Brighton Biba Exhibit

There was a collection of Biba's fashion garments and illustrations. There wasnt much which could influence my derelict buildings theme, but I did like some of the structural elements. Collars were popular throughout Barbara Hulanicki's designs, I will try to intemperate this within my new project. Hulanicki's designs from the sixties and seventies are still fashionable and wearable now, and collars are very much back in fashion. 

First Day in Brighton

So today I arrived in Brighton and had a nosey round doing all the typical tourist things (walked down the pier, went to look at the Pavilion, walked along the seafront, explored The Lanes). But aside from these things I went to the art gallery where I saw some work that could help me in my FMP if I decide to continue with the theme of dereliction and abandoned buildings.
Jeff Keen works with paint and typography to distress and manipulate surfaces. I have some images of his work, most of which is based around attitudes in the war, but I find the textures and surfaces that he has created to be interesting.

End Garment

After working on the garment for the past few days, I finished it all off this morning. One of my classmates asked if she could take pictures of the garment for her portfolio. I went down to the studio with her and another classmate who kindly modelled it for me. The results were brilliant.  Photos by Lauren Daly, Model is Joely Donald.

Garment Creation

I decided to make a large scale version of my fashion design ideas. I wanted to try making a top out of the torn up images. Today I worked on this and have completely finished the top, I hope to do a fashion shoot tomorrow of it, unfortunately this will not be a location shoot as i do not have time to visit the location, so they will be done in the studio at college. I hope at a later date that I will be able to take the outfit to the location and shoot there.
After making the top, I decided that instead of just putting some shorts that had been bought from the high street with it, I would create my own. I tried out a few different techniques for the fabric of the shorts. Here are just a few of the techniques I tried...

After doing these I decided on the bottom one as the pattern is interesting and complimented the top. 

Garment Ideas

I started to work with my pieces of brusho, representing mould and growth. Tearing small pieces of different variations of brusho up, I stitched them together using free stitch and bright cotton to reflect the bright colours of the graffiti. I didnt like the bright nature of the piece which I had created, so decided to take inspiration from Mary Katrantzou and Jean Pierre Braganza. Using the monochrome colour scheme which had become apparent throughout my recent work, I printed off images of the power station in black and white. Using these I created a similar effect to the one I created with the brusho pieces and this was a lot more successful. Applying them to fashion designs I believe it could work really well as a full sized garment. Here are the images of my fashion ideas...

Mary Katrantzou

Another designer discovered from research into this months London Fashion Week is Mary Katrantzou. Her designs include strong imagery within the garments. The images and close ups make up the pattern of the fabrics. Many of the garments from her AW 2013 collection are monochrome with only subtle hints of other colours and this is what I am working towards. Her simple edgy designs are very futuristic, using bold and daring shapes she has created a collection to aspire to. I am taking inspiration from the images she uses within her designs to create my own garment, with only some bright colour.
AW 2013 Collection... Just a few of my favourites

All from London Fashion Week website

Inspiration from London Fashion Week

So after sadly missing London Fashion Week I have researched some of the artists that attended and did catwalks.
The first designer I have looked at and who will influence my later work is Jean Pierre Braganza. His AW 2013 collection, reflects the use of photographs and digital imagery that I have used throughout my work. He uses structured and simple shapes, with simple prints. A particular favourite of the show was the dress below. Jean Pierre has used a black and white colour scheme throughout this collection with highlights of colour. I aspire to create something with influence from his collection. Conducting further research I have discovered that his Spring/Summer 2013 collection used geometric shapes and the same black and white theme, it reminds me of the black and white dress that I previously made.

AW 2013

Spring/Summer 2013 Collection