Research 3

I have continued my Columbina thread. I looked at what women do to look beautiful such as having plastic surgery. This reminded me of a textile technique called shahiko, so I created some samples of this.   

Here is some shape development I created with shapes and lines taken from the plastic surgery images. 

Dries Van Noten

Spring/Summer 2014

Bottega Veneta

Spring/Summer 2014

Research 2

I am now researching my third character, which is called Colombina. She is a vain character that wears a lot of heavy eye makeup.  I looked into the things women do to look beautiful such as wearing makeup and wearing corset to make them self look thinner. 

At the moment the colour scheme consists of  pinks, oranges, blues and purples

Research

I have started researching into my second character for my collection. 

Arlecchino is a character that has the agility of an acrobat. This lead me to look into circus performers and what they wear.  The colours scheme that was informed by my research is mostly oranges and reds. 

One thing I  partially liked about the circus costumes was the ruffles on the clowns costume. I took this and created some shape development and samples.

The circus performers that hang from the ceiling have rope wrapped around their legs and arms. This lead to some modelling on the stand. I experimented with wrapping and twisting strips of fabric around the mannequin.  

I looked at the circus tent shape which  informed some shape development of on exaggerated skirt shape.  

Research For Collection

For the new briefs, I have to start developing my final collection. 

This is my initial thought for my collection theme. I am really interested in the venice carnival and how dramatic and theatrical the costumes are. From here I focused on one thing from my mind map. Commedia Dell Arte which is a form of Italian theatre.  

For my final collection I have to create four outfits. So I have decided to make each outfit represent one of the characters from Commedia Dell Arte. 

My first character is Brighella, who is the villain. This lead me to look at Maleficent from snow white. From here I started to get an idea for the colour scheme, of purples and blacks.   

From maleficent I went to the devil. This lead to wrath, one of the seven deadly sins. I started to look at explosions and the shapes they create which lead to some modelling on the stand.

 I really like the direction this thread is taking and think I could produce something quite theatrical from my research. I would like to look into the idea of the model producing fire as walks down the catwalk. 

Photo Shoot for my Sustainable Outfit