12 march

After a week of researching the following;

Trousers
Coats/ Jackets
Dresses

We once again utilised “design exercises” to pool as many ideas as we could, spending the customary 30 minutes on each garment. Jackets proved particularly successful and I was pleased to be able to produce 6 sheets of these. Trousers however, were very difficult for me, so I’ve focussed on practising my drawing skills over the past couple of days in order to overcome this slight issue.

I’ve now been able to implement my research and design development in creating a mini-collection for my designer. I balanced my considerations of his ethos and my own design skills to develop a print design for the garments, which consist presently of;

· 3 leggings/trousers
· 2 coats
· 2 jacket,

.1 dress.

5th march

5th march

During the lesson, we were set 30 minute exercises. From our previous research on skirts, shirts and sleeves we developed design ideas. (30mins skirts, 30mins shirts and 30mins sleeves). I managed to do 5 sheets of shirts, which I was very happy with, considering the previous week during the same exercise I found it difficult to pool my ideas. I think that practising these quick exercises is improving my performance significantly and will hopefully continue to do so.

Later on in the week I continued to research my theme, and found several new images. Taking a trip to London Central proved to be a successful day of research. I was lucky enough to spot a window display at Selfridges, presented with an Alice in Wonderland theme (contributing to the newly released film), in which the scene with the long tea party table and the mad hatter was created. This all fitted brilliantly with my theme, with vintage looking ornaments and objects stacked on the tables along with antiquated books, rugs and wooden chairs. On my way to the fabric shops, I came across a small shop crammed full of antique chandeliers and light fittings with gold details and crystals, I found the shop amazing and took many photos.

collars.cuffs and sillouttes...

During the lesson today we were given 30 mins to sketch as many collars as possible, then the same for cuffs ands silhouttes...