This week, I continued looking into my research and developing it further to be able to create my final lineup and my final garment. Experimenting and exploring different ways of developing my idea further such as using on design or collage and then creating that in to a 3D toile on to the mannequin to help me problem solve which then helped me when making my final piece, to make sure that it worked. For my final garment I really wanted to focus on including signature pieces that make Victorian fashion. For example, volume sleeves, detail such as lace and mens fitted blazers. I wanted to set these as my base and then expand on those with the influence of present day clothing such as shirts and repeated patterns. I really like how I have purposely shown the raw detail on the outside, I found that on the first workshop on the stand and cutting the pieces of clothing and turning them inside out really opened my eyes to considering all aspects of the garments not just the outside. I also really liked using a blazer and cutting up the pieces, using the inner parts of the blazer such as the padding that creates volume and large shoulder pads. However, I could really develop more on the textiles side, playing around with the materials that I already have, weaving them together, sewing or printing another design onto the clothing with a pattern that I developed through my sketch book. On Friday we had a crit session which allowed me to receive feedback from my tutor and peers on what I could developed in my sketch book and my boards and final piece. They suggested that I could play with more colour testings and pallets on my boards and play with different colours on my final designs. Also that I could trace off silhouette ideas from the stand or images and then keep developing that shape further in my sketch book. However they said that I had a good extraction of shapes from my research such as primary and secondary and working on the stand and using those to then help develop my designs.
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