Personality - Uniqueness

This is some of my fashion designs I worked with under the theme of personality. This is where I was particularly looking at unique personalities. I used colour and shape to display a vibrant extrovert personality that would stand out. I was focused on creating innovative designs that would portray an identity. I found that print was something I was drawn to using to create a stand out effect. I used collage to experiment and make my designs textural and easier to visualize in 3D designs. 

Personality - Structure

I was focusing on the theme of personality and was looking at what makes up personality. A big thing I kept coming back to was structure. I was intrigued by how a structure can build up our personality. I took my ideas into a 3D form and made a structure using paper art straws. I developed this idea further by creating sketches with different techniques and Medias of my 3D piece to enable me to gain a deeper understanding about structures. 

Personality - Adventurous

For this piece I used my previous designs and put them into a personality concept to compliment my theme. I wanted unusual fashion designs so I could represent original personalities I also used bold colouring to show this. I wanted the designs to be personal about a unique identity. I did this through imagery. I was very focused on extrovert personalities and was inspired by a trip to Brighton. To incorporate my inspiration into my designs I used my primary Images of graffiti from Brighton to make up a print. I was fascinated by the graffiti representing an adventurous personality. 

Personality - Internal self

For this piece I was working with the theme personality. I had previously been interested by unique personalities. I started to develop this idea and look at what makes up our personality and our internal self. I was intrigued by the fact that what people may know as our personality may in fact be different to what our personality actually is. For example one person may see someone as quiet, but if you explore them deeper there is a lot more to that person. I used batik paper trapping to portray these ideas. 

Personalty- complexity

I have been looking at personality as my theme. Within personality I have been looking at complexity as there are many different layers to each individual. I created this idea using techniques such as weaving, trapping and felting. I also used vibrant and bold colours to show a unique identity as this was something else I have been focusing on. 

Relationships - flourish

With this piece I was working under the theme relationships. I was interested in how our feelings can completely create a different perspective on something. I represented this idea by embellishing my piece. I used Angelina because this made my black screen print look completely different. I wanted the Angelina to show the emotions of relationships and how emotions can change something. 

Relationships - Burnt emotion

Whilst focusing on relationships I looked at emotion. I created this idea through a cellotape transfer technique using magazine rip outs. I wanted to develop this idea further though so I experimented with netting. I burnt netting and began to trap this over the top of my cellotoape transfer to represent how people can be trapped under what society wants us to be. The idea of the burnt netting on top of the emotion was to show that society can burn emotions out of us. 

Relationships - Perspective

My theme for these pieces was relationships. Within relationships I focused on perspectives and how society views us. I took a well-known image of fashion model twiggy and used Dylon image transfer to print this onto fabric. I embellished onto this with lips and red embroidery thread to portray an image of what society wants us to look like. I also used coloured dye samples to portray how this makes us feel.

Personality - Abstract

For my theme of personality I have been very enthusiastic to create my textiles work with a fashion design perspective. I have been focusing on unique identities and I wanted to make sure my designs portrayed this. For this piece I used abstract shapes, lines and textures from books and magazines to create fashion designs. The abstract style was used to ensure the fashion designs were individual and for a one of a kind personality. 

Natural forms - Trapped

In natural forms I looked a lot at depth. I looked at this by using the trapping technique to build up layers and complexity. I incorporated mixed media into my work such as leaves to create an unusual texture which would create a more realistic natural form tapping outcome. 

Natural forms - Shades

Whilst looking at natural forms I looked at lot at leaves and there outline. I used the silhouettes from leaves and turned them into fashion designs. I then began to develop these designs using illustrator. I focused particularly on colour swatches and how I could use shades to create a certain look. 

Natural forms - Freedom

Freedom was something I also looked at with natural forms. I liked the way that feathers are free flowing. I used heat press to capture this. I particularly liked how this print on silk came out. I felt that this look very luxurious and so I designed the print to fit into a dress where I focused on the delicacy of natural forms something else which I was also interested by. 

Natural Forms - Delicacy

Whilst studying Natural Forms I was taken in by the delicacy of them. I found this was particularly in the stems and flowers of the natural forms. I was enthusiastic to look at how things can be delicate. I used mono print to turn my inspiration into a fashion design. 

Natural Forms - Depth

Whilst studying natural forms as one of my topics I focused on the idea of depth. The idea that there is more to something underneath what is visible. I used heat press to create a shadow like outcome and also stitched into my work to show depth through layering. In my chenilling I also showed how colour and texture can represent depth through textiles work. 

Personality - Fitting in

Here I was looking at Personality. I was interested in the idea of fitting in. I was intrigued by how we fit into society from my previous work so looked closely at how shapes can fit together. I was also attracted to unique identities so used these shapes from textiles work to create fashion designs made out of shapes which were innovative and would represent someone’s identity. 

Fashion Trends - Pop Positive

For part of my fashion work I was looking at trends. I looked at the trend Pop Positive for Spring/Summer 2017. I researched images from places such as Getty images and Pattern Bank. As well as this I took my own images and scans to put together inspiration for the trend. I put my work together using InDesign and also looked at the use of type whilst doing this. 

Fashion Trends - Look Book

In my fashion work I have been looking at Trends and Styling. To display my knowledge I created look books. I created one Look Book that would be used to advertise Topshop and make customers aware of current trends. The second one is to show a current trend - Mono Mix. I used Publisher, Polyvore and Photoshop as well as taking my own photos and holding shoots.

Natural Forms - Silhouettes

I used natural forms as a theme and started off by focusing on silhouettes of natural objects. This led me to make prints which were focused on the shapes of leaves. I was pleased with how the body of the leaves printed and wanted to develop this concept further into a fashion aspect. I used the lines and angles to create fashion designs that reflected my prints. 

Personality - Expression

I have been focusing on the theme personality, which has led me to be predominantly interested in unique identities. I was fascinated in how this can be expressed through fashion designs using shapes and colours. I was particularly inspired by a trip to London Fashion Weekend, where there were many unique individuals who voiced their personality within their clothes with bold shapes and colours. 

Relationships - Emotion

For this piece I was working under the theme of relationships. I was drawn to the idea of how society views us and how this makes us feel. I decided to express this through colour and layering. The textiles technique wax resist is used to build up layers of wax. The vibrant cerise dye avoided the wax areas which left the colour to portray intense emotions.