Charles Yousseff Fall '10

The power of tailored origami!

Tata Naka AW11

PLEATS please.

Felicity Brown

As pleats are 'in fashion' at the moment and I'm looking at the concept of folding, I really felt that it would work well within my collection. I'm currently in the process of sending some samples out to a company that specialise in pleating as I feel to get good quality, it is always best to let the professional do such a delicate process. I'm really enjoying the accordion pleat and also the crystal pleat!

ASOS MARKETPLACE...

So I came across this today and thought what a perfect way to make money for the fashion show and revamping my wardrobe! Basically like a vintage charity shop but online and for people that love fashion, perfect! I'm getting started now with setting up my account :)

LFW...

Unique

Johnathan Saunders

...Peter Pilotto...the cuts of his coats are amazing!! The pattern and colour work well together and geometric shapes are used within the tailoring.

Old Patterns from Vogue =)

I found these yesterday in The British Heart Foundation Charity shop in my local town. I think they are so cool and they look kind of 80's. I think it is interesting working with other traditional shapes other than the blocks at my university and it gives you more variety of pieces you can change. I love the Jacket and the Jacket dress, it screams 80's! Vogue classic patterns are a must have and I'm so happy to find them! Charity shopping all the way for fashion inspiration!

Danielle Scutt for Topshop SS10

I have to say after seeing this collection for ss I am very excited for summer this year. Danielle uses lots of colour and print to make it very girly and chic. On tuesday we actually had the privilege of having here take a tutorial with us to talk about her work and look at all of our collections.

30 years of Japanese Fashion

Whilst visiting the exibition for 30 years of Japanese Fashion a couple of weeks ago, I had an insight in how much Japanese designers have contributed towards the fashion industry. Some of there designs were really amazing and I had to just stand there for about 10 minutes on a few of the outfits trying to figure out how they possibly made such a pefert piece. I really enjoyed this exhibition and feel that it was very relevant for my collection. Below are some of my highlights.

As we are starting to work more on the patterns, I was talking to my head of department on tuesday and he suggested using these Japanese pattern cutting books to add more design features into my outfits. They are very straight forward and they really apply to my concept. I'm going to be working on patterns tomorrow in studio and toile more. I have also ordered some samples online of different type of stiff organza so I am looking forward to it coming through the post tomorrow :)

New Line Up...

Here are some designs I created today to develop my old line up. I wanted to keep it geometric and clean cut still but with a 70's feel about it. I think the patterns on the top line up are very 1970's inspired with the funky patterns used on each outfit. I went to the Barbican on friday and was inspired greatly with how Japanese designers design and produce. As my concept is origami, I think it is important to look at the different Japanese methods explored and used within design. Tomorrow I will be working from these outfit specs to produce some 3d outcomes, exciting!!