Details Project: Day Three

Thursday was a very productive day for me and I felt like I did a lot of work which is going to help me further my project and start to design a collection.

I started by choosing images from my concept board and some others that I'd collected. Going through them one by one I drew details from the garments such as collars, pockets, sleeve shapes and seam lines. This was useful as it made me think more about specific details rather than just the shape of the garments. Using these details I started to design some clothes but felt it was too early to do this as I need to do some more idea generation. 

Next I selected some images that had interesting shapes and details and cut them out. Then I rearranged them to create new outfits. I tried to play with shape and composition for example making a sleeve into a skirt and a pocket into a neckpiece. This task was really useful because it forced me to think about my chosen details in a different way. By putting them in a place where they wouldn't normally go and changing the size of them I created some really interesting collages which I can develop into to designs. I made the first few collages using only images from my research so they looked like costumes rather than wearable clothes. To develop from these I made more but mixed the collaged details with drawings so they became clothes which could actually be worn. I found this useful because I started with quite an extravagant, outgoing design and developed them into wearable garments.Then I drew some quick designs inspired by these collages.

On my way home I went into B&Q and got some of the colour cards which I used for paint colours. I had an idea of what colours I wanted to use so got lots of cards so I would have a large choice of which to use. The traditional folk clothing is very bright and colourful, especially more so in the 1900s when there were more ways to dye fabric so I decided to base my colour story on these images. I found a book in the library about the specific textiles, colours and fabrics that were used in Eastern European clothes so I went through it and made notes on the colours and fabrics that they used that when I went fabric shopping the next day I would know exactly what I'd be looking for.