Working as a group I feel we have collaborating well together during this unit. Starting with a theme of motocross we have developed on the idea of vintage motocross sportswear, as the difference between the clothing and safety gear has changed massively we felt the older clothing appealed more towards our Spring/Summer collection. Involving elements of pinball artwork with our designs as well as including a mechanical theme which developed our colour scheme bringing in tones of greys and silvers within our collection, which I think helped pushed our primary research adding to our original theme, developing our ideas further.As a group everyone seemed to be able to bring there best qualities to the collection. Cooperating to set each other individual jobs and task was beneficial for us so everyone contributed equally. Especially been able to work and share ideas together we were able to refine samples, choose our colour scheme and base fabrics, share ideas and designs as well as choosing the final line up as a team.
My main contribution to the group, from the beginning of the project has been printed textiles, giving us a starting point and prints to work from to start designing with. I tried to keep my prints simple so that they could be used as a repeated print, as we discussed in a group that we would like to incorporate panelling with in our designs, this is where we felt the printing would be best used within our collection. So the designs were best simple and effective bringing in the mechanical design, finding patterns within materials found from the scrap yard, our primary research. Developing my prints through process of screen printing, involving foiling and dyeing fabrics and layerings prints on top of each other.
I think to develop my prints further I should look at placement more and different scales which would of made my designs more abstract, especially when designing for a high end quality brand. I think we worked with good quality materials and fabrics which were relevant for the brand and a summer collection. I also think our colour scheme worked really well using a range of primary colour we selected red, yellow and blue to use throughout the collection as these were recurring colours we found within our secondary research of vintage motocross images, along with a range of silver and grey tones. I think our final line up is full of vibrant colour and prints, although at the beginning we started off by using a lot of grey and using our primary colours as accents colours but we found this looked very dull and not like a summer collection so we decided to use stronger primary colours and less greys which improved our designs massively.
Sticking to the James Long brand working with generic garments and developing them with vintage motocross outfits I think overall we have been able to design twelve looks for a men's Spring/Summer collection with a complete range of garments, including a jacket, coat, shirt, basic t-shirts, jumpers, shorts, trousers and dungarees, also including a one piece which is our show piece outfit in the collection. I think our collection has come together well as our final line up and presentation was strong, photoshopping prints onto the line up and having parts coloured in contributed to the overall effect massively as it made the design more interesting and not so flat to the page.
I think overall from this unit I have found it to be very beneficial as a textiles student designing for fashion, I can definitely take what I have learnt from this unit and develop on my design for fashion within textiles. With in my own work I think my designs have developed throughout the unit, finding different textures and techniques for illustrating materials for a garment. I have also found that I enjoyed the creating of the print and playing around with placement and colour more than I do designing the silhouette of a garment but it has been worthwhile to experience this part of fashion design.
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