Week 12 - Personality into Fashion - Week 2

TUESDAY

Having gathered all my research, I used Tuesday to begin drawing out some of my rough designs. This included taking inspiration from my chosen topic; classic dolls, as well as, taking inspiration from some of the images I have gathered. The way I did this was, taking an image of a victorian doll, and singling out a detail on the dolls dress. This ranged from; the sleeve, collar and design pattern on the dress. I then drew out the detail and photo copied these 3 details a total of 8 times each. Cut them out, and used them to work on the stand.

I always find I gain my best ideas from working on the stand. It was something I had to grow into but I am so happy I did. From my stand work, I managed to create more rough designs in my sketchbook, these designs were far better than my first original designs, and included; tops, coats, shorts, trousers and skirts.

(My own photos)

WEDNESDAY

Having spent 2 days of last week, the weekend and yesterday completing roughs. I decided to select a number of roughs to be considered for my final line up:

(My own photos)

This would give me a clearer idea, of what clothes would match, and how my collection would look as a line up, before completely committing to one line up.







As well as a rough line up, I completed a design board. This board captured my inspiration behind my designs, as well as the colours and fabrics:




(My own photo)


THURSDAY

As the final day of the project, I had to finalise my line up, including front and back view of each design:

(Front and back view - my own photos)

After completing this project my tutor pointed out, that I should really be considering more exciting designs. I have an opportunity to design anything I want, so should be more adventurous. This is advice I will definitely take onboard.

Out of all the projects I have completed so far, I struggle the most with this one. That could be because this is the first time we were left to work on our project completely alone, I also feel I wasn't very confident in my research. Maybe I should have taken my project in a different direction. The most important thing is that I completed the project and I am satisfied with the end result. For the next project I know how important the research process is and will spend much more time on it.