Sculpture..

After we created our moodboards, We had to come up with and create a 3d object. 

I picked my favourite board to work with which was the word agony.

I chose to go explore different types of  agony.

The first one was torture and by cutting and stapling a sheet of latex which i wanted to resemble skin.

Next I burnt a sheet of latex to resemble a 2nd degree burn on skin.

Burnt, Agony and Raw

The start of last week we had to pick 3 words from min maps created from the five senses.

From our three words we had to think of activities that would help us create swatches to help express our words.

We created mood boards and developed a theme on each board.

When doing my boards i found i had a similar theme throughout them. however weird it was.

The Mood boards were temporary and not fully finished as they were gonna be changed again further into the project.

Burnt: smoking,melting

Agony: Bleeding, Crumbling, Biting

Raw: Curdling, Buthering, 

Knotting..

Knotting goes hand in hand with draping.

When fabric is knotted it creates a somewhat draped effect.

Designers use knotting to enhance different body parts or simply use it as an embellishment.

Knotting was a big trend across the runways in spring 2010

Thakoon

Carolina Herrera

Valentino

Layering..

Layering is a technique done  by placing a number of garments or fabric on top of each other.

When thinking of layering one collection stood out the most.

Missoni's Fall 2009 was a multi-layered,knit phenomenon.

Designer Angela Missoni took layering to a whole new level in this collection.

Boning..

Boning is a solid support under garments to create a stiff appearance and for better structure.

Boning can be either visible or non visible.

Versus Fall 2011

Boning is also Found in corsets and Jean Paul Gaultier is well known for his famous corsetry work in his spring 2011 couture collection.

Darts..

Darts are folds sewn into the fabric of a garment to provide a three dimensional shape.

Many designers use darts to help bring their garments to life on the runway. With a wide selection of dart types to choose from designers have many options to help create this 3d effect.

Darts are probably the most commonly used type of sewing technique.

Standard Darts:

Thakoon Pre-Fall 2012

Arms Eye Dart

Jil Sander Fall 2010

Centre Darts:

Jil Sander 

H Darts:

Peter Pilotto Spring 2010

Irregular Darts

Jil Sander Fall 2012

Princess Seam

Luella Spring 10

Tucking..

Tucking is a series of stitched folds in a garment.

Tucks create some what of a structure and create definition in garments.
Design duo Jeffery Costello and Robert Tagliapietra showcase graceful and subtle tucks and twists of the fabric in their fall 2012 collection.



Costello Tagliapietra fall 2012