Self-work on Theme, Color, Fabrication and Technical Flats

I choose Native American theme for this collection because Native American has a special characteristic of primitivism, which is not worn by people in modern era. I get inspired to the Native American details, and I try to apply the details to this era of fashion-in modern way.

The pictures above describe my moodboard of color and fabrication, the second picture is the technical flats that I did. There are cardigan, long cape, sleeveless blouse, trousers, long skirt, and caped A line dress. all of the garments are top stitched. The sleeveless blouse, long skirt, and caped A line dress use the invisible zipper as the closure. The long cape doesn't have closure since it has a wide space for the body get in. The trousers have the concealed zipper and snap as the closure.

Fashion Curating

We had learnt about how to publicate or present the collection through media from article and pictures that we put. The website that give the proper curation for our references are:

 www.stylebubble.co.uk

www.vogue,com

www.editd.com

www.thecuttingglass.com

The website that put only pictures or incomplete information about details are not a good website to look for such as fashion-details.tumblr.com

Here's the example of fashion curating that my group did for the military theme:

This is the go-to collection for military-inspired pieces with on a relaxed form, with a play on proportion. Oversize and genderless looks takes inspiration from the soldiers in 90s suiting. Voluminous silhouette in clean-lined, soften the manly soldiers uniform by applying more feminine cutting. These create a cosy look for our collection. The ideal details on the uniforms that we have applied on our designs, such as, oversized pockets, long straps, buckles and oversized silhouette of garments are what makes any woman look sophisticated and powerful. It’s all about the uniforms and the details that have distinguished it.

 

Technical Flats & Illustration

We had learnt about how to create the technical flats of garments. To do the right technical flats, we have to notice about every single details that the garments have. Those details including: seams, darts, closure, stitches, finishing, shape, and some additional fabric or design that manipulated the garments. So here is the technical flats that I've drawn since the first time I had practiced.

and the computerized drawing

Fashion Illustration

Week 8

In this week we had learned about having references to decide a theme and imply it to our design. WGSN is our main media for getting idea of the fashion forecast. To choose a theme, we have to figure out what contains that related to the theme that we had choose, branch it, mind mapping. The theme has to have a lot of information inside it, so we're not limited to certain idea to design.

The next step after choosing the theme is, we have to concern about the target market. Who is our target market? How old are they? What is the gender? What are their occupation? What they need? How is the style that they like? After gather all of the information about our target market, we can decide for our product category (e.g. lingerie, career wear, streetwear, etc) based on the research of what our target market want. We have to choose on what season is our collection, think about the fabrication, do research about the fashion history, to get more information and inspiration.

Then we have to find out how to network to the market, we have to look at our competitors (the other fashion brand that sell the similar product in price, quality, including theme or design). We have to compare our product with their-competitors-product. Why our products are good? Why their products are good? What makes our product is equal with the price? What's the benefit of buying our products? We have to figure out and make our product better than the competitors.

Trip to High End Brand Fashion Store: Week 5 & 6

Week 5

On week 5 we had a trip to Ion Orchard and Takashimaya to survey about the details of high end fashion apparel. My team went to Burberry, Gucci, Coach, and Cos. Since I was observing and trying the Burberry clothes, I did the Burberry details. So, here is the result of survey that I found;

Embroidered Tulle Dress

 Front View

Back View

Lace details: circular motif combine together to equate the flower

Layered Ruffles with the space gap

There were two black color garments in a dress. Inside fitted by body contour dress and for the outer was tulle transparent dress with intricate sewed laces. The body contour dress was made by silk. Furthermore the tulle was made by cotton, polyamide, and polyester. There were side zip and back button for the closure. The cleaning method is specialist dry clean. As it was made in Italy also the wear was comfortable with combination of threadwork complexity, the dress price was equal to $4,295.

The Cavalry Jacket

 Front View

Back View

 Motifs and Button details

 Cuff

Button detail

This jacket represent handwork braided regalia Cavalry style sourced from London embroidery atelier. This jacket made from wool, teal blue for the main jacket color, red color for the cuffs and collar. As it pronounce the Cavalry-means horse soldier-style, the silhouette of jacket straight stiff according to horse soldier uniform in the past. The domed buttons were placed on front and shoulders. The washing method was specialist dry clean and the closure was hook and eye. Since its signature collection and it was limited sales to the market, the price only could be afford at $9,995.

Week 6

On week 6, our group did the discussion and presentation. Here's the slides of our works that used to be presented:

Orientalism & Art Deco: Week 3

Orientalist 1910-1919

The corset were not be a fashion trend anymore. The garments and silhouette became loose. The waistline were high below the bust, it was influenced by Empire or Directoire styles of the early 19th century. The Couture was the tool for showing wealth in order to get the privilege and appreciation as a higher position.

More radical styles like the hobble skirt and the lampshade skirt each enjoyed their moment in the sun. The Edwardians became more playful and innovative, taking an interest in asymmetrical draping techniques. Considerably less boning was used in bodices and boning was now solely for supporting the shape as opposed to changing it. Suits were fashionable for daywear and walking was eased due to a really big fashion happening – the skirt hem rose to the ankle.
Hobble Skirt

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Skirts were widest at the hips and very narrow at the ankle.

Lamp Shade dress by Paul Poiret

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The First World War provoked yet another fashion – skirts that rose to well above the ankle. Bodices tended to lean towards the higher waist and skirts were full and tiered. Other popular fancies were bat-wing sleeves, over-drapes and flying panel skirts.

Wool and linen walking suits were appreciated for their practicality. Asymmetrical designs were featured in bodices and skirts and preferred fabrics were satin, taffeta, chiffon and lightweight silks, with washable cottons to ease hot summers. Early Art Deco inspired prints were seen in the post war years. The automobile achieved status, so driving clothes were developed to protect against dust, including the aptly named duster, a long, lightweight coat. Hats were veiled to keep the complexion smudge free.

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Paul Poiret

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Paul Poiret was the main role that influence the fashion style in this period. Poiret loved bright colour and introduced brilliant hues whilst the sweet pea colours of the Edwardian era were still very fashionable. He had been influenced by the Ballets Russes and in 1913 he produced exotic designs based on oriental harem pants. His lampshade tunic and turbans were all in vibrant glowing shimmering colours, with beaded embellishment.

 To complete the outfits there were exotic Eastern inspired jewelled slippers which drew together Orientalism in the outfit.

Denise Poiret in Poiret's 'Faune' ensemble

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Fur was a symbol of Orientalism and appeared on all sorts of garments from outerwear to lingerie as an edging trim.
Cloche hats, fur edgings on coats and long columnar dresses worn by Poiret's models.

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Art Deco 1920-1929

Art deco was influenced by Egyptian, African Art, Cubism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and European Purism. The "Garconne Look" was the popular style that had been inspired in this period. Garçonne means boyish style look that made for woman to wear.

Signature look in this period are:

Cloche Hat

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Cigarettes in long holder

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Tubular Dress

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Plucked Eyebrow
The make-up details: The eyes were the window to the soul, and the actresses main expressive tool were huge eyes, rimmed with kohl.  The face, in contrast, was whiter than white, and the lips blood red.

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Hanging Earrings

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The silhouette of Art Deco was column which the outline was straight down from shoulder to the hemline. This silhouette caused by the outfit shape like curveless dresses with bust flattening brassieres. The waist completely disappeared, and belts were worn around the hips.

Here is some video about Art Deco's Period Fashion