Introductory Project - Digital Design

Research and Moodboard

I started off by making a vintage moodboard based on the theme Pretty Nostalgic. I used pale colours and flowery patterns and also added lace fabrics. I then developed from this vintage moodboard and worked around a certain decade. The decade I chose was 1980. I collaged many pictures together of clothes that were in style in the 80's. This included off-the-shoulder jumpers, miniskirts, shoulder pads, leggings and lace. I used mainly black, white and grey on my moodboard with the odd splash of colour. I quite liked my moodboard as it gave me lots of inspiration which helped me with my final design. I also like the composition of my moodboard as the pictures over lapped and were not just in straight lines. I also made a digital moodboard using photoshop. This moodboard was pretty much the same however I liked the composition less ass the pictures all had straight edges and were either next to or below eachother.   




Flat Illustration

On my flat illutrations I used the same colour scheme as on my moodboards; pink, purple, black, white and grey. I designed ten garments ranging from jumpers to dresses and skirts. On these designs I used the four techniques we had learnt, which were pockets, gathering, pleats and embellishing. I also used inspiration from my decade moodboard. From these flat illustrations I created my final design.



Final Design

My final design was created using my moodboards, my flat illustrations and the techniques we had learnt. I decided to design a baggy jumper as these were worn all the time in the 80's, I chose a deep purple colour with gold and white embellishments. The techniques I chose to use was embellishing. The jumper had a v-kneck and i added three triangles down each side with another triangle at the pont of the v. I also decided to add lace to my design as this was a key element in 80's fashion.

Samples

My most important sampling method was embellishing as this is what I would be using on my final garment. For my embellishing sample I sewed four different sized black buttons to some cream fabric. This fit into my colour scheme as did my other samples such as my lace pocket on a purple background and my purple pleats.








Photoshoot and Final Garment
My final garment is a little different to my final design as I used white lace instead of the black which I planned to use. I used white as it stands out more than black. Also I did not add a lace trim to the front of my garment like I planned on my final design as I didn't want to go overboard with the lace.

 

Clothes Show Live Evaluation

My customized garment for the Clothes Show Live competition was based on the decade 1980’s. The style in the 80’s was baggy jumpers, leggings, tight miniskirts (made of either lycra or leather), shoulder pads and lace to add detail to clothing. As the brief was to design a customized, vintage party outfit I researched into the party side of the 80’s and found that baggy jumpers were still worn but had gold embellishments and satin applique to add detail and life to the outfit. The baggy jumper would either be worn over a miniskirt or leggings.

The jumper I used to customize was a V-neck so I added three triangles down each side and a triangle coming from the tip of the V. In the top triangle, on each side of the V, I sewed gold sequins to create a shiny, shimmery effect. In the second triangle I sewed on some white lace and in the third triangle I combined both by, first sewing on the lace and then sewing sequins around the edges. In the triangle at the tip of the V I sewed some gold studs. On the back of the jumper I sewed lace around the neck, down the middle and around the bottom. None of what I did was particularly tricky however sewing on the sequins was very time consuming and, as the lace had a frilly edge on one side but a straight edge on the other, I had to sew two pieces together for the middle strip so that it had a frilly edge on both sides. The fabric I used to customize was lace and the decorations I used were sequins and studs.

My garment matched my theme as it was a baggy jumper, which were popular in the 80’s, but was customized with gold embellishments and lace to tie in the party part of the brief. In the photo shoot I made my model wear leather leggings to also add to the 80’s theme.

If I could make my garment again I would probably use a sequinned fabric instead of sewing the sequins on one by one. I would also extend the lace to all around the bottom of my garment instead of just on the back.

What is a Mood board?
A mood board is a collection of images, fabrics, threads, buttons, a colour palette, patterns and annotations, with a theme, to help create your own designs.

The term pretty nostalgic means to me nice, girly, vintage clothing.

Upcyclying clothing is when you take a garment and add buttons, studs, lace, stitching etc. It may also be known as customizing. It is basically repairing a garment or adding new/modern touches to it.
To customize a garment you can add pockets, embellish, add pleats, gather it or rip it.
Shops upcyclye clothing to earn lots of money from old, used clothing.
Junk shop
Asos marketplace
The Enlightened Platypus

 


What is a Flat Illustration?
A flat illustration is a design of a garment not drawn on a model. It is either the front or the back. You can include the drawing and maybe add a colour pallette.


What is the difference between Puck fashion and Make Do and Mend fashion?
Punk fashion is scruffy and outrageous. It started in the 80's and shocked the nation. Punks did not want to be like their parents so they rebelled and ripped their clothing, accessorized with safety pins and spikes, had many peircings and wore lots of makeup.
Make do and mend fashion was around during WW2. They were trying to ration everything from food to clothing so they customized and made new clothing from old pieces of cloth and curtains. They would use mens old suits to made dresses and curtains to make cots for their babies.
I prefer punk fashion because I like how they express themselves through their clothing and don't care what people think.