The start of the TOILE DIARY

- OUTFIT ONE: GATHERED TOP AND ELASTIC TAILORED TROUSERS

                                    

1.BASIC FRONT BODICE BLOCK 

2. MOVING DART, TRACING OPPOSITE SIDE

3.BOX PLEAT 

4. 6cm INVERTED BOX PLEAT - TO SMALL

5. 12cm INVERTED BOX PLEAT- PERFECT SIZE 

6. TRACED FINAL PATTERN WITH BOX PLEAT

7. CALICO

8. DART

9. INVERTED BOX PLEAT

10. FRONT

BACK
1. GATHERING ON THE STAND - TO THICK

2.SMALLER GATHERING

3. LENGTH OF FULL FABRIC FROM NECK TO HEM - TWO ROWS OF STITCHING FOR GATHERING

4. GATHERING

5. GATHERING ON STAND

6. PLEATING THE SIDE FROM A SMOOTH SIDE SEAM

7.PLEAT LINING UP WITH DART ON THE FRONT

8. 4 PLEATS DOWN SIDE SEAM - CUT AWAY EXCESS FABRIC ON SIDE AND HEM

DESIGN BOARDS

FINAL COLLECTION
- FRONT

-BACK

These design boards were created to show my final collection. inspiration was taken from many different areas of my research, from looking at the human body to the growth/decay of a flower and butterfly. For example the use of the gathered CB seam and side pleats was taken from the inspiration of the human ribcage, showing the structure of each rib through a draped side pleat. I also took inspiration from the structure of a humans collar bone for the pleated shoulders in 'High neck dress.' Inspiration from the shape/structure of a cocoon of a butterfly and the bud of a flower was incorporated into the curved structure of the coat and also the round shoulders in the jumpsuit. The collection I have designed aims at the Ready-To-Wear target market, i feel my collection fits into the market as i have used finishes and techniques that are frequently used in this market, for example hand finishes, linings, facings, and manufactured with good quality fabrics.  

SKETCHBOOK

- Recently i have been concentrating on my portfolio for my uni interviews, however now those are over i can get back to my FMP (theme: Evolution). I have been showing my thought process through my sketchbooks, sampling seams and features. 

EVOLUTION OF MAN

HUMAN SKELETON

DEVELOPMENT OF A FOETUS 

OVER TIME

MODELLING ON THE STAND

DEVELOPMENT OF A BUTTERFLY (PLEATING SAMPLE)

DEVELOPMENT OF A FLOWER

DECAYING OF A FLOWER

STRUCTURE/SHAPE OF THE SPINE (GATHERED SEAM SAMPLE)

PLEATED SEAM SAMPLE

CURVED STRUCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAN

MODELLING ON THE STAND

EVOLUTION

CAD

- as part of our on going CAD brief our final task was to create a basic women's wear block in Adobe Illustrators. I created the block to my own body measurements making it very helpful if i ever needed to make a dress to my size. This exercise was very time consuming but worth it as it is my size, however when comparing my pattern to the tutorials average size 10 pattern I found that areas of mine pattern were completely different to the tutorials, for example a few of my darts were a lot bigger than the average size 10 pattern. 

- My previous brief was biased on sustainability and the surrounding of it. Which involved creating a capsual collection in the style of the fashion brand 'Noir'. My current brief was to create a concept board and 4 illustration boards linked to the previous sustainable brief

-CONCEPT BOARD - monochrome trend

-DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS

-ILLUSTRATIONS

These two illustrations where created in the same style as each other, I aimed at the ready to wear target market as I used the garments from the Nior capsual collection design boards to illustrate. I also Incorporated the New York skyline as I was inspired by this while designing the design boards.
I feel my illustrations fit well with the ready to wear target market as they portray a very delicate touch with much detail on a small scale. I also decided to keep my illustrations black and white as this linked well with my concept board involving the monochrome trend.

-SECOND ILLUSTRATIONS

 for my second set of illustration boards I choose to aim at the High street target audience as I used simple medias such a felt pen in sharp motions. I also decided to involve the sky line in the illustrations as well, this would link all 4 illustrations up together. I feel these illustration could be improved their for i am going to add close up illustration of the garments as well.