Treatment

At first my idea was to create roughly fifteen dresses, no accessories, no shoes just dresses but i decided this was way too much work to take knowing the time we had it and after knowing its a third of the grade and not more. My idea now that i am deffinatly settleing on is to make four dresses with accessories to match such as shoes and and bags. I want each outfit to connect to the next one but i want them all to be very inividual and spectacular. One key part of my designs is i want them to fit in with the key trends like block coloring and fringing so that maybe they could be seen to fit in, in the fashion world. My first dress that has being the most exciting one to design and put ideas together is the one i intend on creating based one condom wrappers; i am going to base this on a dress that is already made from the highstreet and then attach each wrapper to create a block color effect for example the top half in orange and the rest in navy blue to show a strong contrast. I am going to make this a lot more intresting by adding a bag and pair of heels both with diamontes covering them, also the basic product bought from the high street with the detail added by me. My second dress will be already in tack and i am going to add the detail with layers of feathers creating a brand new look! I will match this up with accessories detailed with buttons of all shapes, sizes and colours; giving it this seasons look. One huge thing that has hit the majority of fashion houses is fringing and i new i deffinatly wanted to add this in to mine; so i'm going to make a dress from caset tape,layer by layer, based yet again on another dress like all of my peices. This will be paired with acessories made from bottle tops. My collection wouldn't be complete without a newspaper dress, although this has being done before i'm going to give it a vintage look by dipping the paper in tea bags. To top it off i'm going to make ribbon accessories. I am very happy with my ideas and i'm eager to succeed in this!

Mary Katrantzou

This is one of the main fashion houses that is a big influence towards me and the type of work i am going to be creating. This is her 2009 collection and in my opinion the best one she's created so far. I love the link between all the looks and the bold make up gives dramatic effect which matches with the bottom half layer of the simple black tights.

The Fashion Industry

I only used one source for researching the fashion industry and that was internet, I did attempt to look at books in the college library but was never successful in finding any resources on paper. I did find it really difficult in finding out the roles because a lot of places I looked had different opinions on the difference in roles, for example management wasn’t always seen as one of the most important jobs but yet on other website it was claimed the one that held the company together. I took my own take on all of the jobs because I decided to make them more of an opinion as to what there are seen like for an outsiders perspective. Once I got in to the hang of each individual role it opened my eyes a lot more in to the jobs out there for me after I finish university so i feel like this task majorly helped me.

Existing Products Evaluation

Researching existing products has being the most hopefully piece of work i have produced so far this year. It has helped me finalise my ideas by seeing whats in trend and with London fashion week taken place in the latest month everything in high fashion magazines and online blogs and websites couldn't be more helpful with such a wide range of variety! It was simple to know where to look but because there is so much out there i really had to narrow down my research pages so that i could make my chosen ones more detailed. I used images that help builed up what i want mine to look like. For example i researched a lot in to other designers so that i would have more knowledge on how a collection is brought together to look like a whole piece and although i didn't find many pieces that represented what i aim to represent i took the positives out of this and realised that mine could be if it goes to plan quite an original collection. Dolce & Gabbana is probably the fashion house that i can relate to the most because they have a very simple look that is linked with one or to garments, just like what i aim mine to be like; not read between the lines but linked between the lines! The thing i found most looking in to fashion more was that the thing that makes you stand out the most now is being different, it's not always about the setting or the backdrop, it could be just plain grey.. it is all about the unque look of the model and that in my opinion is what sets the mood, not the surroundings. After realising this i knew exactly what i wanted the dresses like so thought what would help me out the most would be to decide on hair and makeup. It did take a while because i knew what type of look i wanted to create and was stubborn not to budge my idea. I backed it up with images of two models with slicked back hair, i decided this because it makes a very bold look but won't draw the attention away from the dresses and accessories im in the process of making! Im producing these pages in my A3 folder and giving them a very profesional look because throughout my work i will keep on referring back to them.