Here is some more design development and the initial shape ideas that informed them.
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Monday, 30 April 2012
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
Design Process
I stared off designing sleeves as I realised all of the research I had done at this point about shape were shapes that I wanted for sleeves. This made me realise I had to do more research before I had enough to inform all aspects of a collection.
Here are the best of my sleeve ideas...here you can see softened triangular shapes, weight being elongated down the sleeve. knots and ties and multiple arm holes give a functional feel.
Silhouette
Although I had lots of ideas about what I wanted to make in terms to fabrics and detailing my ideas about silhouette were still quite vague I made this research page with just some pictures that I liked and I noticed that there were lots of elongated triangle shapes with softened corners.
Most of the images are of garments that are either influenced or come from the east. This is because I personally like this aesthetic and I think that Alexander Wang uses it in his work as well, But with more of a utility feel to urbanise it. I have also tried to explore that a little here.
I like this page although my own drawings don't really add anything too it and aren't very good.
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Draping sleeves
Here is some draping I did in class, I was trying out softened triangular shapes that were also elongated with most of the weight at the bottom
I used photoshop to create mirror images of each of the shapes I draped.
The top one is my favourite because the lines are cleaner. I think i would like it even more if it was even more elongated so that it finished below to hips as I think that would be more flattering and would allow more space for the arms.
Scaffold Sheeting
I saw this on our campus as there was building work being done, I really liked it so cut a bit off for my fabric board. Its a plastic fabric with white string trapped in a grid structure between two layers. Its got a matt side and shiny side but I prefer the matt and after a bit of research I found that It's called scaffold sheeting and sold my a company called 'Monaflex'. I really like it because it incorporates my trapped theme, looks nice when light passes through it as its translucent and I think that it would hold structure well.
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