Deconstruct and Reconstruct

This project involved taking various items of clothing and taking them a part in order to re design a new piece. To start with I put the clothes together in usual ways in order to understand the shaping and how I can re design them.

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After doing this I decided that I should sketch the clothes to see how they would be presented in a design. I really like the design of the floral shirt and thought that this should be the material I will use for my item of clothing.

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I want to now continue my work basing it around floral patterns. I like the idea of making the shirt into a structured piece.

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Industry designs

After I completed the development I now aimed towards my final designs. I decided to include a range of items (trousers, coats, t-shirts, dresses, skirts and shorts) because despite being a winter collection, I believe that his style includes items that are not created according to a season. His earlier collections included males wearing dresses; I didn't want to display a limit as It wouldn't appear daring. I stuck with the colour scheme as even though patterns will be added I think this allows other designers to have a rough idea on the theme of the designs. I really enjoyed this project because not only did my artistic skills develop, but my thought process on design also improved. I now understand another way of developing thoughts and how a collection can be produced from them. First ideas don't have to be great but they can be in the future through experimentation and dedication. 
My favourite designs are the second from the bottom as I feel the structure and colours really resemble J.W Anderson's style. With the work of my team, we managed to create these outfits and were very happy with the result. Each members opinion helped construct the clothing and each element was worked on until it met our theme. 

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Industry

For the first fashion project, we had to chose our preferred designer and create a collection for their brand if provided the opportunity to work for their company. I wanted to be the designer so my role was to search J.W Anderson's style and create a range suitable for him. I paid attention to gender mixed fashion and minimalism as his style is basic. I began to design flat outfits and researched into tops and bottoms. Even though his designs are very simple, they include unusual elements such as splits and folds.

 

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I decided to sketch rough designs and add colour in order to involve my teams ideas. I tried to include grey, navy and yellow but keep white as the main colour. As these would be turned into patterns I thought the main colour needed to be subtle so decided pale colours were needed. I think the rough sketches have really helped my drawing and design skills as I have the ability to explore strange styles without the pieces presented perfectly.

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Here is a photo from J.W Anderson's 2013 summer collection. I am going to continue using these colours and try to focus on more feminine features such as loose layering as well as the masculine structures. Considering I've never taken inspiration from J.W Anderson I hope that I will gain a new insight into lengths one can go to in fashion.

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Figure 4 J.W Anderson 2013 Vogue.

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Figure 14 J.W Anderson 2013 Vogue.

Holiday project

Various photos from my Christmas holiday

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Whilst at Regent's Street, I wanted to take this photo due to the composition. Although it's known mostly because of it's variety of fashion stores and it's location, the layout of the surroundings was what interested me. Despite every Christmas lights are displayed, the colouring of these and the lighting in the stores caused them each to appear lit up from the beginning to the end. Even though this might not be a photo of fashion I wanted to display how that isn't the only notable art form in this part of London.

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As seen in many fashion photos, cigarettes are a common prop. Whether being used for a set or a celebrity, photographers and fashion companies have been using them in the shoots for decades. 

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I really liked the colours used here. I find the person who was responsible for the display created a very effective image. The use of a rainbow layout attracts customers but also enables you to focus of the fabric and colouring. The order they have been placed in makes each seem brighter or darker than the other and this might not have appeared this way unless the contrast was created. I increased the contrast of this photo to exaggerate this.

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This close up of a rose has let me think of design patterns for the future. I would like to design a floral pattern which includes the middle of a rose as the main repeated image. I edited the colours to add a vintage effect and therefore would probably include the pattern on a 50's style dress.

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I took this photo while collecting as many shots as I could. As a result, this photo was one of my favourites of the set. The part that caught my eye was the mix of patterns on the headscarf: although simple colours, they gather most attention because of the background and the materials can be fully seen. The bright colours contribute to this as well.

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Styling photos

I took these photographs for my styling project. I wanted to explore a variety of colours, clothes, backgrounds and themes for them as I wanted to develop my idea on styling and create a range of final photographs. The first photos I kept simplistic when focusing on the background and clothes. Using white, simple fabrics and a piece of card for the background I created these. I decided to add bold colours to add contrast but included these in the middle of the model to allow for a focus point but at the same time, be able to have her as the main focus.

The second photos I wanted to merge both natural and glamorous features. By having my model wear various materials and patterns added a layered effect to the styling and even though they appear mismatched, I find work. I decided to have trees, flowers and mostly green as the background as I wanted to brighten the atmosphere of the photos and also provide a link between the floral pattern and setting. I really like the result of the photos as they provide a feminine but striking theme.

The last collection I decided to design a darker setting. I kept the style simple but effective as the use of a leather jacket added a more rock element and a white t-shirt added contrast to the quite dull setting. I decreased the brightness however to make them more effective and by doing this the mood becomes quite negative. By including smoke, this also added towards the effect. Overall I like all the photos but my favourite is the first one as I find the styling is plain but effective and the lighting is how I pictured my photos to look.

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Here is a Polaroid photograph of Debbie Harry by Andy Warhol. This is the style I was hoping to achieve and I think that by also keeping the photos simple but adding strong colours added a similar effect.

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Figure 4 is by Laura Sciacovelli and figure 5 is of Alexa Chung for Madwell. The element that features in both images that I was inspired by is the use of nature and the lighting. I wanted to keep the background green with little colour so that the print on the models shirt was the main source of colour. The lighting in both is bright but is limited due to the trees which, therefore allows parts of the model to be hit with light and as a result various strengths are included. This, adds diversity to the photographs as there are certain parts of the set which the viewer focus more on. The lighting is a part of my photos that I wanted to focus on as I found this provides the photographs with a certain mood.  

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