Garment tech boards

Every week for garment tech we are required to produce an A3 board of a certain subject- such as hoods, interesting sleeves, rever collars, and so on.... We have to collect primary and secondary images as well as analysing them. This sometimes proves difficult to collect primary images, as I find myself taking photos of garments in changing rooms...much to the dislike of the shop staff...

Illustrations...

To go with my technical flats in the previous post, here are the illustrations of the collection. I initially drew them by hand, scanned them into the computer and coloured them in on photoshop, to give a neat finish. I plan to work into them further by hand, to show more of the details...

Flats...

For my Research and Design Development module, I am required to create a collection on 10 outfits for the designer Yohji Yamamoto. Here are the technical flat drawings of each of the garments- I used Kaledo style and photoshop software.

What's this? A giant tinsel robin of course...

Here are a few snaps I took when I went to London at the weekend! I absolutely love looking around Harrods ( even if i can't even afford anything in there) as well as Liberty's. There were some really cute shops along Carnaby street and the biggest reindeer I've ever seen in Covent garden!

I must say the most impressive window displays had to be Selfridges, there were crowds of people flocking around them, so I only got to take a few pictures. The theme was fairy tales and fantasy, which included Little Red Riding Hood and puss in boots! The windows were never ending and amazing!

Donna Karan pre-summer resort 2010

While looking for inspiration for my Yohji Yamamoto project, I came across this collection which had some really nice, feminine pieces in. I like the mix of neutral tones and soft drape, contrasting with tuxedo style jackets and bolder prints. Just need summer to come around now...

Predicting trends....

For a group work project, I am currently looking into the designer Yohji Yamamoto, analysing future trends for Autumn/Winter 10/11- and coming up with a collection for his main line. Here is a few trend pages that fit well with the designers style.

We also researched into the target market, coming up with customer profile board, and the typical lifestyle of the customer.

We combined some of these future trends, as we found Yamamoto uses different aspects of each of the trends, then went on to produce a mood board- naming it 'Functional Luxury'.

The next stage is to start sketching out initial ideas and illustrations... I'll keep you posted!!

Bargain!

I love going to vintage shops, charity shops, and car boots to find unique clothes and jewellery. I was SO happy when I stumbled upon this vintage floral dress at a car boot- at a grand total of 50p! I do love a good bargain!