Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Final Collection- Balenciaga AW 13/14
As a group we all came together to create a final presentation board to show to the class. This included fashion illustrations of some designs which summarised the concept and look of our collection, images of print and textiles, accessories, and the flat drawings for all the garments in our collection. We also made a quick mock up of one of my designs. Overall I was really pleased with the collection, I think it is fun and exciting, but still wearable, and I think still Balenciaga.
Womenswear designs
I'm sorry that I have been so bad at updating my blog lately! I've been really busy but I promise that i'm back on it now and will be much more reliable.
I tried mocking up some garments to give me an idea of shape and structure. I wanted to buy some neoprene but this is £20 a metre, so instead I used sheets of foam board which were more like 80p a sheet.
Having looked at the structural element that I wanted to include within my designs I wanted to focus on developing these. I looked at neo-geometric conceptualism and the influences drawn from technology, deciding to create a built up texture to my garments so that it seems as though they have been pieced together, almost like computer motherboard or other electronics.
I tried mocking up some garments to give me an idea of shape and structure. I wanted to buy some neoprene but this is £20 a metre, so instead I used sheets of foam board which were more like 80p a sheet.
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Design work- development
I moved my design work on to focusing on silhouette and taking a more garment based focus with this. Being inspired by the strong side silhouettes Balenciaga created. Our promotion and textiles people developed concept boards which then formed our colour scheme enabling me to add colour into my designs and better envisage the direction of our collection.
Design work- development
I moved my design work on to focusing on silhouette and taking a more garment based focus with this. Being inspired by the strong side silhouettes Balenciaga created. Our promotion and textiles people developed concept boards which then formed our colour scheme enabling me to add colour into my designs and better envisage the direction of our collection.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Balenciaga initial design work
As womenswear designer I chose to focus on shape and silhouette, taking shapes from images of the 90s such as game boys or cassette tapes and translating these into designs.
By look at these shapes and suprematism as an art movement in how these shapes are put together, collaged etc I was able to develop quick designs focusing on the silhouette created and on the structure of the garments.
By look at these shapes and suprematism as an art movement in how these shapes are put together, collaged etc I was able to develop quick designs focusing on the silhouette created and on the structure of the garments.
Balenciaga influences
We were given a quote as the focus for our collection and from this my group chose to focus on the words broken and rewound.
We were inspired by the structural elements in Balenciaga clothes and the influence on silhouette and redefining the body of a woman, breaking away from her nAtural form. We also chose to look from this at the late 80s/early 90s period as we were inspired by the idea of broken electronics, rewound tapes etc. And felt this would steer us in a great direction in terms of visual references.
We were inspired by the structural elements in Balenciaga clothes and the influence on silhouette and redefining the body of a woman, breaking away from her nAtural form. We also chose to look from this at the late 80s/early 90s period as we were inspired by the idea of broken electronics, rewound tapes etc. And felt this would steer us in a great direction in terms of visual references.
The Balenciaga design team have died in a plane crash, you're in charge.
This was our brief for the next two weeks. In groups we have to creat the aw13/14 collection for Balenciaga with womenswear, menswear, textile, accessories, promotion.
We began by looking at the history of Balenciaga and the original work of Cristobel as well as the reinvention of the label by Nicholas Ghesquiere.
We began by looking at the history of Balenciaga and the original work of Cristobel as well as the reinvention of the label by Nicholas Ghesquiere.
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Final Collection- Balenciaga AW 13/14
As a group we all came together to create a final presentation board to show to the class. This included fashion illustrations of some designs which summarised the concept and look of our collection, images of print and textiles, accessories, and the flat drawings for all the garments in our collection. We also made a quick mock up of one of my designs. Overall I was really pleased with the collection, I think it is fun and exciting, but still wearable, and I think still Balenciaga.
Womenswear designs
I'm sorry that I have been so bad at updating my blog lately! I've been really busy but I promise that i'm back on it now and will be much more reliable.
I tried mocking up some garments to give me an idea of shape and structure. I wanted to buy some neoprene but this is £20 a metre, so instead I used sheets of foam board which were more like 80p a sheet.
Having looked at the structural element that I wanted to include within my designs I wanted to focus on developing these. I looked at neo-geometric conceptualism and the influences drawn from technology, deciding to create a built up texture to my garments so that it seems as though they have been pieced together, almost like computer motherboard or other electronics.
I tried mocking up some garments to give me an idea of shape and structure. I wanted to buy some neoprene but this is £20 a metre, so instead I used sheets of foam board which were more like 80p a sheet.
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Design work- development
I moved my design work on to focusing on silhouette and taking a more garment based focus with this. Being inspired by the strong side silhouettes Balenciaga created. Our promotion and textiles people developed concept boards which then formed our colour scheme enabling me to add colour into my designs and better envisage the direction of our collection.
Design work- development
I moved my design work on to focusing on silhouette and taking a more garment based focus with this. Being inspired by the strong side silhouettes Balenciaga created. Our promotion and textiles people developed concept boards which then formed our colour scheme enabling me to add colour into my designs and better envisage the direction of our collection.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Balenciaga initial design work
As womenswear designer I chose to focus on shape and silhouette, taking shapes from images of the 90s such as game boys or cassette tapes and translating these into designs.
By look at these shapes and suprematism as an art movement in how these shapes are put together, collaged etc I was able to develop quick designs focusing on the silhouette created and on the structure of the garments.
By look at these shapes and suprematism as an art movement in how these shapes are put together, collaged etc I was able to develop quick designs focusing on the silhouette created and on the structure of the garments.
Balenciaga influences
We were given a quote as the focus for our collection and from this my group chose to focus on the words broken and rewound.
We were inspired by the structural elements in Balenciaga clothes and the influence on silhouette and redefining the body of a woman, breaking away from her nAtural form. We also chose to look from this at the late 80s/early 90s period as we were inspired by the idea of broken electronics, rewound tapes etc. And felt this would steer us in a great direction in terms of visual references.
We were inspired by the structural elements in Balenciaga clothes and the influence on silhouette and redefining the body of a woman, breaking away from her nAtural form. We also chose to look from this at the late 80s/early 90s period as we were inspired by the idea of broken electronics, rewound tapes etc. And felt this would steer us in a great direction in terms of visual references.
The Balenciaga design team have died in a plane crash, you're in charge.
This was our brief for the next two weeks. In groups we have to creat the aw13/14 collection for Balenciaga with womenswear, menswear, textile, accessories, promotion.
We began by looking at the history of Balenciaga and the original work of Cristobel as well as the reinvention of the label by Nicholas Ghesquiere.
We began by looking at the history of Balenciaga and the original work of Cristobel as well as the reinvention of the label by Nicholas Ghesquiere.
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