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Group Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i6PbTEIzkIoQTUIeyqWb1daN53CMR9dbjvjHCigXU4U/edit#slide=id.p My role for Industry week being a designer was to re-brand an accessories item for Balmain, as this project was a group task it was important to consider the roles of other people in my group and make sure our research and concept idea was linked together so we could produce aContinue reading “Industry Project – Balmain”

My fifty years of influence is aimed at Alexa Chung, who is an upcoming British fashion designer, presenter and contributing editor to British Vogue. I have been researching how she has built her current fashion brand by exploring the industry of fashion in depth, she’s interviewed past, present and emerging designers, aswell as exploring theContinue reading “FE Workshop – 50 Years of Influence”

To create my customer profile I decided to visit my local River Island store in Guildford to get a feel of the average age and gender of people shopping in store. I decided to create my collection targeting the age range of 20-30 year olds, as I found when looking in the store the mostContinue reading “River Island Live Project – Customer Profile”

To begin the live project and determine my concept for the brief, I begun by browsing online on the River Island website to get an idea of the current trends and upcoming seasonal styles. I also created a A/W mood board and colour board inspired from the current trends on the River Island website, asContinue reading “River Island Live Project – Ideas, Research and Final Collection”

For this collaborative project all foundation students were divided into groups to create a fete revolving around four words we were given, these words were: Ghost Anticipation Parisian Terrace Rollercoaster The benefits of mixing with other foundation students is that we had one or two members in our group from each foundation pathway, such asContinue reading “Fete Accompli Project”

Prevent is a Government strategy that was set up as part of a wider counter-terrorism strategy called Contest. This strategy is split into four work streams that are known within the counter-terrorism community as the “four P’s”: Prevent, Pursue, Protect, and Prepare. The purpose of Prevent is to stop people from becoming drawn into or supporting terrorism. Due to the current severe threat from terrorismContinue reading “Prevent Project”

It is important to remember to use sustainable fabrics at all times when designing, in the sportswear industry there is a common problem with fabric such as lycra, polyester and nylon being very popular fabrics as they are light-weight, wrinkle-free, long lasting and breathable. They are also non-absorbent in nature, which means that your sweatContinue reading “Progressive Detail – Ethical/Sustainable Brand”

What will my Product look like and what fabrics will i use? My aim is to design a collection of sportswear garments which will be suitable for all weather conditions use. Fabrics will range from Web Mesh, Recycled Polyester, Synthetic Fabric and Bamboo and Hemp. In terms of colour I would like to stick toContinue reading “Progressive Detail – Customer Profile”

Our brief for Progressive Detail week, was to use our research from visiting the V&A, Dover Street Market and Nike Town, with the aim to develop and design our own item of sportswear, taking inspiration and including elements of design from historic garments and styles. In these images above i wanted to focus on theContinue reading “Progressive Detail – Trip Overview and Design Development”

I am quite pleased with how my final garment turned out. I made it purely by using two deconstructed materials; An old school shirt, which I cut in half and used the bottom half to wrap around the body forming a bandeau. An old pair of pink cotton trousers, which I cut up into stripsContinue reading “Deconstruction/ Reconstruction Week – Final Outcome”