AW 15

Second part of my fashion module is Autumn/ Winter 2015 collection.
For my theme I chose stripes and my inspiration was architecture.

Drawing technique : brush strokes, ink
Colour palette : shades of black, grey, turquoise, purple
Fabric : polyester crepe de chine
Printing : sublimation transfer

Shifting patterns

Barkcloth is made by beating the inner bark of trees into sheets, which can then be used to make clothing. It is an art tradition used in Pacific islands. 

The exhibition in British museum called "Shifting patterns" is all about barkcloth clothes and history of different island group. What they are distinctive in are patterns.

Most of the designs are geometric and in Fiji represent spirt being. Today, barkcloth is still used for wedding garments, especially in those regions.

Mens loin clothes (Hawaii)

Dance garment (Papua New Guinea) 

Woman's skirt (Hawaii)

Motive to incarnate gods (Cook Island)

free hand painted skirt (Samoa)

Waist garment (Futuna)

High status loin cloth

Loin cloth (Papua New Guinea)

Wedding garment (Santa Cruz)

Mens cloth wrapped around head (Santa Cruz)

Woman's skirt (Oro Province)

 

Scarcity Waste Photography exhibition

The second edition of the Syngenta Photography Award uses diverse photography to spark a debate on the tensions between scarcity and waste.

The exhibition provokes and responses to population growth, climate change, food waste and demand of natural resources. The 2015 Syngenta Photography Award attracted over 2000 submissions from photographers n over 100 countries and was judged by distinguished international panel.

Compressed life 2 (Spain)

Solar panels

Crashed steel tubing (USA)

Smokey mountain (Philippines)

Ctrl-X, a topography of e-waste (India)

Neumaticos  (Spain)

Soup-refused

Matsuo (Japan)

Ogoniland (Nigeria)

Mexico city

Gift wrap collection

Another of my assignments is this gift wrap collection for children.
I printed safari animal motive onto brown wrapping paper and ironed the foil on top.

SS15

All of my previous posts were about exhibitions, thus I have decided to add more about my work.
This one will be about my Uni project for fashion collection.
In my brief for Spring/ Summer 2015 collection I could choose from different themes and I chose Shuttered Pixels. From the beginning I new I will be focusing on brush strokes.
As my drawing inspiration I chose dragonflies and here is what I created.

London Fashion Weekend

As every half of the year I went to London fashion weekend to see the new trends, catwalk and shops. Its an amazing opportunity to see designers and also to buy their clothes cheaper. 

So, what are the trends for Spring / Summer 2015 season?

1. HYPER FLORALS

Florals have been here every year, every season, always. This summer are big botanical as well as graphic. 

 

2. SHIMMER AND SHINE

Metallic and pastels together.

 

3. MAKE IT MONOCHROME

Black and white is ever lasting combination.

 

 

And last one....

4. THAT SEVENTIES SHOW

....what? suede, crochet and lace again?