Final Designs...

Here are my final designs for my current project 'Digital Image Making'. I am pleased with my final designs however I feel that they could have been better and I could have taken more of an experimental approach to my work, however with this being such a short project (only three weeks) I found my self struggling with time. I also feel that the designs are a little repetitive as the garment shape is the same throughout the collection, however I feel that the print designs work well. 

What do you think?

ALL ABOVE IMAGERY IS MY OWN WORK. PLEASE ASK MY PERMISSION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUBLISH ANYWHERE ELSE THANK YOU. 

Tutorial...

Had my tutorial again today which went great. I now know exactly what i'm doing with this project and my work is going in the right direction. So far I have a sketchbook full of ideas and inspiration. I have a colour palette, I have sourced fabric, and started my print designs, all of which I said I would have done by this week. My original market was 'All Saints' but last week my work wasn't really fitting the 'All Saints' brand. This week I gave more thought to which brand my work could fit into and I have found a way to make it fit 'All Saints'. I am going to look at unisex clothing, and mens suits as inspiration, as in pre-war times, women would alter their husbands suits to fit them, as there was a limit on fabric. My print designs are ok aswell, I just need to play with scale and push my ideas. I said last week I wanted to bring the 'Make Do and Mend' theme back into my work, I have decided to do this with print.

So to do by next Thursday:

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  Finish print designs
  
  
  
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  Play with scale and placement print
  
  
  
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  Screen print some small samples
  
  
  
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  Digitally print
  
  
  
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  Photograph sewing machines in the 'All Saints' Market Street window
  
  
  
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  Look at unisex fashion
  
  
  
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  Analytical drawing
  
  
  
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  Design garments/Fashion illustrations
  
  
  

The Traditional 1940's Silhouette

I have started to look at the traditional 1940's garment and silhouette shape so I can start to design my own garments. I think that these photographs are a good representation of 1940's fashion. I like a lot about the 1940's silhouette. I like the strong shoulders and the way the garment comes in at the waist and ouffs out at the hips. I think it can be a good starting point my my garment shapes for my project.

'Most women wore skirts at or near knee-length, with simply-cut blouses or shirts and square-shouldered jackets. Popular magazines and pattern companies advised women on how to remake men's suits into smart outfits, since the men were in uniform and the cloth would otherwise sit unused. Eisenhower jackets became popular in this period. Influenced by the military, these jackets were bloused at the chest and fitted at the waist with a belt.'

Images and quote from flickr and a very interesting blog I came across.