Final Garment Design

My final garment design photographed.

I particularly like this image as I feel the expression my model is portraying really gets the audience thinking into the image. I feel the way in which I have styled this image really adds to the image from the boots to the dark red lipstick.

I love the geometric shapes that have been formed from my extraction of fabric from a chair, the way in which the garment has  come together has happily surprised me, however I feel I could have focused more on perfecting my design.

I wanted to achieve images that were quite bland in colour to create a military feel, I love the contrast that the military green has against the mutton cloth. I feel all my images could have been improved by a military background, but as I was trying to focus more on the garment and not the setting I believe the images have worked well.

Sandra Backlund

A name who works with fabric to produce knitted garments is Sandra Backlund. In knitwear, Backlund has discovered herself niche turning the garment into surreal art. Her designs are a great inspiration to me with a wide combination of traditional techniques that emerge together. I love the originality to her work which is very extraordinary.

This last image in terms of structure really reminded me of my final garment design which I prodcued from working on a chair. The way in which the 3 dimentional shapes are formed into the dress are really amazing, additionally the way in which this technique has been formed creeats volume to the dress.

Garment Design

For my final design I wasn't quite sure what approach I wanted to use in relation to the different techniques we had used. I initially thought mutton cloth and paper, but my though began to change and I thought I would incorporate the military jacket with the mutton cloth. Above is an image of the front of my garment and the back piece drying of the chair.

Below are images of my first chair attempt with the mutton cloth. I enjoyed using this technique as their was no knowing what the outcome would be.

Here I have began to experiment with a paper design for my garment, however as I started to think about the durable structure of my garment I thought paper would not be a safe option

 

Front of my garment.

I came across a building which really reminded me of the structure of my dress, additionally I found the achritechture very inspirational.

My second chair design with mutton cloth.

Here I am beginning to incorporate the Military Jacket within my design by attaching the deconstructed jacket to the mutton cloth.

I love the texture here of the cloth, the way in which the fabric has stiffened has given the jacket a very unique appearance.

Here I am experimenting with the back of the garment and seeing what position would work best.

I am now gradually bringing the garment together, my main focus now is to concentrate on the back of the dress and to ensure the garment fits my model comfortably.

I used my friend to get an idea how the garment would look, however I feel the dress appears unflattering. I need to work on bringing the dress in at the waist.

Sketches of my design