Thursday, 1 November 2012

Induction, colour, print??

I have draped Wall paper on the stand to help me gain ideas for colour and print for my Final Major Project.
I want my collection to have a Couture fell, they need to shout beauty, structure and vulnerability. I want to design evening wear/ bridal/ couture wear.
I need to look into Couture. What it means and what makes something couture. I do not mean the french Haute Couture. I want to make custom made, made to measure garments, one offs for someones special occasion.

The colour would need to reflect the occasion. What is the occasion? Maybe a wedding, maybe the Red Carpet, maybe an exhibition piece with three or four more wearable pieces.

I want to design for a Fall collection, rather than summer. I want the heaviness of the structure to be balanced by the colour.
I tried draping stripes, large prints, pinks, black and whites, silver (a colour I was interested in using after visiting the V&A Ballgown exhibition) and purples.

I like the stripes but I think there is a possibility that they drown the look, maybe mix with a plain colour. This could be useful to engage the other outfits within the collection.

I am not sure about the colours though, they look like an ethnic tribal clothing look. This is not the look I am after. Maybe try a two colour look, maybe black and white, maybe as I like these two colours mixed with the silver. This give a sharp and clean look and the white maintains a vulnerability.
Need to look for fabric like this. Stripe, white, black and silver.

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