Final result

The final project was originally titled ‘Beautiful, bold and reborn’ but I changed this to ‘She who dares wins’ as I thought that this flows a lot more and is more relatable to the subject of women rebelling against barriers in fashion. The final outcome of my project included a crop top I made from a previous top and a photo shoot displayed in a photo journal. This was different to my original plan of designing a costume type piece that took inspiration from the 1920’s. Despite not creating a full outfit like I thought I was going to, I did stick to the idea of finding a quote from the 20’s and using it when I began designing. I’m glad I did this as the quote allowed me to focus on pattern design and this was one of the main elements of my piece that displayed the 20’s theme. Doing a photo shoot and re designing a top has allowed me to realise the importance of an overall theme to projects. By doing both I realised that every detail needs to be as important as the other in creating a well thought out final piece. Even though I used both the 1920’s and today as my main eras, the elements from both of them needed to be found in the top and the photo shoot in order to display my inspirations. I now know that when creating a final project, even if you do one final piece, every other element done in the project needs to be as important as the others as this shows understanding and development of your ideas and ultimately what message you’re trying to tell people.

Due to studying art before my foundation, I am used to using sketch books to illustrate ideas, research and show progress towards the final piece but I did not use a blog before. At first, I was very wary about how to lay out the blog and how formal my language should be in communicating my ideas, but as time increased, I realised that this is a good way of simply explaining each idea and how your thought process is towards your final piece. I started to write about research, any ideas or even small creations I made so I could show that I am doing varied methods of art to get to what I want for my final piece. At some times, I found creating posts difficult as I felt like I was repeating myself and relying on pieces of work I done rather than fully explaining my thoughts and so I feel the blog has some disadvantages as it stops people from explaining their ideas in their own style (compared to the freedom of a book). However, I believe that blogs are helpful in personal work as you can discuss your ideas and thoughts freely; I may not use it again in my work, but possibly in my spare time.

Furthermore, I am very pleased with the outcome of the top created for my final piece, but I would like to experiment with creating one myself to improve my cutting and sewing skills. As this is something I’m not confident with, it would be very helpful for my future if I improved my sewing abilities. Considering I’m looking for a career in costume design, this will be very useful for me. Although, the project has been helpful for this aspect, as I want to design rather than be a maker in the fashion business. I sketched many different types of design for my final piece and I think this made it possible for me to show my progress, not only in my project, but my ability to sketch.