Design Development

Here is some more design development and the initial shape ideas that informed them.

Design Development

After testing out a short tube in my 3D latex technique I was keen to incorporate some latex garments into the collection as it is a material commonly associated with fetishism I wanted to use the fabric in a way which would remove this association by the way I used it itself and the way in which it was used with other more commonly used materials.

In the above drawings I have tried to think of as many silhouettes that could be generated from the 3D tube the champagne bottle produced. I also looked at ideas of using varying deniers, the seam lines of the initial fabric tube, exposing the write and wrong side of the fabric as one is shiny and one is matt. Also combining latex and conventional fabrics such as having a latex top with silk pockets and cotton straps.

Construction

A few of my initial ideas en-corpororated my theme 'Trapped' into the construction itself

Here is a pair of trousers and a top which have rectangular pieces of fabric trapped in the seams these pieces of fabric also have ties coming off them allowing the the wearer to do it up in multiple ways creating different looks. The pieces of fabric could also conceal inseam pockets, be made with sheer fabrics to create varying degrees of transparency, and tone or colour.

My other idea was the evolution of a fabric I was working with last semester where I was trapping tights in latex. I started to work with this technique in 3D. First I found a suitable 3D smooth plastic and fairly durable object which in this case turned out to be a 6" inflatable champagne bottle. Big enough to fit around a person, and most importantly, able to create a funnel neck shape, one of Wang's signatures.

Colour and Fabric.

This module is about couture and ready to wear, and personally the thing that interests me most about couture is innovation in technology and materials as well as strong original concepts. Whereas I believe ready to wear is mainly about quality exclusive fabrics, the designs should still be well considered and have a uniqueness to them but they do have to be wearable...and one way to do this is by making the fabric a design feature. This is something Alexander Wang does And something I am particularly interested in. 

I have made two fabric boards one which is mainly about colour and the second which is mainly about texture...there are also fabrics with different structure, drape and weights across both boards as you need a mixture to create a well rounded collection ranging from casuals, floating dress's to heavily structured pieces. 

Design Process

 After thinking about other things to research to help with silhouette development I decided to look at prisms. I thought that the prisms would compliment and contrast the sleeves I had designed as-well as being in keeping with my 'trapped' theme.

Here are some of the prisms I looked at and some of my initial silhouette ideas