Fashion Design Portfolio

Ariana Bostwick

University of Cincinnati - Fashion Design Product Development abostwickdesign@gmail.com 513.377.8951

Sultry Fantasy: Concept/Trends Fantasy is a growing genre that allows people to escape from the stress of everyday life, like a sultry night.

The fantasy genre has dominated the bestsellers lists, movie theatres, and museum exhibits. Fantasy provides an escape from the fast paced days, and fills the void of emotionless communication with nostalgia, surrealism, and a way for self expression.

Lingerie and jewelry are categories of women’s fashionthat are purchased for the emotional connection. Women wear both because it makes them feel better about themselves and their beauty. The growing closeness of lingerie as clothing, jewelry, and high embellishment is causing designers to blur the lines of these categories and fuse the different classifications.

Sultry Fantasy is a luxury fantasy collection, fusing lingerie and jewelry, and filling the needs of emotion, nostalgia, and surrealism.

Sultry Fantasy: Colors/Materials The Autumn/Winter 2015 collection of Sultry Fantasy will be shown to include many different materials and colors pertaining to fantasy, lingerie, and jewelry. The main materials include silk chiffon for the chemise/robes, Lycra Spandex, and stretch mesh for the bodies of the lingerie, and lastly lace both embellished and plain stretch.

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Lace

Metallic Elements

Sultry Fantasy:

Autumn/Winter Collection

Sultry Fantasy: Bustier and High Waisted Panty Set Long lined bra, with a metal filigree center plate, metallic leather panels, and Swarovski crystal detailing. The matching panty also has leather panels that are accompanied by embellished lace and a back lace up detail.

Materials: -Metallic leather -Black Lycra -Stretch mesh -Embellished lace -Swarovski crystal -Metal filigree plate

Sultry Fantasy: Bodysuit Lycra four-way stretch halter body suit with mesh insert panels on both front and back. Chainmaille center panel allows for a deep-V peek-a-boo effect with chain necklace choker.

Materials: -Black Lycra -Black stretch mesh -Chainmaille detail panel -Swarovski crystals

Sultry Fantasy: On the Runway

Sultry Fantasy: Photoshoot Selected for a photo shoot with photographer Clay Cook

Photographer: Clay Cook Stylist: Uncommon Stylist (Sydney Murdock) Model: Abby Garrett

Knitwear Design: Concept To create a knit pattern mocking an organic texture. Using seaweed as a muse, I created a garment mimicking it’s stable yet fluid nature.

Handpainted merino wool knitted into a lace tank using a standard knitting machine. The entire tank is surrounded by complete crochet hems including the straps. The two side back panels are knitted cords strung into a non repeating organic patterrn to compliment the front and center back lace panels.

Knitwear Design: Garment

Micro Collection: Concept/Design To create a micro-collection for business to casual looks.

Synergetic: Trend Technology Filter: As technology continues to grow to meet a consumer expectation of new innovations we will begin to see the boundaries between what is real and what isn’t blur. With technology and social media continually growing our need to filter our world through the technology at our finger tips becomes an everyday task of documentation and proof of life.

Drivers: Consumers want to feel “cutting edge” Real isn’t good enough anymore - we must enhance everything Users are always looking for ways to make things easier/convenient/less work Documentation for proof of ‘life’ - social medias

Evidence: Google Glasses Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest Virtual reality contact lenses/ lens implants Bloomingdales virtual dressing room

Emotion: “Technology must be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible.”

-Chris Lehmann, Principal,

Science Leadership Academy

Synergetic: Opportunity/Persona To design a line of jewelry that is infused with technology, as the new consumer can’t go without seeing their world through technology, sharing and documenting their lives. This new line will allow them to be even closer to their over connected and enhanced reality.

Jillian is a young professional currently working her first job at a magazine as the Assistant Art Director. She is very connected to her world through every gadget and technology device she can get her hands on. She loves to spend time in the city and continuously views the world through a camera or a video camera documenting every aspect of her life. Anytime she is seen out and about, her phone will be found in one hand and a camera in the other. To make her style of life easier she is constantly looking for the newest and greatest technology updates, while still keeping fashionable, that have to do with life documentation and social media.

Synergetic: Colors/Materials/Finish All pieces will be made out of titanium for durability as well as the quality of being hypo-allergenic. There will be three different finishes offered: brushed titanium, silver plated and gold plated. Both of the plated finishes will be polished and then the brushed titanium will give a more matte finish option.

Future options may include a rose gold plating, a hypoallergenic copper colored plating, and a tungsten carbide finish.

Finishes

Sterling Silver Plated Finish

18kt Gold Plated Finish

Brushed Titanium Finish

Gems

Cabochons

Diamond

Emerald

Jade

Turquoise (with Pyrite matrix)

Ruby

Sapphire

Opal

Onyx

Synergetic: Merchandising Emma - $700-1,200

India - $1,000-1,500 Power Initial Sync/ Photo & Video

Battery Plate

Initial Sync/ Power Photo & Video Upload Battery Plate

USB Slide

3 inches

1.125 inches

1 inches .375 inches

USB Port

.75 inches Offered in: -Silver Plated: diamonds, and sapphires -Brushed Titanium: diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires -Gold Plated: diamonds, emeralds, and rubies -Personalizations available for other gems and combinations upon request depending on availability.

-One Size Capabilities: -Camera for photo/video -Bluetooth instant transfer to phone/computer -2GB sliding USB drive/storage Note: All necklace pendants come with a matching standard 20� chain.

Offered in: -Silver Plated: diamonds, opal, turquoise, onyx -Brushed Titanium: diamonds, jade, opal, onyx -Gold Plated: diamonds, jade, turquoise, opal, onyx -Personalizations available for other gems and combinations upon request depending on availability.

-Sizes: 6, 7, 8

Capabilities: -Camera for photo/video -Bluetooth instant transfer to phone/computer -Upload to preferred social media -Recharges with movement/wear

Betsey Johnson Diffusion Line: Concept Designing a diffusion line for an already established brand. Venturing into a market that could be feasable and work with the brand type, but not one the brand has already established themselves in.

I designed a diffusion line based on Betsey Johnson in a new category that fits for her as a designer and as a brand. Compression medicalwear is a large market not completely in the fashion world but could be, with more and more people needing these types of knit compression garments for day to day life.

To design a women’s wear line of functional medical wear, with specific focus on compression garments, inspired by the fun, flirty and eclectic personality of Betsy Johnson’s brand.

Betsey Johnson Diffusion Line: Colors/Materials The Spring 2013 line is designed aroung a gradient knit compression fabric and a uniform knit compression fabric with accent/ pieces in silk chiffon cotton jersey knit lace and a twill fabric.

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Betsey Johnson Diffusion Line: Designs Off Shoulder Crop Tee Cotton Jersey Style: O101 $178 SKU’s: 8

Sweetheart Knit Leotard

Uniform Knit Compression Fabric Style: L203 $278 SKU’s: 48

Denim Skinny Jean

Crop Legging

Uniform & Gradient Knit Compression Fabric Style: P111 $128 SKU’s: 32

Uniform & Gradient Compression Denim Fabric Style: P121 $228 SKU’s: 112

Sweetheart Ruffle Leotard

Uniform Knit Compression Fabric/ Silk Chiffon Style: L202 $278 SKU’s: 32

Maxi Overskirt Silk Chiffon Style: K103 $268 SKU’s: 16

Gathered Sweetheart Croptop Uniform Knit Compression Fabric Style: B102 $238 SKU’s: 48

Peplum Pencil Skirt

Uniform Knit Compression Fabric Style: K301 $178 SKU’s: 32

Universal Fit Eyewear: Concept Working with a large industry for eyewear we (myself and two classmates) created solutions to the problems of fit currentlt found in the eyewear industry.

Facial Challenges: The nose shape varies from face to face. In eyewear, the glasses must accomodate width and height to ensure a comfortable fit.

The temple length is a large variant between sexes and races. This needs to be accounted for to ensure the glasses have a perfect fit.

With the United States becoming a melting pot of races and ethnicities it has become a challenge to design a pair of glasses that become a one pair fits all.

The cheeks are mostly a challenge with the Asian population since there is a smaller distance between their nose and cheeks. This means the nose pads must be built up more to sit away from their cheeks.

Universal Fit Eyewear: Designs 135mm 55mm

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3mm

15mm 32mm

10mm

5mm 2.5mm

24mm

Memory wire/blade nose pads are a antimicrobial silicone rubber with a memory wire to holdeither the Western or Asian face adjustments. Relaxed position is

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2mm

5mm

7mm

24mm 7mm

3mm

1mm

15mm

4mm

3mm

10mm

5mm

135mm

Acetate components - black Metallic components - gold Rubber components Clear 7mm

14mm

4mm

30mm

4mm

1.5mm

135mm .75mm

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10mm 30mm

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10mm

2.5mm

.75mm 8.5mm

5mm .9mm .75mm

7mm

4mm

18mm

.75mm .75mm

14mm 5mm

1mm

.9mm 29mm

5mm

10mm

5mm 5mm 5mm 30mm

15mm

90mm

1.5mm

15mm

30mm

5mm

3mm

1.5mm

8mm 3mm

10mm

28mm

2mm

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Flush button that gets pushed down releasing it’s locked position spring action - and sliding the temple down to the next predetermined notch for extension similar to that of a tent or Umbrella extention mechanism. 15mm

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Jewelry: Casting All of these pieces were created using the lost wax method. A piece is designed and created in wax, then formed into a mold and cast out of metal.

The design can be created in multiple ways. This picture stone is attached to a dop stick and then dipped into a pot of casting wax (dark blue) the design was then carved on top of the stone and back closure pieces and a bail were added once the carved wax was complete.

Sprues were added to allow for the flow of the metal through the mold to the final piece.

Jewelry: Casting This agate slab necklace was created from the trends of liquid metal and the different slabs of agate found in jewelry with and without druzy.

The stone was dipped into casting wax and then slowly dripped down and around the top of the stone to form a metal cap using heat and gravity to allow for the design to take shape.

This ring was created using sheet wax that was cut to shape and then bent to the ring size. It was then set with wax prongs for the faceted citrine CZ.

Jewelry: Fabrication These pieces were created through manipulating and soldering wire and sheet metal.

This sterling silver and opal ring was designed to be a simple setting to complement the complexity of the fire in the stone. To give stability to the long shape, the ring shank is a split double wire creating peaks in the center back of the stone setting.

The second ring has a less drastic split shank with a sphere of silver soldered between the wires. A decorative twisted wire sits tight around this stone bezel.

Jewelry: Fabrication The matching ring and bangle bracelet are made from a round wire that has been folded in half twisted and the hammered flat. The section of twisted wire is then cut to length and soldered to make the pattern continuous.

The ring is using the folded top to create the larger loop in the center it is soldered and filed to appear continuous.

The cuff bracelet is formed using half round wires that are wrapped and formed to shape and soldered together.

Jewelry: Wire Wrap These pieces were designed and created with silver and gold wire, using square, round, and half round wire.

The woven bracelet was made with four larger round wires that were twisted and flattened as the center piece then four more wires woven up and down around the center section.

Jewelry: Wire Wrap The stone pendants were wrapped with a set of wires that are then pulled around the stone to hold it in. They are then twisted around the top and stone to create the bail and form decoration of the piece.

Thank you for your time and consideration Ariana Bostwick

University of Cincinnati Fashion Design Product Development abostwickdesign@gmail.com 513.377.8951