technical package

started technical package, with flats of my dress for river island, and have also started to meausure, and do manufacturing details of the garment with layplans, instructions, fabrics and components, how to make a jetted pocket... very pleased with technical package, its neat and professional, lots of information about the garment and i think i've answered the breif well. images of technical package....

final garment

Inspired by a vintage garment, and trip to the west yorkshire playhouse wardrobe and the hero's and heronines
exhibition.

images of the final garment finished.

i have started to make my final garment, i have chosen a simple tailored bodice with cap sleeves and dart detail on the front and back with contrasting top stitching, scoop neckline and eyelet strip fastening down the centre back, with a layered knee length skirt, pin tucked up front and back, with a hidden jetted pocket at one side,... very pleased i have finished this garment, looks great and i think it fits the market level well and its a tailored garment ! images of garment finishsed....

making of garment

finished pattern, and also toile, looks great, didn't have many problems manufacturing the garment, but lining the sleeves was difficult, but got the hang of it now for my final garment, got hook and eye fastening down the back, with layered up skirt and from toile crit, needs a jetted pocked on the skirt to make it more tailored. images of toile....

final garment

i have designed my final garment and ready to start make the pattern, from a basic skirt and bodice body block, minipulating them so they work for my design. i have also done a working line up of the range. images of pattern and final design with working line up....

more design ideas

more design ideas with fabric samples and colour indication for river island spring/summer 2012...

a workine line up of dresses, with 3 types of jackets for river island, including final design and flats to go with it.

design ideas

started on designs for my range of dresses, which little jackets, all summery. designing with eyelets as details. images of design work....

design research

research- I've expanded on the research by looking at my vintage tailored garment, a yellow jacket from the 70's boxy and boyish, quite plain bot much detail really. I've also looked using eyelets as a detail feature and using top stitching, i am also going to use brights fun fabrics to compliment river islands style and also keep it young even though it's a tailored summer dress ! images from research, and tailored garment...

new brief

had new brief today, Design realisation... love this brief get to make a tailored garment of our choice, for choice of market sector and also the fabrics of choice. very short module... not alot of time to do everything. decided I'm going to design a dress, for river island, spring/summer 2012. i have started researching the trends and details on wgsn and also started to build up a fabric book, with appropriate fabrics for the middle market.

contextuals seminars

seminar's for contextuals have now started, going over selected things from the previous lectures and some new things, fetishes and physcology, get given tasks to do each week... doing the review of an exhibition this week... will do heroes and heroines seen as tho I've already been.

Enterprise lectures

lectures have finished and have completed all quiz's for them, and seminar's are still going on, we have four weeks till launch of business, ( happily ever after).... started to write up business plan in rough, and also started making a few accessories as prototypes... images from journal and a few brooches...

shop report

over xmas holidays, we have got to do a shop report comparing tailored garments from different market sector levels, i have looked at new look, next and all saints, comparing the quailty and fabrics, and also where the garments are produced and how. images of shop report from sketch book....