oh here is my final piece for my final major project

I don't usually model my work, when I create a garment
I always have a strong idea and image of the person I see wearing my design.
And of course for my Tribute to Heritage project I never in a million years
imagined myself modeling my designs for my project. But after some encouragement from
my fashion tutor and lack of availability of my model I had no choice but to model the garments myself.
I suppose I was a little apprehensive about modelling my own designs because I felt there would be too much ego in my motives for choosing to wear my own designs. But I suppose if I can't be comfortable in my own design, how do I expect someone else to be? So I swallowed my pride and modelled my own garments and it felt REALLY good!

Special thanks to Jade M.
for taking these lovely shots for me.
And my mother for allowing me to use
her flowers.

island crinoline

This illustration has been my most influential for my final piece of my FMP. The simplicity of the colours and the balance of shape works well throughout the illustration. So now I'm researching ways of bringing this design to life as one of my final garments. The fabric I'll use will be chiffon as it works so well with my prints, lightweight so it will move well on the catwalk and its so delicate even when its tied in knots. To achieve the gathering on the skirt I want to make crinoline cages to accentuate the waist and attach them in areas that are going to be gathered. The crinoline cage will give a nice structure to gather the fabric and also have a lobster pot look. Which is something I've also been researching to use as accessories to really capture the shipwrecked and survivor look. I want to make a crinoline cage like the one the photograph below but I will alter the shape and length. I'll also use boning covered in muslin to make the crinoline cage. Everyday I do something towards this project it makes me even more excited about it and I just can't wait to see the finished results!

flower heads

This is the follower up post to my playing dress up post. These headpieces are more fun, I used my mums flowers from around the house to stuff the headpieces. The flowers add a nice Caribbean appeal to the headpieces as well so I'm happy with that. Again these are inspired my Junya Watanabe's headpieces. I wonder if I can make these a little bigger but I must consider how heavy these will be on my models heads on the catwalk. They're also quite fragile so I have to figure out how I want to attach them to the models heads. These headpieces are more colourful, fun and vibrant which is what my project is all about so hopefully the end product for the catwalk show will be just as great.

playing dress up

As part of my final major project I'm doing some elaborate headpieces. These headpieces were of course inspired by Junya Watanbe's very genius and creative headscarves. I'm still working on my headscarves so they're not at large and fabulous as Junya's but I see a lot of potential in these headscarves and I'm super excited to see them on the catwalk. They're so traditional, vibrant and have a great tribal element to them. These are the first set of the headscarves I worked on today. I'm extremely happy with them and the profile shots have an amazing look!

70s prints with heat transfer

This spring/summer there are hints of the 70s in fashion trends. I only noticed my heat transfer prints I'm currently working on really links to the 70s trends in fashion this season, when my tutor told me.
So I will use this as my inspiration and make my prints even better.

Here are some of the heat transfer prints I've done. I really like the bright contrasting colours and the chiffon gives the prints a nice soft delicate feel.

Fashion trends

Stella McCartney, Christian Dior