration and inks, I also used a skin coloured marker pen to add a bit more texture to the bodies of the fashion figures, just a line or shadow hear and there really adds a bit more mood and personality to my illustrations but without making the boards look too messy or busy which is where I have failed in the past.
I think to improve, next time I would maybe use some different media, maybe a different media on each figure to make the board look a bit more interesting.
Toile Diary Short Jacket
Toile Diary for cropped jacket;
Firstly I started off patterning. I traced out a basic front back and sleeve block and then looked at my patterns and worked out how I would have to change them. My design shows the shoulder extending into a square shape and with the sleeve a right angle shape.
I decided to trace my patterns again and complete the changes on the second cut outs and stick them over the top of my original patterns so I could clearly see the changes.
Here it shows where I have drawn out the original pattern and then stuck the adaptions over the top.
Here is the front piece. I took out the dart at the top by slashing it and s[reading it open and adding it into the left side as shown. I also lifted the top by 1.5cm by slashing and spreading, and then lengthened the shoulder out by 3 cm and attached it back into the arm hole. I added a 1cm seam allowance all the way around.
I did the same with the back piece, but firstly I took out the dart at the top by rubbing it out and lengthening the shoulder by the same amount as the dart.I added a 1cm seam allowance all the way around except for the left long side which will be cut on the fold.
I then adapted the sleeve by making the sleeve head slightly higher by about 3cm at the top, and then taking the sleeve shorter up by about 10 cm making it a 3/4 length sleeve, but leaving about 3cm for a hem. I also made it slightly slimmer by taking an equal amount off each side and taking a diagonal line from the top of the sleeve to the new points at the bottom.
Then I cut them out of my calico. I started by taking my two front pieces and sewing in the darts.
Next, I sewed the two front pieces onto the back piece by the shoulder seams, making sure that I matched up the seams properly taking the 1cm seam allowance into account.
Then I sewed the two side seams together so that the basic body shape was put together just without the sleeves.
Now I had to start on the sleeves. Firstly I had to differentiate between the two which was the left and which was the right sleeve. Once I had done that, I sewed down the underarm seam on both sleeves with a 1cm seam allowance.
Now I had to pin my sleeves into the correct sleeve hole sides and ease it in so that it fit properly and all of the notches were lined up.
I then sewed the sleeve on removing each pin as I went and carefully made sure that the notches were matched up and the sleeve fit with a 1cm seam allowance. I did this on both sides.
With the sleeves sewn on, my toile was now looking like this;
Now I had to add the zip in. I am not going to use a concealed zip on my toile as I want some of the zip to be seen as a feature.
I open the zip and using a zipper foot, sewed the correct side of the zips to the centre front.
Now I had to add my hem onto the bottom of the garment. I folded up the bottom 1.5cm and pressed it, then I repeated rolling the hem up another 1.5cm. I then sewed across the bottom of the hem on the wrong side as cole up to the line as I could holding the hem securely into place.
I then did the same to the sleeves although this time I folded them up 1cm and then another 1cm so 2cm all together, pressed and sewed in place.
I completed all of these steps in my final fabric, which because of the thickness actually proved a lot harder than I thought it would be. I top stitched around the seams a lot to hold down the shape and the seams into place.
I had to make sure that on my final jacket, the inside was faced so that the sides and collar were neatly finished. I cut out my facing pattern using my original pattern, i cut out a shape to go around the collar, and both sides of the zip.
i literally sewed them onto the jacket right sides to right sides with a 1cm seam allowance.
I top stitched the seams to hold them down and also tacked the collar facing to keep it down. I haven't yet hemmed my jacket as I'm waiting to fit it to my model.
Firstly I started off patterning. I traced out a basic front back and sleeve block and then looked at my patterns and worked out how I would have to change them. My design shows the shoulder extending into a square shape and with the sleeve a right angle shape.
I decided to trace my patterns again and complete the changes on the second cut outs and stick them over the top of my original patterns so I could clearly see the changes.
Here it shows where I have drawn out the original pattern and then stuck the adaptions over the top.
Here is the front piece. I took out the dart at the top by slashing it and s[reading it open and adding it into the left side as shown. I also lifted the top by 1.5cm by slashing and spreading, and then lengthened the shoulder out by 3 cm and attached it back into the arm hole. I added a 1cm seam allowance all the way around.
I did the same with the back piece, but firstly I took out the dart at the top by rubbing it out and lengthening the shoulder by the same amount as the dart.I added a 1cm seam allowance all the way around except for the left long side which will be cut on the fold.
I then adapted the sleeve by making the sleeve head slightly higher by about 3cm at the top, and then taking the sleeve shorter up by about 10 cm making it a 3/4 length sleeve, but leaving about 3cm for a hem. I also made it slightly slimmer by taking an equal amount off each side and taking a diagonal line from the top of the sleeve to the new points at the bottom.
Then I cut them out of my calico. I started by taking my two front pieces and sewing in the darts.
Next, I sewed the two front pieces onto the back piece by the shoulder seams, making sure that I matched up the seams properly taking the 1cm seam allowance into account.
Then I sewed the two side seams together so that the basic body shape was put together just without the sleeves.
Now I had to start on the sleeves. Firstly I had to differentiate between the two which was the left and which was the right sleeve. Once I had done that, I sewed down the underarm seam on both sleeves with a 1cm seam allowance.
Now I had to pin my sleeves into the correct sleeve hole sides and ease it in so that it fit properly and all of the notches were lined up.
I then sewed the sleeve on removing each pin as I went and carefully made sure that the notches were matched up and the sleeve fit with a 1cm seam allowance. I did this on both sides.
With the sleeves sewn on, my toile was now looking like this;
Now I had to add the zip in. I am not going to use a concealed zip on my toile as I want some of the zip to be seen as a feature.
I open the zip and using a zipper foot, sewed the correct side of the zips to the centre front.
Now I had to add my hem onto the bottom of the garment. I folded up the bottom 1.5cm and pressed it, then I repeated rolling the hem up another 1.5cm. I then sewed across the bottom of the hem on the wrong side as cole up to the line as I could holding the hem securely into place.
I then did the same to the sleeves although this time I folded them up 1cm and then another 1cm so 2cm all together, pressed and sewed in place.
I completed all of these steps in my final fabric, which because of the thickness actually proved a lot harder than I thought it would be. I top stitched around the seams a lot to hold down the shape and the seams into place.
I had to make sure that on my final jacket, the inside was faced so that the sides and collar were neatly finished. I cut out my facing pattern using my original pattern, i cut out a shape to go around the collar, and both sides of the zip.
i literally sewed them onto the jacket right sides to right sides with a 1cm seam allowance.
I top stitched the seams to hold them down and also tacked the collar facing to keep it down. I haven't yet hemmed my jacket as I'm waiting to fit it to my model.
Friday, 15 March 2013
Friday, 8 March 2013
Galaxies and stars..
I started off my research by looking into space. I took a picture of a planet from my trend research and looked into starts and galaxies. I started to look at pictures and colours and I really liked the textures and patterns.
I would really like to find some galactic material to put into my collection and the colours and midnight blues and purples are very edgy and bold.
I would really like to find some galactic material to put into my collection and the colours and midnight blues and purples are very edgy and bold.
Shape development
In my sketchbook I have done some shape development to help me with my research. Ever since we learnt about shape development in first year I have always liked doing it as it helps me to move forward in my research and designs.
Here, I have done some shape development using crystals. This is my favourite shape development and I have decided to design my collection based on the shapes of the crystals. I really like the straight angled lines of the crystal shapes and I want to create straight lines and harsh angles in my collection, doing the shape development really helped me to come to this final design plan.
This shape development is with the beetles I researched. I originally researched the beetles for the colours and textures, but I decided to still do some shape development to still see if I could find any interesting shapes and gain some inspiration. I've decided that I don't like the shapes of the beetles but I do really like the colours and textures which I will want to portray in my fabrics and material.
Here, I have done some shape development using crystals. This is my favourite shape development and I have decided to design my collection based on the shapes of the crystals. I really like the straight angled lines of the crystal shapes and I want to create straight lines and harsh angles in my collection, doing the shape development really helped me to come to this final design plan.
This shape development is with the beetles I researched. I originally researched the beetles for the colours and textures, but I decided to still do some shape development to still see if I could find any interesting shapes and gain some inspiration. I've decided that I don't like the shapes of the beetles but I do really like the colours and textures which I will want to portray in my fabrics and material.
Holly Jeffry Galactic Collection
i have found a collection that I absolutely love, Its by Holly Jeffry who is an aspiring fashion designer just starting out in the business, and I can really see her getting far as she is very talented and original.
Here is her collection;
I think the material she has used is beautiful and I would really love to find some iridescent fabric like this. The use of colours is amazing and the whole collection looks very unique and futuristic. I particularly like the iridescent green and brown trousers and I have tried to find a contact email for Holly to enquire about the materials she used although I cant seem to find one.
I love every single garment and the collection has really inspired me to create a beautiful angled collection with as much impact at this one.
Here is her collection;
I think the material she has used is beautiful and I would really love to find some iridescent fabric like this. The use of colours is amazing and the whole collection looks very unique and futuristic. I particularly like the iridescent green and brown trousers and I have tried to find a contact email for Holly to enquire about the materials she used although I cant seem to find one.
I love every single garment and the collection has really inspired me to create a beautiful angled collection with as much impact at this one.
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