Today I realised I was ready to start designing. I did some research on the 70s because it was when the feminist movement really became popular so I want to channel what the women wore then into my collection. I also really like the freedom of the time with the whole flower power movement. When looking back at female hippies they all seem to be extremely confident in themselves, they dressed how they wanted and did what they wanted to. This is how I want my women to look and feel which is why I have to chosen to use 70s clothing as inspiration for shapes and style. I really love Yves Saint Laurent's cigarette suit and as I as previously thinking about using suit I definitely want to deconstruct a suit and see what happens when I mix the harshness of a suit with something lighter and more typically feminine like florals and tulle.
As a way to start mixing my research together, I made a series of collages which mixed different elements of my research. I really like some of the combinations that made as they are really interesting and helped me to get lots of ideas flowing. Next to these collages I did several quick sketches of designs and I really like how they look. Next I want to take some of my favourite elements of these designs and use them on the stand to see if they would even be possible for me to make and if I can get even more designs from these few ones.
Next I looked back at the several colour schemes that I've made throughout this project and finally decided on my final colour palette. I'm going to use these colours in my designs starting from now so I can start to figure out which colours look best together and in what quantities.
Next I tried to recreate the lace knit pattern that I'd tried and failed to do. This time I did it on a knitting machine and I really like how it turned out. It didn't take too long to do once I'd got used to pattern. I think it could be a really nice way to subtly include my African influences into my work. However, it could be quite time consuming if I wanted to make a whole garment using this. I drew some designs next to it most of them with small details of this knit such as pocket flaps, collars and sleeves.
I also did some double knit samples where I used two different colour threads. One of the colour combinations was more successful than the other two so I made a larger sample of this combination which I am then going to use for work on the stand.
I feel like overall today was a really successful day for design because I was able to produce lots of ideas quickly which I can now use as a starting point for this collection. Tomorrow I am going to spend the whole day working on the stand.
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