DE0064 INSPIRATIONAL SKETCHBOOK (HOLLY ANNE WATSON)

DE0064 INSPIRATIONAL FASHION JOURNAL HOLLY ANNE WATSON W14022779

RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM VISITING THE RIJKSMUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM PROVED TO BE HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL. DRENCHED IN HISTORICAL SILVERWARE, PAINTINGS, CLOTHING & SCULPTURES EACH PIECE APPEARING MORE ORNATE THAN THE NEXT. I LOVE THE DETAILED FLORAL MOTIFS WHICH ARE USED ON THIS BEAUTIFUL ORNATE TABLE. THERE IS ENDLESS PRINT INSPIRATION

BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE PIECES FROM THE CATWALK EXHIBIT

I FOUND THESE PIRATE PAINTINGS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL WITH THE WRAPPED PRINTED FABRIC

INSPIRATIONAL FASHION DETAILS

AMSTERDAM CONCEPT STORE GUCCI QUICK SKETCHES - REALLY INSPIRED BY THE FLORAL EMBROIDERY

gucci fall 16 ACNE STUDIOS PRE-FALL2016

AMSTERDAM ARCHIVE FASHION PIECES - LEATHER FLORAL DRESS

FABRIC MANIPULATION

QUICK SKETCH DRAPE JILL SANDER SKIRT

AFTER SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE GARMENTS AT THE RIJKS MUSEUM WITH GIANT PUFFED SLEEVES AND OVERSIZED SILHOUETTES I WANTED TO LOOK INTO SOME MODERN OVERSIZED FASHION SILHOUETTES

COTTON SHIRTING IS A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN FABRIC TO MANIPULATE AND ADD VOLUME TO

COMME DES GARCONS VINTAGE SAMPLES

GIRL IN THE KIMONO: BREITNER

INSPIRATIONAL FURS: -EMBOSSED -COLOURED -PERFORATED

MY BREITNER INSPIRED ILLUSTRATION

MODERN YOUTHFUL WAY TO WEAR THE KIMONO

CARL MOLLINO PHOTOGRAPHY SKETCH

BREITNER EXHIBIT AT RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM

STUDY OF A BREITNER SKETCH

STREET STYLE

I LOVED THIS JACKET WITH EYELET DETAILS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK EYELETS INTO THIS PROJECT

CLASHING PRINT JACKET

I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY BRIGHT GRAPHIC PRINTS AND CLASHING COLOURS IN THESE STREET STYLES. I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON DRAMATIC LAYERING AND VIBRANT PRINTS

SKETCH OF SYNAGOGUE IN THE CENTRE OF AMSTERDAM

MOKUM WHILE TRAVELLING TO WORK IN AMSTERDAM I WALKED PAST TWO MEN DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL HASIDIC JEWISH CLOTHING. I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO THE BOLD STRIPES AND SILHOUETTE AND KNEW I WANTED TO EXPLORE THIS FURTHER THROUGHOUT MY SKETCHBOOK SO I DID SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT THE HISTORY OF JEWISH CULTURE WAS IN AMSTERDAM . AS IT TURNS OUT THE CITY WAS A REFUGE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE FLEEING WAR OR OPRESSION IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THE COUNTRY HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME. UNFORTUNATELY SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE JEWISH POPULATION IN AMSTERDAM WENT FROM 80,000 TO 15,000. BUT THE STRONG IMPACT OF THE JEWISH CULTURE IS STILL SEEN TODAY IN THE CITIES ARCHITECTURE AND EVEN THE DUTCH SLANG WORDS USED WHICH WERE ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY YIDDISH

STRIPE FABRIC RESEARCH

TZITZIT

AMSTERDAM WAS GIVEN THE NICKNAME “MOKUM” WHICH IS THE YIDDISH WORD FOR PLACE OR SAFEHAVEN

MARC JACOBS FALL 16 MARTHA JAKUBOWSKI

JEWISH MUSEUM BERLIN

FASHION COLLAGES

WHILE IN AMSTERDAM I DECIDED TO VISIT BERLIN TO VISIT THE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED BY DANIEL LIBESKIND AND BUILT FROM 1993-1999

THE IMPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE HAD A SENSE OF OPRESSION AND A SADDNESS WITH THE LOOMING LONG CORRIDORS LEADING INTO DARKNESS AND AGGRESSIVE LOOKING SLASHES ON THE OUTSIDE & INSIDE OF THE BUILDING - WITH THIS HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT HIS WORK. FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING THE LINES LOOK AGGRESSIVE AND IMPOSING BUT ONCE INSIDE THEY WERE WINDOWS , SHINING STRIPS OF BRIGHT LIGHT WHICH FELT LIKE GLINTS OF HOPE AGAINST THE COLD INDUSTRIAL WALLS. I AM GLAD I MADE THIS TRIP. IT HAS NOT ONLY GIVEN ME INSPIRATION BUT IT WAS ALSO A VERY EMOTIONAL TRIP THAT GAVE ME A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF JEWISH CULTURE

SHALEKHETFALLEN LEAVES

BY MENASHE KANDISHMAN

SEAM LINES & POSSIBLE PRINT INSPO

PRINT INSPO

EMBROIDERY

FABRIC PAINT

INTARSIA KNIT

PRINT INSPIRATION INSPIRED BY THE FACES IN THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN BERLIN

MESH RESEARCH

BEADING

MESH SOURCING

EYELET APPLICATION RESEARCH

CHRISTOPHER KANE S/S17

ALEXANDER WANG

CELINE

PHILLIP LIM SPRING 15

MOTO-GUO S/S16 WESLEY BERRYMAN

STRIPE RESEARCH MONSE SP17 GUCCI S/S17

XIMONLEE SS17

ANN DEMEULEMEESTER

NHORM STOCKHOLM SP17

VINTAGE FAN RESEARCH

YANG LI 2004

FLORAL EMBROIDERY ON MESH

I BOUGHT THIS VINTAGE FAN IN THE IJHALLE IN AMSTERDAM AND WAS REALLY INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTIFUL FLORAL PRINT AND COLOUR SCHEME

YOHJI YAMAMOTO S/S 2002

FABRIC RESEARCH

HAUSU - 1997 I DECIDED TO WATCH THE JAPANESE FILM HAUSU AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE INTERESTING CINEMATOGRAPHY AND WAS REALLY INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTIFUL HAND PAINTINGS USED AS BACKGROUNDS FOR THE FILM AND CONTRASTING BRIGHT REDS

LANDSCAPE INSPIRED COLLAGE

COATED FABRICS

THE BALTICCATHERINE ACHAINTRE

STRIPE & CUTOUT DETAILING

FRINGING DETAILING

THE BALTICPLAYGROUND PROJECT

climbing wall block pattern - interesting print idea’s

I Was looking into how to make the stripes less obvious in this project and was really inspired by the intertwining climbing ropes at the playground project wrapped around the climbing frame

i decided to experiment with knitting using shoelaces with interesting prints and love the effect given

archive photographs while in amsterdam i got the chance to take some detailed archieve images which i found really inspirational, it was nice to see how colour palettes were put oversized together zippers

extreme buckle details

extreme military detailing

colourschemes

moodboard & colourcard

design concepts i decided to come up with a few initial design concepts inspired by all of my research. i think this is helpful to establish what further work needs to be done

yokainoshima island of monsters

i recieved this really beautiful book as a gift from the creative director at calvin klein and i found it so inspirational. i loved the mythical stories associated with these traditional concepts. the more i read through this book and looked at the beautiful photography the more i was inspired, i see so many exciting idea’s not only with clothing but also bags , some really beautiful shapes i feel would make beautiful bags. i would really like to do some quick inspiration inspired by this as i feel they would fit with the clothing designs i have done.

rough bag concepts

leather stitch sampling

lowe bags