UNIT X

FOR UNIT X I AIM TO CREATE TWO FASHION FABRIC COLLECTIONS, 1 COLLECTION SOLEY DIGITAL PRINT AND 1 BEING A COMBINED PROCESS COLLECTION SUCH AS; EMBROIDERY, LASER CUTTING AND DIGITAL PRINT. THESE COLLECTIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH MY CONCEPT OF ABSTRACT STRUCTURES, REFINING AND DEVELOPING MY PREVIOUS WORK WITHIN THE PRACTISE UNIT. I WILL DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT BY CREATING NEW IMAGERY USING PHOTOGRAPHY AND MY OWN DRAWINGS TO CREATE NEW DEPTHS AND DETAILS IN TO MY DESIGNS.

TO VISUALISE AND BRING CONTEXT TO MY DESIGNS I AIM TO CREATE A LOOKBOOK; HARDCOPY AND ALSO ONLINE COPY. IN THE PRACTISE UNIT I CURATED A TEST SHOOT FOR MY LOOKBOOK WHICH WAS VERY MINIMALISTIC, HOWEVER FOR UNIT X I AIM TO MAKE MY SHOOT FOR THE LOOKBOOK MORE FOCUSED ON MY CONCEPT AND USE THE THEME OF ARCHITECTURE AND STRUCTURES WITHIN MY LOOKBOOK IMAGERY. 

MY PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF UNIT X WILL PORTRAY 2 FASHION FABRIC COLLECTIONS CONSISTING OF DIGITAL PRINT AND COMBINED PROCESSES SUCH AS LASER CUTTING AND EMBROIDERY AND A LOOKBOOK (HARD COPY/ONLINE COPY).

EVALUATION

IN THIS UNIT I FEEL MY WORK HAS PROGRESSED QUITE ALOT AND I HAVE IMPROVED IN VARIOUS SKILLS, SUCH AS MY FASHION VISUALISATIONS, DIGITAL PRINT AND ALSO I NOW KNOW HOW TO USE THE LASER CUTTER. I FEEL AS IF I HAVE CHALLENGED MYSELF IN CREATING 2 DIGITAL PRINI MINI COLLECTIONS AND A COLLECTION OF LASER CUT SAMPLES AND ETHOS SAMPLES. I ALSO DID VAST AMOUNTS OF RESEARCH AND LAYOUT PLANNING AND TEST SHOOTING FOR UNIT X, GENERATING IDEAS FOR MY LOOK BOOK AT THE END.

I FEEL I REACHED MY GOAL WHICH WAS TO CREAT TWO DIGITAL PRINT COLLECTIONS, ONE PORTRAYING PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS OF ABSTRACT STRUCTURES THROUGH THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FOUND TEXTURES. MY OTHER COLLECTION TO REPRESENT ABSTRACT SURFACES, WHICH I FEEL I ALSO ACHIEVED BY RE-C0BSTRUCTING MY OWN DRAWINGS TO CREATE ANOTHER ABSTRACT COLLECTION WITH  HAND DRAWN ELEMENT. MY OTHER AM WAS TO CREATE A COLLECTION THROUGH LASER CUT AND ETHOS SAMPLES PORTRAYING THE STRUCTURAL LINEAR SHAPES WITHIN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH AGAIN I BELIEVE WAS ACHIEVED. 

I ALSO FEEL MY COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXTERNAL FASHION WORLD IS IMPROVING AS I ENTERED 3 COMPETITIONS; 2 FOR TEXTILE FEDERATIONS AND 1 FOR NEW DESIGN BRITAIN. FOR THE CHINESE WHISPERS COMPETITION FOR TEXTILE FEDERATION, ONE OF MY DESIGNS HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED AND WAITING TO HEAR BACK, GIVING ME CONFIDENCE IN MY WORK AND EVEN IF I DO NOT GET ANYWHERE ELSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ACHIEVED SOMETHING JUST BEING SHORTLISTED, AND IT FEELS NICE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR WORK YOU HAVE DONE. 

THROUGH IMPROVED SKILLS IN MY FASHION VISUALISATIONS I FEEL MY DESIGNS ARE MORE IN CONTEXT AND ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY HOW THEY COULD BE MADE AND USED WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY,

AT THE BEGINNING THIS UNIT STARTED OFF VERY SLOW AND I COULD NOT GET IN TO IT. BUT NOW AT THE END I AM REALLY ENJOYING IT AND EXCITED TO PROGRESS IN TO UNIT X AND DEVELOP MY IDEAS FURTHER AND HOPEFULLY CREATE INTERESTING WORK FOR THE DEGREE SHOW. 

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MY PINTEREST ACCOUNT FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND CONTEXTUALS.

LASER CUT AND ETHOS FINALS

COUPLE OF EXAMPLE OF HOW THROUGH THE USE OF MY FABRIC DEVELOPMENT TO LEATHER AND REFINING MY DESIGNS I WAS ABLE TO CREATE INTRICATE DETAILS WHICH I GENUINELY COULD SEE AS PART OF A GARMENT. CREATING THESE VISUALISATIONS ALLOWS YOU TO SEE HOW THE COULD BE WORN OR PLACED ON THE BODY.

I WANT TO EXTEND MY LEATHER KNOWLEDGE AS I HAVE BEEN RINGING COMPANY GH LEATHERS ENABLING ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AS TO WHAT LEATHER I WOULD PREFER, AS THEY HAVE ALREADY SENT ME SAMPLES PRIOR TO THIS. IN UNIT X I ALSO WHAT TO DEVELOP MY DESIGNS FURTHER AND BE EVEN MORE CREATIVE WITH THE LASER CUTTER AS I FEEL IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING STRUCTURAL LINES TO MY WORK. 

AN EXAMPLE OF MY REFINED AND DEVELOPED ETHOS SAMPLES ON THE BODY. SINCE MY PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS I HAVE REFINED MY DESIGN MAKING THEM MUCH BOLDER AND EMPHASISING THE ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES WITHIN THE DESIGNS. 

IN UNIT X I WANT TO DEVELOP MY DESIGNS WITH THE ETHOS AND MAY INCLUDE DIGITAL PRINT AND LASER CUT WITHIN THEM. I FEEL ASIF I AM READY TO KEEP DEVELOPING IDEAS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT OUTCOMES AT THE END OF UNIT X AND FOR THE DEGREE SHOW. 

TEST LOOK BOOK SHOOT

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A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MY FRIST TEST SHOOT FOR MY LOOK BOOK IN UNIT X. I COLLABORATED WITH MY FRIEND RUBY ROBINSON WHO DOES PHOTOGRAPHY, ALLOWING EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH SOME ONE FROM ANOTHER ART COURSE, ENABLING ME TO BENEFIT SKILLS FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I REALLY LIKE THE IMAGES ESPECIALLY THE TOP ONE AS IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL AND COULD IMAGINE IT IN AN EDITORIAL SHOOT IN A FASHION MAGAZINE. I LIKE THE COMBINATION ON BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES ALONGSIDE MY BRIGHT PRINTS AS I FEEL IT GIVES A NICE CONTRAST. 

IN UNIT X I WILL DO MULTIPLE TEST SHOOTS WHICH WILL ENABLE ME TO PRESENT MY WORK FULLY IN MY OWN WAY THROUGH STYLING, LAYOUTS ETC. 

LOOKBOOK LAYOUTS

THESE ARE A FEW SAMPLE LAYOUTS I HAVE DONE FOR RESEARCH IN TO MY LOOKBOOK FOR UNIT X. THE LAYOUTS WERE CREATED THROUGH REFINING AND CAREFULLY SELECTING TYPES OF PAPERS, IMAGES AND THEIR COMPOSITION ON THE PAGE. I AM HAPPY WITH MY LAYOUTS BUT I WOULD WANT TO REFINE AND RESEARCH ABIT MORE WHEN IN UNIT X SO THEY LOOK AS PROFESSIONAL AS THEY CAN FOR THE DEGREE SHOW. I ALSO LOOKED IN TO ONLINE LOOK BOOKS SUCH AS ALLSAINTS AND THE KOOPLES AS THESE ARE AROUND THE SAME MARKET LEVEL AS MY PRINTS. I WILL BE CREATING AN ONLINE LOOK BOOK FOR UNIT X ASWELL AS I FEEL IT SHOWS PROFESSIONALISM AND A GOOD WAY TO SHOWCASE YOUR WORK FOR FUTURE EMPLOYERS.

FINAL MINI COLLECTIONS

COLLECTION 1

COLLECTION 2

AFTER REFINING AND DEVELOPING MY TWO COLLECTIONS, THESE ARE THE FINALS 2 MINI COLLECTIONS WHICH I WILL TAKE IN TO UNIT X AND FURTHER EXPLORE AND CREATE MORE DESIGNS FOR EACH. I FEEL LIKE BOTH DESIGNS ARE BOTH ON THE HIGHER END OF THE HIGTH STREET, BUT MAYBE COLLECTION TWO MORE TO HIGH END DUE TO IT SUBTLE AND SOPHISTICATED ELEMENTS. I AM HAPPY WITH BOTH COLLECTIONS AS I FEEL THEY ARE STORNG PRINTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RE DEVELOPING THESE FOR UNIT X.

PRINT INSPIRATION

VIIGAL AZROUEL

DESIGNER USES GRAPHIC LIKE PRINTS TO CREATE ABSTRACT, TEXTURAL PRINT DESIGN. THIS IS SIMILAR TO MY FIRST COLLECTION WITH THE GRAPHIC/PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS. I LIKE BLOCK PRINT EFFECT COMBINED WITH THE CONTEMPORARY SHAPE OF THE GARMENT, AS I BELEVE THEY WORK WELL TO GIVE A FASHION FORWARD OUTCOME. 

I FEEL THIS IS HUGELY INSPIRATIONAL TO MY FIRST COLLECTION AS IT HAS SIMILAR ELEMENTS, AND HAS A HIGH END, SOPHISTICATED LOOK TO THE GARMENT, WHICH IS WHAT I AM HOPING WITHIN MY DESIGNS. 

BALENCIAGA

THE COLOURS AND TEXTURES ALONGSIDE THE LINE QUALITY ARE HUGELY INSPIRATIONAL FOR MY SECOND COLLECTION. THE SIMILARITIES WITH COMPOSITION ARE APPARENT AS ITS AN ALL OVER PRINTS JUST AS MINE ARE. A HUGELY INSPIRATIONAL PRINT.