Deconstruction/Reconstruction: Day 1

Today I started the deconstruction/reconstruction project. The weekend before I went to a vintage clothing sale to get lots of cheap clothes. Denim is one of my favourite fabrics so I was immediately drawn to denim jackets, shirts and jeans as I like the material and I think it could be interesting to take apart the pieces and put them together in a new way. I also bought some tailored jackets and shirts because there are a lot of pieces that make them up so there is a lot to work with.

I started by doing work on the stand using the clothes that I'd brought in and used them in ways that they wouldn't usually be used (upside down, inside out, jackets as skirts, trousers as a jacket). I really liked this process. It helped me to start looking at the clothes in unconventional ways. I think with this kind of project it would be extremely hard to design just by drawing so I think stand work will be very important during this project.

Then I printed off these photos and started to design from these, thinking about the types of clothes that I could possibly make for a final piece. I also went through magazines and found clothes similar to the ones that I had used on the stand and made collages using these. Today was really successful for me as I got loads of ideas for where I could with this project and I'm excited to see where it goes.