Alena Bessant DESIGN & CUT Portfolio
Central Saint Martins Experimental And Explorative Approaches to Patternmaking with Patrick Lee Yow Exploring unconventional and inventive approaches to patternmaking and shape creation to inform the design process. Couture Corset Free Drape Geometric 3D Shapes
Couture Corset Processes
Free Drape Design development
3D Shapes Design development
Free Drape
Experimenting with geometrical shapes
Inspired Students Final Collection, BA (Hons) Fashion
Inspired Students Future Fashion, BA (Hons) Fashion, level 5
Central Saint Martins & Institut Franรงais de la Mode New Approaches to Fashion Design Experimental and explorative approaches to fashion design, design research, ways of communicating a clear vision of creative identity and an in-depth understanding of creative universe and style components.
Personal Portfolio
Transformational Reconstruction 9 month Master Class with Japanese Designer Shingo Sato TR– an intuitive and an artistic approach to creative pattern cutting without using the strict mathematical patternmaking system. TR is an innovative and open-minded approach to the creative process for fashion designers.
Transformational Reconstruction
TR Design Development
Inspired Students: Charna Cole, level 6 Final Major Collection, BA (Hons) Fashion
Charna Cole
Charna Cole
TR Portfolio Class Couture hand stitching techniques suitable for double-sided fabrics that complement and complete the TR finishing processes.
Double-sided wool finish
Inspired Students Final Collection, BA (Hons) Fashion, level 6
Subtraction Cutting An approach to garment pattern making that incorporates chance discovery and the ability to cut fast and inaccurately without too much reference to numbers, fractions and sizing scales. Method developed by Julian Roberts.
Images via Julian Roberts
Images via Julian Roberts
Subtraction Cutting
Inspired Students: International Summer Workshop 2014 Arts University Bournemouth
Inspired Students: Sugino Fashion University , Japan The Celebration of Alexander McQueen Summer Course 2018
Visiting Lecturer Prague Academy of Art, Architecture and Design Atelier of Fashion and Footwear Design Innovative and Explorative Design & Pattern cutting workshop for BA and MA Fashion Students.
Students work in progress at AAAD
Visiting Lecturer IMT, Fashion Design Institute, Prague, Czech Republic Free Drape pattern cutting workshop for fashion students and general public.
Arts University at Bournemouth BA (Hons) Fashion Design Mannequin experiments & Design development Stand exercises to explore possibilities of shapes and silhouettes through augmentation of existing garments to free up students attitude to stand work. Nothing is to be used in its conventional way.
Inspired Students: Frederick Olafsson, Level 5 BA Fashion—womenswear
Inspired Students: Catherine Thompson, Level 5 BA Fashion—childrenswear
Catherine Thompson
Inspired Students: Millie Turner, Level 5 BA Fashion—womenswear
Millie Turner
Arts University at Bournemouth BA (Hons) Fashion Design Conceptual design & experimental pattern cutting Working with Fashion Design students across all levels delivering conceptual design and explorative pattern cutting.
Inspired Students: Lara Gunnarsdottir Final Major Project –menswear
Inspired Students: Harriet Kendall Neal Final Major Project—womenswear
Inspired Students: Harriet Kendall Neal GFW catwalk, images via Vogue.com
Inspired Students Alice Polly – F.A.D. competition finalist 2015 (Fashion Awareness Direct)
Inspired Students: Leah Tuberville—Level 6 Final Major Project—menswear
Inspired Students: Yu Lin Fu — Level 6 Final Major Project 2017 womenswear & menswear
Inspired Students: Elizabeth Perry— Winner of the Burberry & Lectra Competition 2014
ALENA BESSANT FASHION DESIGNER/EXPERIMENTAL CUTTER CV: uk.linkedin.com/in/alenabessant/ / alenabessant@hotmail.co.uk Tel: +44 7935 855144 / United Kingdom
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