Digital Drapping

This is a great exercise for developing garments, exploring shape and composition on the female shape. I have used my own drawings, projected them on to a size 12 mannequin and this is an exciting way to develop garment design.

What I'm Doing Next??

I have just discovered that Ive got into University! I am studying Fashion and Textiles With Enterprise. I will continue to post photographs of my works throughout the coming months!!

The Final Result - Presented at the Kings Theatre on Saturday 28th May 2011

 This is my final piece, which is corset based dress made from melted Tyvek and Binliners and to had extra effect crystalina fibres and sequins. Also burnt binliner skirt with crystlina fibres, sequins and black buttons.

 

Binliner Dresses

This is one of my experimental dresses for my A2 Textiles & Design Externally Set Assignment. The theme of our exam was to create a dress, however only using an unconventional material. I began looking to the female form, shape and styles. I then looked in to designers such as, Alexandra McQueen and Vivinenne Westwood. Also while developing my research discovered an amazing textiles artist, her being Kim Thittichai. Kim published a book titled 'Hot Textiles'. This was my main inspiration, when it come to the idea of thinking about the materials and how I could make them more then just what they were.

I began experimenting with Bin Liners. This is a cheap and easy material to work with.

I used a number of different materials and tools to create patterns and surfaces.

This was the starting point to creating my final dress.

I melted bin liners to a basic petticoat, which created a volumed structure that I could work with.

This is an image of my corset. I took a basic plain black corset and burnt away the panels and replaced them with bin liner panels. I have also taken inspiration from 'Victorian Fashion' and the overall idea of the female form. The thin waist and the wide hips. I feel this dress captures these aspects.