Deciding Fashion - Contextual Studies

Who decides what's in fashion?

• Fashion Predictors
• Bloggers
• Magazine Editors
• High End Designers

What is fast fashion?

Fast fashion is designed for the younger generation, aged around 16-20 years, that are more fashion concious. It is usually cheaper so that it can be bought and thrown away when not in fashion any more.

What is classic fashion?

Classic fashion is timeless. It is designed for the older generation that buy clothes to be worn on an everyday basis for a few years. It costs more than fast fashion usually does and will usually be made to a better quality so that it lasts longer.

What are the stages of the trickle down and bubble up effect?

The trickle down effect usually starts with celebrities, then bloggers and then average people. The bubble up effect goes in the opposite direction.

High end to low end fashion brands and who shops there?

Celine, Alexander Wang, Victoria Beckham, Mullberry, Selfridges, Zara, Topshop, River Island, Asos, H&M, Primark, Shout, Markets. Celebrities and bloggers would usually shop from Celine to about Zara, average people would shop from Zara to H&M and poorer people in Primark, Shout and on markets.

Why is fashion pre planned?

Fashion is pre planned so that designers have enough time to make the clothing and shops have enough time to buy the clothing in for people to buy it off them. The shops and designers need to know what people are going to buy so that they don't waste money on making garments that people won't wear.

My Logo - Digital Design

This is the logo I made for myself that I will use on social networking sites so that people will recognise the name in the future.

Workshop Diary - Digital Design

 

 24th March 2014

 

 

I used skirt patterns on a small scale to practice drawing out how to make different styles of skirt patterns. As shown to the left I have drawn how to make a skirt longer and shorter, how to make it into a pencil skirt and a flared skirt. I've also used a formula to show how to make a circular skirt. The formula is waist measurement + 4cm, then divided by 6.28 to get the radius. To get the mini version shown in the image I divided the whole thing by 5 to get it to a 1/5 scale.

All the patterns shown to the left can be used again and again in the future and they can also be mixed together to create different types of skirts as shown below.

 

 

On this image I have lengthened a skirt pattern and then flared it to make a maxi skirt. I then drew this pattern out on a larger scale so that it will fit a person as shown below.

I then drew around this pattern onto calico, I drew the pattern on the fold so that when I folded it out I ended up with double the pattern for the front of the skirt. This skirt will then be used to experiment with my tribal colours and recreations and my textiles techniques.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Different Skirt Styles - Digital Design

 

Tiered Skirt

















Maxi Skirt

Pencil Skirt



















Gathered Skirt



















Circular Skirt
















'A' line Skirt
 

Different Types of Sleeves

Gathered head















Puffed

Bishop

Flared

Normal

Batwing

All in one

Workshop Diary - Design

3rd March 2014

This week we started by looking at different types of sleeves and drawing them out onto our own rough designs. The sleeves that I have drawn are the puffed sleeve, batwing sleeve, gathered head sleeve, flared sleeve, bishop sleeve and finally the  normal sleeve. These designs are shown below.

 

 

 

After this we went onto looking at how to make some of the different sleeves. Shown below are the patterns for how to make the flared sleeve, puffed sleeve and gathered head sleeve.

 

 

 

Finally we chose which sleeve we wanted to try out in a toile and drew the pattern for this sleeve out. I chose the gathered head sleeve. Using our blocks we also drew out the pattern for the front and back of a bodice. The patterns are shown below.

 

 

 

 

Next week I will use these patterns to cut out the fabric and make my bodice and sleeve.

 

10th March 2014

This week I used the patterns that I had cut out the week before and drew around them onto calico and cut the calico out. I then used ease to create a gather in the sleeve so that it would fit in the arm hole. Next I sewed all the pieces together and ended up with the half bodice shown below with a gathered head sleeve.

I also did the same as above but using a normal sleeve pattern and ended up with the half bodice shown below.

The above will be useful techniques throughout my career as the different types of sleeves will be used in all the garments that I create.



Maasai Moodboard - Digital Design

I will use this moodboard to help me with my colour palette, patterns, garment style and shape in my designs for my collection.

Elements of Tribal Fashion

What are the design elements of Tribal Fashion?

• Feathers
• Fringed edges
• Aztec patterns
• Repetitive patterns
• Bright colours e.g. reds, yellows and greens
• Frayed fabric
• Different geometric shapes

What to include on your tribal moodboard:

• Colour palette - 5 colours
• Garments/styles
• Hair and make up
• Fabrics/recreations
• Tribal pictures

Research and Recreations for Tribal Work and Global Threads Presentation

All the following images from my research and my recreations into the Masaai and Omo Valley tribes will help me to design my final garment. Anything from the style of the garments shown, the colour schemes used and the patterns recreated may help me with my design work.