Overall, my time in this semester has been well spent learning and developing my knowledge of not only how to construct garments but also having the opportunity to design for a particular fashion designer has enabled me to understand much more about the fashion world. I was lucky to be able to design for the designer Roland Mouret. On first appearance of looking at his work I wasn’t too sure I liked his designs, I felt his designs were very simple. However, researching and looking more into his work I saw how he had constructed the garments, he designs garments that look simple and beautiful but they are very carefully conceived. I learnt to make garments fit the body well. Talking through my ideas to the tutors enabled me to achieve the look I wanted to achieve for my garments, the new tutor Alexis has enable me to understand how to make and finish garments to a very good standard, he helped me understand how the construction worked and why to construct in that way.
Attending the Tailoring class at university enabled me to understand how a tailored garment is constructed. Using my knowledge from this class I was then able to carry through the methods in my jacket for this module.
Over the past month I have been developing my designs to identify the garments I want to make. Over the last month or 2 I have been dedicated to my work, working every hour of the day that I could to complete and learn as much as I could. I have learnt that also working in fashion you do have to be totally dedicated and live and breathe it like I do, and things took a lot longer than I expected.
Attending the Tailoring class at university enabled me to understand how a tailored garment is constructed. Using my knowledge from this class I was then able to carry through the methods in my jacket for this module.
Over the past month I have been developing my designs to identify the garments I want to make. Over the last month or 2 I have been dedicated to my work, working every hour of the day that I could to complete and learn as much as I could. I have learnt that also working in fashion you do have to be totally dedicated and live and breathe it like I do, and things took a lot longer than I expected.
Illustration...
I have developed my ideas and produced a Diffusion range for Roland Mouret, this includes 2 cotton printed dresses, 3 silk printed scarves, 1 belt with a rustic gold buckle saying RM and a velvet box bag.
I developed my print designs creating a final print. I visited Fab Pad to decide what fabric would be used for my garment.
Wrong decision!
On previous fabric shops I had found some fabric that I really liked for my jacket and garments, the fabric was corduroy, however I slowly realised that this fabric wasn’t suitable for my jacket, I wanted my jacket to hang and fall in a wave naturally, Corduroy is a hard tough fabric, unable to hang in a natural way.
Final range plan...
I have developed my design ideas further, experimenting with new colour and fabric....
On previous fabric shops I had found some fabric that I really liked for my jacket and garments, the fabric was corduroy, however I slowly realised that this fabric wasn’t suitable for my jacket, I wanted my jacket to hang and fall in a wave naturally, Corduroy is a hard tough fabric, unable to hang in a natural way.
Final range plan...
I have developed my design ideas further, experimenting with new colour and fabric....
