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FASHION DESIGN AND MARKETING STUDENT AT NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY YEAR 2

DESIGN REALISATION A PROJECT BASED ON LOCAL INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE,INCLUDING RESEARCH, A NUMBER OF MY 60 DESIGNS, AND THE PRODUCTION OF A GARMENT AND PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLING

Industrial Heritage - Mining

Development - Designs - Fabrication

FABRIC SAMPLES BASED ON MACHINERY AND CART WHEELS, WOODGRAIN AND CHARCOAL MARKINGS FOUND WITHIN A COAL MINE.

Menswear design plans

1.5cm

Moodboard - Working Drawing

Photographic Research.

I decided to do my garment photography on location rather than in studio so that I could use some of the local scenery sice the project is based on local heritage, I wanted the images to reflect that. I carried out some location research, visiting some wooded areas near the collieries studied earlier in the process.

Plessey Woods Country Park, i loved the large range of landscapes and props; A number of bridges, some large and made of old stone, others smaller and wooden. There were areas filled with smaller trees, and a number of small lakes running through the park. However is a popular spot which made taking photo’s without passer by’s in more difficult, many of the interesting natural features that I liked were hard to reach due to overgrown plants and weather conditions.

Ellington Dene -featured in Billy Elliot the film as centre of a mining community. I really like the old bridge and the tunnels within it. The muddy puddles down the long dirt track which runs through the dene made images that I felt captured a rural area in a developing industrial town.

The location was good for capturing a lot of character in a smaller space than Plessey, but again, was very difficult to get images in some areas! With the limited light of the time of year, photos within the tunnels were much harder to see, and they were filled with running water.

Photography Inspiration

Garment, Photography and Styling

TREND PREDICTION MODULE ONE DIGITAL TREND, ONE HAND RENDERED TREND INCLUDING MOOD BOARD AND PROSE, COLOUR CHIPS, FABRICATION SAMPLES, CLOTHING FLATS, ACCESSORY FLATS AND BRANDING PLANS.

Digital trend package

Illustrations - Fabric samples - Colour chips

Accesories - Clothing flats

Clothing flats - Branding

Research and development

Hand rendered Trend Package

Illustrations - Fabric samples - Colour chips

Accesories - Clothing flats

Clothing flats - Branding

Research and development

Shirt Design and Creation

Location shoot - Group project

‘DIVERSITY NOW!’ RESEARCH INTO THE THEME OF DIVERSITY AND IDENTITY, DEVELOPED INTO A DESIGN PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES FABRICATION, COLOUR STORY, SILHOUETTE DEVELOPMENT, ILLUSTRATION AND TECHNICAL FLATS.

Diversity concept Generation

SO MANY MODELS SEEM TO BE CARBON COPIES OF EACHOTHER, AND FIT BEAUTIFULLY INTO THE MODEL STEREOTYPE... BUT THE MODELS THAT CATCH EYES, THE MODELS THAT THE PRESS WRITE ABOUT, AND THE MODELS YOU REMEMBER THE NAMES OF BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE TABLE. IT’S WHAT SETS THE MODELS ASIDE FROM THE SUPER MODELS. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

Alek

Lindsey Charlotte

Cindy Cara Kate

Andrej Twiggy

Naomi

A SENSE OF IDENTITY A GROUP SHOOT, WHERE WE ALL LOOKED AT HANDS AS A COMMON THEME. HANDS REPRESENT A RANGE OF THINGS AND TELL YOU SO MUCH ABOUT A PERSON, EVEN WHEN ONLY IN SUCH SUBTLE WAYS.

I PUT A FOCUS ON THE ‘PERSONALISATION OF YOURSELF’ FOR MY PHOTO IN THE GROUP SHOOT; LOOKING AT THE BARE PERSON, AND WHAT THEY ADD TO PUT A STAMP OF PERSONALITY ON THEIR EXTERIOR.

Personal Structure

A COLLECTION BASED ON EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LAYERS OF A PERSON. USING PANELS, PLEATS, TEXTURAL FABRIC MANIPULATIONS AND VISABLE STITCHING TO CREATE A VARIED LAYERED EFFECT. EACH EFFECT REPRESENTING DIFFERENT SEGMENTS TO AN INDIVIDUAL.

Diversity concept Generation