Date of Entry: January 3rd, 2018
Section: Planning & Taking action
ATLs: In this entry I will demonstrate my excellent self-management and creative thinking skills as I develop ideas stemming from my investigation stage, sketch my designs, contact and arrange the workshop, and receive the prototypes.
Subject: The process of the creation of my clothing collection
Content:
My desired outcome for this project was to design and create a winter clothing line which would be sold at a pop-up shopping event. Referring back to the investigation I did, I knew that the primary stage in beginning to design was creating a mood-board which would display all of my distinct ideas in one place.
On the left is a picture of the mood board I created for my project. I first looked through various FW17 runways of major high end brands, so that I could understand the new arising trends. Following this, I concentrated on the mass market productions to see what appeals to the middle and lower-middle class. I then connected my ideas from both sections and also added the colour palettes and fabric selections.
After creating my mood-board, I began to draw my artistic designs, and then finalised them into technical sketches. Even Though, making the artistic designs doesn’t require prior fact based knowledge, the technical sketches require a lot of knowledge and practice. In order to simplify this stage for myself, I put a lot of time in the investigating phase to learn precisely how it is done. The following images show some of my artistic and technical sketches.
Section: Planning & Taking action
ATLs: In this entry I will demonstrate my excellent self-management and creative thinking skills as I develop ideas stemming from my investigation stage, sketch my designs, contact and arrange the workshop, and receive the prototypes.
Subject: The process of the creation of my clothing collection
Content:
My desired outcome for this project was to design and create a winter clothing line which would be sold at a pop-up shopping event. Referring back to the investigation I did, I knew that the primary stage in beginning to design was creating a mood-board which would display all of my distinct ideas in one place.
On the left is a picture of the mood board I created for my project. I first looked through various FW17 runways of major high end brands, so that I could understand the new arising trends. Following this, I concentrated on the mass market productions to see what appeals to the middle and lower-middle class. I then connected my ideas from both sections and also added the colour palettes and fabric selections.
After creating my mood-board, I began to draw my artistic designs, and then finalised them into technical sketches. Even Though, making the artistic designs doesn’t require prior fact based knowledge, the technical sketches require a lot of knowledge and practice. In order to simplify this stage for myself, I put a lot of time in the investigating phase to learn precisely how it is done. The following images show some of my artistic and technical sketches.
The first two images are some of my creative sketches. I prefer to do these types of drawings before thinking more critically about my target audience and the reality of what I will produce because drawing without any limitations allows me to think outside the box and more freely. On the other hand, the third image is a simple full body figure with the correct body proportions. I always practice constructing a croquis because it is a basic skill necessary to be successful at fashion illustration.
These are a few of the initial designs for my clothing collection. They are the development of my ideas coming from the mood-board. These sketches are much more simplified and appeal to my target audience. After finishing these sketches, I met with my expert Alev and asked her to give me feedback. She told me that the second design in the second row, was unique and different however, it was not appropriate for the people coming to the shopping event. I think that she was definitely correct therefore I eliminated that design. After receiving her different thoughts, I continued designing, but I spent more time thinking about my target audience, so that it could be more successful in the selling stage.
These are varied technical sketches I made for 3 of my final developed designs. There are many professional softwares for this process however they are very difficult and are for more advanced levels. I was taught in the UCLA summer school, that a very simple and satisfactory app to utilise is, “pret-a-template.”I made all of my technical designs on this app and it was very helpful.
The next step in creating my clothing line, was exploring different fabrics and buying the most appropriate choices. I went out to stores such as, “Diteks Tekstil,” “Gumus Tekstil” and “Alkoclar.” I talked with people in the stores and explained to them my purpose and what I was looking for. This was an important communication stage for me, in which my research was very beneficial. I was able to use the correct terminology. After arranging various selections for each one, I organized a meeting the the manufacturing workshop.
This is a picture of the first meeting with the tailor. It was very successful and a great experience. I first showed them all of my designs and explained everything very specifically so the outcome could be as expected. After talking about my drawings I displayed my fabric samples and the selections I had for each design. We talked together about which would be the best fit and finalised the types I need to buy.
After my meeting with the tailor, most of the process was done, and I had to wait for the pictures of the prototypes. Whilst I was waiting for them to be made I had other side various tasks to complete which you can see in more detail in my process journal entry 6.
Following a short waiting period, I was able to receive images of the prototypes. Seeing these pictures for the first time made me feel extremely happy in an unusual way. It was very fascinating seeing my ideas on paper turning into something authentic. Below are pictures of a few prototypes.
This is a picture of the first meeting with the tailor. It was very successful and a great experience. I first showed them all of my designs and explained everything very specifically so the outcome could be as expected. After talking about my drawings I displayed my fabric samples and the selections I had for each design. We talked together about which would be the best fit and finalised the types I need to buy.
After my meeting with the tailor, most of the process was done, and I had to wait for the pictures of the prototypes. Whilst I was waiting for them to be made I had other side various tasks to complete which you can see in more detail in my process journal entry 6.
Following a short waiting period, I was able to receive images of the prototypes. Seeing these pictures for the first time made me feel extremely happy in an unusual way. It was very fascinating seeing my ideas on paper turning into something authentic. Below are pictures of a few prototypes.