Catch up!!

Uni has been getting much more interesting and practical compared to the first project we did. We've actually gone on to make bits, and do some designs in the last few weeks which is much more interesting than research based projects. Lectures have stopped now for the year, leaving more time to get on with the essay and tasks set from Marcel in our seminars. Which I'm still yet to start. The seminar's have been getting a bit better although they still seem to be a repeat of what we already heard earlier in the lectures. I find it quite hard to sit their and listen and watch slide shows of historic art, hardly any of the lectures had any links to fashion, which is another reason why I prefer the seminar as Marcel does attempt to link in fashion. Also due to the size difference it's much easier to ask questions about the slide shows.

One of the last projects we did was Creative Approaches to Fashion where we got to do some more design work, creating garment ideas from abstract objects. The aim of this brief was to create a garment from three different shirts. I ended up making a jump suit which I feel turned out quite well.



Above is a photo of my final garment which Jaime tried on for me. I had to add a couple of safety pins to hold bits together, as we weren't allowed to use a sewing machine for this project. I've also included a photo of one of my research and design pages.
Here is an example of what I was talking about, using strange shaped objects like an orange skin to create the shape and structure for a garment.