Draping

Well it was a while ago now, but i thought it would be worthwhile to upload them anyway. We each brought in a load of old clothes and had a huge stack of clothes to choose from. It was to help us get inspiration for post apocalyptic scenarios that could influence our final garment. To be honest from the start of this project i wasnt inspired by anything and it jus made me depressed. I mean its not a fun thing thinking about the end of the world is it? Even after doing this exercise i had even less motivation for this project. But either way i still had to produce something so here are the drapings me and my group put together.

This was our first draping piece. We began by picking a scenario which wasa volcano and began looking for suitable colours and breathable materials to use. I like this piece as i am in love with Japanese culture and this reminds me of a Samurai suit of armour with the shoulder pads and the front panel piece.

This is the back of this piece.

This piece was developed from an idea of a scenario with no gravity. If there was no gravity there would be no structure in the world and everything would be floating around. Denim was used as it is quite a heavy material and you woulfd need one to keep you grounded on Earth. You would also need something to cover your faec to protect from the floating objects around you. I like this idea as it is original but i wouldnt take this idea any further.

This piece was all about wrapping materials around the body and keeping the heat in and the cold out. We also wanted to show off the silhouette of the body as we hadnt tried that yet.The colour palette works really well together but i dont like the pink, i think it ruins the distraught, helplessness of the scenarios we are trying to replicate and survive from in our designs.

This piece was about recycling and gathering any pieces or scraps of fabric we could find. We found this gorgeous embellished piece that we used and almost turned the garment, into a Greek Goddess like piece. It looks like patchwork and something that could be developed a lot further, but before i decide this more research was needed.