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PLEATING

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Today we were lucky to have a talk from west end pleaters.

They have done work for famous people such as Lady Gaga ect

I didnt know how many different styles of pleats were available but it really fascinated me.

It definatly made me want to reseach pleats more.

It is interesting to know what kind of hard work goes into creating these fabrics.

And to know it is done at such reasonable prices is really suprising.

First we had a talk and then could look at the samples in more detail.

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Today we had an unofficial field trip.
Myself and about 15 others went to The Barbican Art Gallery where we saw a fantastic exhibition called : Future Beauty, 30 Years of Japaneese Fashion.
It was amazing and I managed to get some sneaky pics ....

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EMBELLISHMENT!

Todays lesson was to look at our concept as individuals and come up with small samples of what we think wrapped is. I am not all together happy with my work so I am going to do futher work in my own time. Here is one of my samples and another girl in my group who Ithink worked really well

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I managed to get my hands on the other group members concept on wrapped.
Along with their mood boards. I was happy with the groups over all effort and think it is portrayed through the mood boards aswell.

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HERES ONE I DID EARLIER!

Aswell as the military Jacket I am deconstructing at the moment I have also deconstructed another tailored jacket.I had a look through the process for idea's and tips from last time. Here is how it looked,

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DECONSTRUCTION & RECONSTRUCTION

Today we were all given military Jackets which we had to unpick and rearrange into interesting forms.

I have done this excersise before very successfully and I really enjoyed it so it was fun to do.

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PATTERN CUTTING!

I found this task very difficult but I was glad at the end as it helped me develop my pattern cutting skills.

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In pairs we had to make a pattern piece and construct the same garment.
Continuing our theme WRAPPED we used a simple bow design waistcoat, I found pattern cutting quite challenging but the end result made it worth it! And my partner was a great help as she had done it before.

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Today Was my day off and I decided to go and look at Fabric shops.
I think I have come across my new Favorite!!!!!
It is in SOHO!
Called "The Cloth House"

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We got as much work done on the mood boards as we could in lesson but needed to use our own time for research and finishing.
As a group we are required to do a presentation on our findings and our word.
We all went away did our individual mood boards and concepts of the word "Wrapped" and met up as a group to put them into a presentation.
My mood board is Above :

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Here are a few of drawings from the drapping and creating exercise ....

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This week we had to take the garments we created out the mutton cloth and drape them in about 10 different styles.

After this we documented it in drawings.
This was a really good exercise as it helped my illustraction skills and drawing skills

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18th October

Today we were placed in groups.
The previous week we were given a word and were told to research it in our own time.
Our word was

'WRAPPED'

We came prepared with images, bits of text, ect.
Grouped different idea's together and then went away to make mood boards.

It was a very long process because each group member had to look at a different concept from the word wrapped and what it says to them.

We regrouped the images and text so many times but it was very much needed ...

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Once we removed our creation from the stand we played around to see how it could become a wearable piece.
I was quite happy with the outcome.
You can see pictures of my piece and other pairs work that I found inspiring ...

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WEEK 4!

Today was a really fun day! :]

Task:
In pairs, Using the materials we collected: Mutton cloth, Nylon tights, clingfilm and PVA glue
Wrap a chair and create interesting shapes out of the materials.
Once dry carefully remove the shape/form and transfer it onto a mannequin forming it into a wearable piece...

These pictures document my process . . . .

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AND HERE IT IS

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PART THREE "The final part"

So at the end of the day we were put into groups and our task was to dress a mannequin in an interesting way so we could draw it into a fashion illustration piece I really enjoyed this part of the session as we could put our own flare on our drawings.
OH AND FINALLY WE COULD USE COLOUR! HOORAY!