IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD- FINAL YEAR PROJECT COLLECTION PT.1
Week 1 (28/8/2023) - Week 14 (27/11/2023)
Faith Aimee Choong Jia Yi / 0345509
Garment Creation Technology 1 [DST63404]
It's All In Your Head [Final Year Project Collection Pt.1] : Continuous Assessment
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LECTURE:
In today's lecture, Kit Woo shared with us what his portfolio looked like when he was still studying fashion design in the US. Instead of sticking with modern methods like Canva and Illustrator and etc to create concept boards, Kit asked us to go back to traditional methods where we gather lots of pictures relating
He told us to print loads of pictures relating to the collection and paste them into our portfolio book as that will act as our moodboard and concept ideation.
PROJECT BRIEF
Following the fashion basis of making a collection from scratch, including research, fabric and colour swatching, ideation, development, concept and mood boards, etc. We can choose anything we want to do for this final year collection.
TASK 01: DESIGN RESEARCH EXPLORATION
Firstly to start with my collection, we had to do a mindmap revolving around one word that describes our collection. From this mindmap, it will help us create a clearer picture of what our collection theme is about. The word I chose which best describes my collection is 'Dream'. I relate words to the main word 'dream' and just branch out other words that relate to the sub words.
After doing the mindmap, I searched for images on Pinterest that relate to my collection theme.
Pinterest Link: https://pin.it/7MrZQaD
Below is a college that represents my collection theme.
COLLECTION THEME:
My collection is based on the separation between real life and the life inside your head through music. Music comes in different genres, and it always manages to synchronize with our emotions. With music, we can visualize different characters of ourselves, and we always end up as the main characters. When life doesn't go the way we want it to go, we run to our own little imaginary world with music as the aid.
For this collection, I'm focusing on the emotion of 'heartbreak'. A story about a young girl who got her heart broken by her first love. With the aid of music, she turns her emotions into different characters of herself. There will be a series of garment transformations from being super depressed to self-acceptance.
CONCEPT:
My concept will be focusing on bodycon and tight-fitted garments. However, I'll be showing different experimental ways of bodysuits. Through this collection, I want to show transparency and vulnerability. I also wanted to show female empowerment through this collection. The style for this collection, I want to make it elegant, sexy and chic. Not overpowering the sexiness too much but more towards appreciation to the body and how a women carries herself by being tall and proud.
REFERENCE:
I found a few references that will help me to jumpstart my collection designs. I found Mugler, Blumarine, Demobaza, and Heilot Emil. The reason for choosing these designer brands is because Mugler and Heilot Emil have a way of creating bodycon suits that make the models look sexy and powerful. As for Blumarine and Demobaza, I love the design and style of the garments in the season as they look quite Y2K, dark, and otherworld.
When Kit saw my design, he recommended me to this designer brand called Otto Linger. He said that my collection style is quite similar to this designer brand.
After our concept board and mood boards were finalized, I started sourcing fabrics that would suit my collection theme. For the bodycon, I wanted to use stretchable fabric because I wanted it to fit the body smoothly. In addition, I want to add additional pieces to the stretchable fabric however I'll be using a structured fabric.
FABRIC MANIPULATION
[Manipulation #01]
After picking out my fabric samples, I wanted to experiment and play around with them to create textures for my collection. For the first manipulation, I wanted the fabrics to represent heart shatters. I found a few images on Pinterest that give the same effect as the manipulation I chose. I found crushed aluminum foil, ripped/battered crotchet, denim threads, and shattered glass.
By: Kit Woo
"The crochet manipulation is quite common nowadays, try something different."
After receiving this feedback from Kit, I tried other experiments.
FABRIC MANIPULATION [TRIAL #1]
Firstly, I wanted to create that crushed aluminum effect so I embedded aluminum foil into the fabric using double interfacing. Once I glued the two elements together, I crushed the fabric infused with aluminum foil and straightened it up. It worked successfully giving the same effect as the image but using fabric. I really like this manipulation as it is quite a quick process and easy as well.
FABRIC MANIPULATION [TRIAL #2]
Secondly, I tried sewing drawstrings and putting metal rods into them so that they could be bent and twisted. From the images, the shattered glass effect had many lines leading up to the center. After sewing the drawstrings and putting metal rods through them, I bent and twisted them up, putting more focus on the center and later spreading them out, the further they got from the center. I like how this effect is very abstract and gives implicit meaning however it takes too much time, especially on the finishing details of the drawstring before adding the metal rods.
FABRIC MANIPULATION [TRIAL #3]
Thirdly, I tried using plastic and melting it onto the fabric while it was crushed. Again recreating the heart-shattering effect. I placed double interfacing between these two elements and melted the plastic onto the double interfacing. This experimentation didn't really give me the effect, I wanted because the plastic melted too much that the crushed texture was flat. I tried using black and white fabric to see if there was any difference in the texture but it was the same.
FABRIC MANIPULATION [TRIAL #4]
Fourthly, I made a gelatin solution and poured it over the fabric so that it would harden. Later on, I broke the fabric with gelatin on it so that it would create that shattered effect.
[Manipulation #02]
As I mentioned earlier above, I will be using two fabrics, one stretchable and one structured. For the stretchable fabric, I decided to implement the theme 'music' as it is the main core of this collection. For this second manipulation, I want the fabrics to show sonic waves to represent music. The fabrics that I've sourced for this stretchable fabric were ribbed, mesh and thicker fabric. I search for various references of sonic waves on Pinterest.
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| Reference #01 |
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| Reference #02 |
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| Reference #03 |
I wanted to try digital printing as I have never tried it before. I decided to use one of the reference images for the digital printing trial. I chose reference #03 and edited it a little so that the whole pattern would fit the fabric piece nicely. I tried digital printing on all three of these fabrics. However, the ribbed pattern wasn't able to be digitally printed as the background of my image was black so was the fabric. I was able to digitally print the other two fabrics successfully. I really like the digital print on the mesh better than on the opaque and thick fabric as it was thin and it stood out more showing more 3D effect. But the problem with mesh is that it's a little transparent which exposes the skin.
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| Mesh [Thin & Translucent] |
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FABRIC MANIPULATION [TRIAL #2]
I also wanted to try marbling on fabric. Instead of using marbling colours, I use acrylic paint on water and submerge the fabric into the solution. This method gives me the freedom to create my own sonic wave pattern.
DESIGN DRAFTING:
I wanted to experiment with different bodycon silhouettes by using the draping method. I used bandage wraps to play around with the design cutting on the mannequin. I played around making bodycon tops, bottoms, and full dresses.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT:
TECHNICAL DRAWING:
FINAL TOILE OUTCOME:
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