FMP Week 7 Day 3

Final Evaluation

I feel that I chose a successful title in the fact that it pushed me intellectually and conceptually. It was interesting and easy to apply to the body which I enjoyed.In my opinion, the most successful area of my project was the research stage. I was able to collect a lot of high quality references through photography and sketches. I then successfully consolidated said research through more drawings, layering and repetition.
Parts of my development stage was successful as the experiments helped me push my ideas forward in terms of designing. Experimenting with sheets and duvets really helped me develop my ideas in terms of silhouettes. The work shops I competed on the stand also helped push my project forward and also allowed me to consider different prints for my designs. However, I felt I lacked experiments not in relation to the body. This is something I need to bare in mind and improve on in future projects.
Something I will take away with me is the importance of peer reviews. In one of my group tutorials, I was collectively told to produce a mood board. In doing so I was able to conceive a clear and concise direction for my project. Certain images were helpful in terms of initial influence and they inspired the tone of my sketch book as well.
One of the most helpful suggestions was in a one-to-one tutorial when my tutor suggested I added in some contextual resources. He proposed I refer to Comme Des Garcon’s Lumps and Bumps Show. This was an absolutely perfect reference as it completely tied in to my thinking process and made my development much clearer. He also suggested Galliano’s Construction Couture Show for Dior. This also allowed me to add another element in to my development process. Additionally, it got me to consider more about the details and construction of my own designs.In terms of designing, I feel I need to apply much more intricacy and many more details. I tend to concentrate on the silhouette and feel that in order to succeed in my future course/career, I need to practice designing the details. The final outcome of my project highlights the negative space around the body. I used a thick duvet which had plump and broad qualities to it. This allowed as much negative space to be highlighted as possible.
As my title was ‘the unobserved’, I wanted to include another element relevant to this concept in my final garment. Consequently, the lining is the part of the design with the most detail, however, it is hidden underneath the garment.So that my final piece looks as effective as possible, I allowed the lining to be brought into the outer part of the garment around the neck line.Nevertheless, there are certain aspects of the outcome that I could have improved on. I felt that my final outcome was not as a high a quality as I am capable of. It was more of a draft garment as an example of the concept. In retrospect, I should have started looking for fabrics and making it much sooner to give me more time to create the correct pattern and hand stitch it more neatly.
Again, this comes down to poor time management. This project has taught me how crucial it is to stick to deadlines as when the work piles up, the quality of your work can decrease as you try to catch up.

FMP Week 7 Day 2

Final Week

Photoshoot / Fashion Film

Today I took part in my second photo shoot. In retrospect, I feel that I could have personalised the set a bit and could have been more creative. However, due to poor time management, I was strapped for time. The photo shoot took quite a while as I had demonstrate to my model the particular poses I wanted her to do. I wanted certain positions that would show the garment at its best and also to share my title - the unobserved.

Today I also worked on and edited my Fashion Film. I feel that parts of the film where successful e.g. I liked the way I edited it to slow motion and black and white. However, there were also unsuccessful elements such as that fact that I should have used a better quality camera as when I edited the film to slow motion, the quality of the images were reduced.

I like the fact that it is an hour long - I feel that this ties in to the concept of the unobserved. We are constantly unaware of the unseen and unnoticed and the length of the video highlights this fact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUWUnU8L26Q

FMP Week 7 Day 1

Final Week

Photoshoot 1

Today I embarked upon my first photo shoot. I only got a few shots that I liked so I have planned to do another one tomorrow. The successful aspects of this photo shoot was the dramatic look of my model's face. I had the help of a Photography degree student, therefore the camera used was to a high quality. The definition of the images was very good and the lighting used was perfect.

However, one of the reasons that this photo shoot was not as successful as I had hoped was that it was difficult to get my model to produce diverse poses. This consequently did not allow the images to convey the form of my garment. I wanted the final imaged to see most of the garment and the way it had been made. Most of the images were of the same pose and at the same angle. I wasted images  at a range of angles and with a range of poses.

My thinking makes sense as I am a theorist. Theorists are perfectionists and are fussy about how they do things. Therefore, tomorrow I shall find a different set and think of different poses to tell my model to do in order for my garment to perceived in the way I invasion it be.

FMP Week 6 Day 3

Development

Today I was reaching further and further to my final design of the garment I was to make. I was bearing in mind the amazing Lumps and Bumps collection of Comme Des Garcons. However, I wanted to highlight the negative space in a more distinctive and subtle way.

I liked my experiments with the duvet as they influenced my final garment a lot. However, I feel that I could have produced many more informative designs. 

My friend Nina said that I should add more colour. Next I will try and incorporate more colour in to my work.

FMP Week 6 Day 2

Development

Today I focused on the silhouette of my garments. To do this, I developed on the work that I produced on the sand using paper. I felt that this workshop was successful in the fact that I made sure I explored the use of my shapes on every section on the body. Thus, allowing my design process to consider all potential areas of design.

The unsuccessful elements would be the fact that I feel that I did not utilise this work shop to its full potential. As I am a theorist, I have a methodical approach and therefore would have preferred to chronologically explore each stand composition. However, I did not do this and relied on groups of images to inspire my design process. I do not feel positively about this but had to do this with what time I had left.

I unexpectedly layered the images on top of each other. I felt that this was effective in most of my sketch book pages but I feel I could have developed individual compositions further.

Retrospectively, at this point in my project, I would have done a lot of things differently. I would have introduced a different medium into my work, for example, at the point I feel that I should have started to design with coloured ink. I feel that this would have brought in another aspect of colour and shapes. Next, I want to include imagery with references to duvets. This will influence my final garments.

FMP Week 6 Day 1

Development

Today I focused on the construction of clothing. I am glad I did this as it was an exercise which helped me cosier the form, placement and design of potential details. I referred to John Galliano's couture collection for Dior. I felt that this exercise was successful in terms of allowing me to practise including these in to my work. However, in retrospect, I should not have spent valuable time doing this. I should have been completing more final designs instead. I can see how I preferred to do this though because I am a theorist and theorists like to pay great attention to detail. I can also see how this was a down fall in this circumstance as it slowed down my project. 

FMP Week 5 Digital Print

Digital Print

This is my digital print. It captures the otherwise unobserved moments of the development of my project. In some ways it was unsuccessful as the image does not merge together and it is a repeat. This was not my intention but again because of poor time management and planning, something unexpected happened. I meant to only digital print one large image but if I did this it would have been too pixilated for my print to have looked professional. Therefore, I decided I did not have enough time to redo my intended print. Thus I had to compromise and so I produced this repeat.

I was happy with the outcome as although it is a repeat, it still looks spontaneous and not too linear. Additionally, I get to include more of my sketches which makes the print look more unique and detailed.

I am also pleased with the colours that it includes. I am going to decide whereabouts I am going to place this print on my garment next.

This was the first time I had digital printed and I found the process very appealing. I was inspired by producing a print and want to produce many more in my future courses. However, I need to make sure next time I save my image in the correct format so that the product will not be unclear and pixilated.