When i had my Developmental stage assessment, one of my tutors said that I should add in more industry research as I hadn’t looked at the industry enough. She said to find designers that I had an interest in and that I would find inspiration for. This research really helped me when doing my customer profile, because it helped me to look at different designers that I liked, which gave me the insight on their customer profile and the ages in which they sell their clothing to. I would find this by looking at the people that followed the designers and also the models that they would wear out their clothing in or especially influencers on instagram that wear their clothing. Two designers that I found really interesting is Charlotte Knowles and Yuhan Wang. I really like Wangs style of draping, especially that some of the draping is left open so that you can see some skin, it reminds me of my nan curtains. However, I really became interested in the style of the gathers that she had on one of the garments. I became interested in the style of the gathering because it was sewn in different shapes instead of the traditional straight stitch.
I really like how the gathers have turn out. The one on the left I wanted to try the straight stitch but in different angles and a variety of sized gaps in-between. Then the one on the right sewing different angles to see how the gathers would come out whether it would be to much and confusing on a garment. However, I really like the variety of the sizing of each gather on both pieces and the shapes created by the stitching. However, I could develop this further by testing out different materials such as knit and maybe with a pattern to see if it works and doesn’t look confusing or make the pattern look weird.
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