the skirt

after finally finishing our t-shirts and we had photographed them, we were then told to tear them apart. at first i was a little disappointed but after seeing my nearly completed skirt, im rather happy. at first we made some samples and then we went all the way and have made a skirt. im quite happy with the result. :)

cubism

we have looked into cubism and how it could possibly influence us in our work. there is a possibility of me using this but i am not entirely sure. if i do i may use segments of a picture of a house and construct it back together in a different way.

architecture and designers

we have researched into designers; yohji yamamoto, hussein chalayan, rei kawakubo, philip treacy, alexander mcqueen, ma ke wuyong, issey miyake, comme des garcons, gareth pugh and arkadius. we had to find a picture of the their work and then see which piece of architecture we could see within the garment/ outfit. i then researched further into rei kawakubo and yohji yamamoto.

architecture as inspiration

after being asked to research architecture from my chosen era, i decided to use images i had already collected from over the years of national trust properties from around the country.i found that most buildings look as if they could quite easily be placed into a jane austen period drama. for my mini sketchbook, i will look into these buildings more closely and do some in- depth drawings as well as quick sketches.

skirt and t-shirt designs

before constructing my t-shirt, i drew some designs using a simple colour scheme and an item that links all three - lace.
i then drew some designs for my skirt also using simple shapes and pastel colours

dyeing techniques

a technique we have practised is dyeing. we tried three different types of dyeing; batik, natural dyeing and tie dying to see which is the most effective for our individual projects. in my opinion the best for my project is batik as it creates quite a simple visual and i can use any pattern and most colours.

My t-shirts

For my range of 3 t-shirts i dyed all the t-shirts different pastel colours and the constructed a flower for each. i then added lace type material to all three to make sure they looked like a range of t-shirts. i then tried to take some professional photos of the t-shirts on my sister but i am not sure how professional they looked.

A2 Samples

Using the information i have collected in my sketchbook and the influence i have so far i have made 5 A2 samples.
the most effective in my opinion is the white sample with the 3D flowers and the white hand embroidered flowers. i think i will use these flowers in the making of my t-shirts and skirts.