Working on my 2 units, Fashion Visualisation and Fashion Presentation Techniques

So I think it is well over due that I start uploading some of my own works of art!! I am on a Fashion and Clothing course after all...

This was out first ever assignment, it was to take to random jackets and make it your own I chose a long white trench coat and I mixed it with a McQueen jacket



 

 

 

This is some of my life drawing, mainly focusing on the way the clothes draped on the body.

 

(Some of the photos look a little askew, its because I took the photo at an angle.)

 

 

These drawing are learning to draw on a template.

 

Technical drawing of a Tab

 

A women in a REALLY big jacket at London Fashion Week '13

Another lady at London Fashion Week

 



 

These photos are my attempts at fashion illustrations.

 

Our actually project was now to pick a jacket either, Biker, Tailored, Work Wear or Military

I chose to do a tailored jacket, so I started of with this image of a McQueen Jacket.

 

 

The first idea I had was to replace the Hooks and Eyes with Zips, for some reason I think zips are incredible sexy, its the idea of unzipping something, and something being revealed.

 

This is when I was looking at the fashion illustrator David Downton, with my example of his work

My adaptation

With my McQueen jacket I had to come up with 4 designs that could sit as a collection, so with that in mind I came up with these three designs.

 



Zips, Candy strips and Chains

Some of the research that I did.

 



Collaging

some more collaging

These are some of my Research pages of where I looked at the different types of tailored jackets

 



 

The Photo on the right is what I used to get used to the body

 

this is the drawings of Kristen, first one is in pencil and the second one is a continuous line drawing.

I had decided that because im not going to be using my Candy stipe design as one of my final 4 designs that I would review my work and discuss my I didn't think it worked.

 

 

This is third design that I came up with it was based from a picture but I was able to adapt it to my McQueen jacket.

 

 

And this became the final concept

As part of the project we had to marry the designs together so they could be able to sit as a "mini" collection, i though that one way of doing this is by introducing Epaulettes.

Research Page

 

 

This became my final design, my first attempt at this was that my teacher said that I am just copying design directly from the photo which when I looked back and reflected I found that she was correct and I needed to revise my concept.

 

 

I really liked that the photo had this 3 collar design, and I really wanted to use it in my design

This is my revised design, I decided that I would make a chain feature as part of the jacket where the middle collar would be.

These last pages are of celebrities and how they could have influenced my designs, so with some of the images I morphed them to see how it would change the image.

 

Alexander McQueen | Women's Spring/Summer 2014 | Runway Show

Ok so this is a brief overview of the McQueen Spring Summer '14 collection,

 

I feel like this is a great collection but im struggling to see the McQueen in some of the designs and while I love what Sarah Burton is doing I just find some of this collection more Girly and pretty rather than strong, dynamic and complex.

 

Don't get my wrong I adore this collection and I love what the stage looked liked complimenting the clothes greatly, and finding out that it was done with sand makes it that much more special :)

 

Alexander McQueen | Women's Autumn/Winter 2013 | Presentation

 

So I found this collection just so captivating, I can totally understand Sarah Burtons inspiration for this collection, its sort of looks at Monarchy and specifically Queen Elizabeth the 1st.

 

The Garments are so heavily embellished and I feel like its in total homage to her.

 

"Her wardrobe was full of gowns of rich fabrics adorned with jewels and elaborate surface detail, which were clearly imposing and speak volumes about wealth and status"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as much as I am a HUGE fan of Alexander McQueen and Sarah Burton

 there is a couple of dresses in this Autumn/Winter collection that has made me a bit confused if I may say so aha.

 

 

these designs for some reason as soon as I saw them, I just pictured Pinhead from Hellraiser, and I did feel even the models found them hard to walk in :S

 

 

http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/in-depth/elizabeth/the-queen's-court/body-and-dress/*/viewPage/4

Our Little Class Trip To The V&A

 

Ok so yesterday the 15th of October, I and some classmate went on a trip to the V&A in South Kensington.

It was my first time visiting the V&A and while I liked it, walking around the fashion exhibition did give me the unwelcome nostalgic feeling of being in the Nation Gallery, which I find to be pretty boring its just soo big and there is soo much walking (I have to say that the walk does count towards my dislike), don't get my wrong I did an art A-level so I can appreciate good art and there is some great in the National, some piece I just cant believe someone has actually painted, but still im getting away from the point.

 

I also had the opportunity to go in to the 80's exhibition, which was pretty good, some of the clothes where wearable lol some of them were very much WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? I should say that there was no Photography or even Sketching allow, which was totally crazy. There were amazing designs in there some truly inspiring pieces, but i could only take in so much so im guessing a lot of what i found interesting i probably have forgotten which is a shame.

 

I didn't get to look around of the museum that much but there were these amazing statues that were calling me to them, and i didn't go BUT I will be defiantly be going back there.