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Photoshoot

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Process Board

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Embroidery Workshop

On Monday 17th April, we had an embroidery workshop with Ruth. It was a very enjoyable workshop and I learned many different embroidery stitches, (running stitch, back stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, etc.)

We first had to draw various motifs that could be incorporated into our designs. The embroidery patterns already on my garment reminded me of stars so I drew out various star motifs that I could make. (However, I didn’t end up using them in my final design)

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Artist Research

I researched 6 designers who incorporate deconstruction and up-cycling into their work.

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Final Design

After considering all of my designs this is the one I decided to make.

It is a pretty basic design but I know that it’s something I will wear. That was my goal from the start- to upcyle the garments into something wearable for myself.

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Final 6 outfits

These are the 6 outfits I designed based on my original garments.

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Based on my work on the stand, I created more designs, exploring the possibilities of having extra fabric to work with.

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Sketches of my work on the stand

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Reconstructing the garments on the stand

These are some of the looks I created by draping the deconstructed garments on the mannequin

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Garment Observation

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Fashion Week 1 - Observation and Deconstruction

These are the two pieces I chose to use for the deconstruction project.

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Artist Research- Moschino

Moschino is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1983 by Franco Moschino in Milan. The brand is known for its over-the-top campy designs.

I’m particularly fond of their Spring 2020 Ready-to-wear collection. This collection was dedicated to Picasso and his muses, and you can see the clear influence of cubism in these outfits.

This patchwork sort of style has always intrigued me and I wanted to use it in my own designs.

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Artist Research - Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley is an English painter known for her optical illusion paintings.

Her art style changed constantly from semi-impressionist to pointillism to landscapes until 1960 when she evolved her style of exploring optical phenomena. Her paintings are certainly illusions and they produce a disorienting physical effect on the eye.

The phychadellic aesthetic of Groove is in the Heart reminded me of her work.

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Fashion design inspiration

The dance for Groove is In the Heart was obviously heavily inspired by the original music video for the Deee-Lite song released in 1990. Many of the dance moves seen in the Just Dance choreography are taken from this music video.

I love the psychedelic patterns in the background and just the overall aesthetic of this music video.

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Fashion Design

Experimenting with textile swatches

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Final Stop motion animation

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Interdisciplinary Approach

This quick little stopmotion incorporates pieces from all of my 3 disciplines, and was a practise round for my actual stopmotion.