Making of a Chanel Little Black jacket:
Although it isn’t couture, this video has great insight on how a Chanel garment is made. It may not be couture, but it is extremely tedious work. One of the best things about this video is that the clothes are worth the price. You don’t see them working in a sweat shop in China being paid barely anything and having to operate painful, sometimes dangerous, machinery.
Watching this makes me so happy, constructing garments is an art in itself.
Mar 28th 64 notes
Not Bad For Paper!
Although my project is now over and my FMP has started, I’m still completely unaware of what I want to do (I just can’t seem to think) so I spent today doing something completely creative and fun, my favourite pass time, to occupy my mind. I dyed paper and the effect came out like washed denim, so I crushed the paper for texture and draped a corset with shirt detailing, I guess my last project is still on my mind! If i did take it off to stitch it I’d use typical mustard/brown jean stitching. I like the idea of it being a dungaree referenced leotard if it was to be made out of ‘real’ material, why not!
Mar 28th 4 notes
One of the Boys - Final Garment.
As we know my One of the boys (Androgyny) project was inspired by New York city club kids, I wanted to create something that incorporated there sense of whimsical fun and this Idea of dressing for attention. I knew the club kids where “creatures of the night” so I wanted to create a fashionable statement day wear look, my interpretation of what they’d wear to go shopping, or take the dog for a walk etc, above is my finished outcome. I created a silk satin polka dot jumpsuit with a low back and angled pockets (of which lead into the bodice darts as shown with red and yellow lines in the first photo of the third line) and a sugar coloured cropped-angle jacket (the buttons match the cuffs and the back, which are all yellow) its the first time I have really fell in love with something I’ve made, it certainly makes me smile, I hope it makes you smile too.
Mar 24th 7 notes
Lay Plan - Jumpsuit
I bought 2 x 2 yards of Silk satin charmeuse (4 yards in total) but it wasn’t very wide, so I could only fit one trouser leg on each piece of fabric (the fabric was both folded as some was cut on fold and the reset needed two of each) on the first bolt of fabric I had my front trouser, my front bodice, by back bodice, and the cut-away pocket back (shown first). On the other piece of fabric I had the back leg, the sleeve and the pocket bag. after facings had been cut out too I used up an entire bolt of fabric, I ended up with approximately under 1 yard of fabric left (roughly 3/4).
Mar 24th 0 notes
Lay Plan - Cropped Raglan Sleeve Jacket
I bought 2 meters of denim that I cut into three even pieces (roughly 66+ centimeters each) I layed the pink and blue fabric over one another and cut both sleeves, the front of the jacket and all the facings, the way I layed my pieces out left me with roughly a quarter of the fabric left after all the pieces had been cut out.
Mar 24th 0 notes
Leigh Bowery for i-D Magazine (June 1987)
I don’t think there could be a better marriage between my theme and my final outcome than my inspiration for this project being on the cover of the magazine I’m ”shooting for” how perfect! though it has to be noted that Leigh isn’t closing one eye in the great tradition of i-D magazine, however, Leigh being the ever different visionary he is, has the word “Porky” laid over the glass lens of one eye, as of course he’s dressed as a Rump British Pig, obviously.
Mar 18th 8 notes
Pandemonia @ London Fashion Week
I love Pandemonia and the concept of human art, when it comes to gallery’s I dislike walking around an eerie room looking at paintings on a wall, I find them so “Lifeless” and “uninspiring”. Pandemonia is my type of art, dramatic, interesting and alive! (Ignore the puns) this very much fits into my theme. You could say Pandemonia is a modern day club kid, dressing for attention but all with good reason and intentions, it is Art after all! (this is also a great way of presenting work)
Cropped Raglan Sleeved Jacket Toile & Experimentation
For my Jacket I knew I wanted a raglan sleeve, I love the way they look, and I was sure It would be cropped but apart from that I wanted to try and test various other things to see what I would like. First thing I did was cut the back straight across and shorten it, but in the front I decided to try an angled detail, which I really like!. I then made the shoulders much sharper but I wasn’t too keen on how they looked, it came across slightly costume but not in a good way, so I folded the point down to create an envelope shape and I hangs really nicely. I really liked how it looked when abbie tried it on (pictured first). All that’s left to decide is what collar would I like (or maybe not as I quite like the round neckline) and how should I fasten the point down (with stitching detail? buttons? embellishment?) we shall see!
Mar 5th 0 notes
Bigger is Better - Versace Menswear s/s
I love huge bags, They’re not just fashionable but incredibly useful, I loved the size of this particular bag in the versace menswear show and I have drawn over it the bag I would like to make for my accessory. I also adore a good clashing print!
Mar 5th 0 notes
What should be On Set
I really love her graphic leopard print jacket, but more importantly I love how the background has been used as a way to bring in colour and art. We can present and communicate fashion in many ways and I like the idea of having two in one, I think this idea would make for a very fun and quirky ID Magazine Cover
Mar 5th 438 notes
