Final Garment.

I am extremely pleased with the outcome of the final garment.  If we had more time we would have liked to create a better photo shoot and even a video.  As a group we worked very well together.  All our designs were included and we all had parts of the project that we did. I have learnt new skills in this project like subtraction cutting and that is something I will definitely use in the future. subtraction cutting is a technique that works better with practise and so I will like to develop this technique.

The Making...

2 metres of each fabric.

pin and sew these
together to create
'pillow case'.

creating the pattern.

darts on the back
and front of the bodice
will be at the top
because of the positive
and negative space.

finished pattern.

place pattern on pillow case to
create subtraction. drew from one
underarm to the other.

what the shapes looks like.

what it looks like so far.

we used same pattern to use
for the lining. the lining is
short so that you wont be able
to see if through the chiffon.

placing the tunnels.

matched them up and sew
together.

we then over locked the tunnels
to prevent the chiffon
from fraying. 

this is what the dress looked
like after one tunnel at the top.
we have used an invisible zip
on the side of the dress.

sewing the lining together.

hand up to shoulder seams, pinch and
pull through and sew!

ta da!!!!!!

Final Design.

After much consideration, this is our final design. I am

confident that we have included aspects of everyones works,

and that these elements are obvious. I am extremely

pleased with our colour palette selection and the materials

we have chose are going to work very well together.

The underneath layer is just a simple vest made from white

power net to emphasise the idea of transparency, layering

and abstraction. There are two tunnels in this design, one

that comes directly under the bodice and one that is in the

middle of the dress.

Toile.

Before we get started on the final manufacturing of our garment we made a toile first. We made it half size so that we could get it done sufficiently and quickly whilst being able to decide and experiment with the subtraction cutting as it can be different every time.  We used to contrasting materials in the toile which i think worked really well together and I think it's a good idea to use at least three fabrics for the subtraction part of the dress and it creates volume, layers and exemplifies all our ideas perfectly. 

This time we made the subtraction
rounder, as last time we
did straight lines and it was not
successful.

As we want to create a bra-shape
we drew it onto the garment
to create the best shape.

here we are trying to see where
the tunnels would work best.

we like the idea of having
one at the top of the
 garment and one near
 the bottom.

We now have an idea and an understanding of
how we are going to make our final
garment.

Designs developed from the toile.

Designs.

Below are my design ideas for this project, starting from design from my research and then combining our ideas together from the other members of my groups designs.

Junya Watanabe, Spring 2011 RTW

Junya Watanabe was one of the designers work that I loved the most at  the '30 Years of Japanese Fashion' exhibition.  His latest collection for spring 2011 involved stripes,pleats,sheerness, layers and movement:exactly how I would see my collection for this project being described.