1. As part of the selection process for interview to the BA (hons) Fashion Design Course at Bath Spa University we would like you to submit 50 original ideas for fashion.
2. What does this mean to you?
How you interpret the brief will form part of the selection process, but we are looking for ideas, originality, fashion awareness, drawing/sketching skills, creativity and presentation.
3. The visual presentation should be decided upon by you, using any kind of media you wish to help you present your ideas.
4. Submission should be no larger than A4 size, with a maximum of 15 sheets if appropriate.
I decided that to show a range of my drawing and design skills, I would create different collections. The first collection I created was based on some broken glass I found within one of the derelict buildings. These designs show my drawing skills, and are simple fine liner drawings filled with watercolours.
In my second collection I have used a varied range of papers, lace, wire and voile. These have been used to represent how the garments would look in real life and use the materials that would actually be used. These were based on my derelict buildings and found objects theme.
Experimentation was shown in my third set of designs, Using water colour and brusho I experimented with shape. I am very happy with the results that have been created. I like how these were a complete experiment and I had no idea how they would actually turn out. I had some control, but only a limited amount, when it came to applying the paints. I didn't want to put full bodies on the garments, as I like the ghostly nature and the free flow. I decided that the best way to deal with this problem would be to find a head from a magazine, I then photocopied this to create all the heads for the models. The second set of this collection remind me of sea waves, I have used different shades of blue for each garment. I think these are by far the most successful of the 50 designs.
Using glue and dye I have created interesting texture and colouring, these were the 'natural' collection that I thought about. The colours that have been used are all very earthy, but I have included streaks of dark red to reflect the bright colours of graffiti on the walls of the buildings. The glue has created interesting patterns and shapes, where the glue has thinned it has become broken. The rough look is similar to all the broken and damaged items within the power station.
I did more designs based on nature, these were solely drawn in watercolour, but to add more texture and make them less flat I have sewn into them. I have used free stitch and let the threads hang down the page, this has created a really interesting effect and definitely made the watercolours look better. My particular favourite off this page is the twig one at the far right, if I was to create this in real life, then I would use sticks, free stitch and string to hold it all together.
As nature theme was my favourite, I have created 5 more designs, these were done using bits I found within my sketchbook, that I couldnt use, some of these are highly textured and there are some really interesting patterns.
The last 5 designs are very daring and I was unsure about them at the beginning, but they are growing on me. Using body part cut outs I have designed some interesting patterns. I particularly like the dress made of hands and think it would be very interesting if I was actually to make it.
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