Urban Nomad - Project 4

 

 Final Collection Mood Board

 

For project 4, we had to illustrate our final collection that we have been working on for 20 weeks thus far. My final collection is called Urban Nomad and is based on survival and sustainability in a post apocalyptic world. The story is based on surviving men and women rebuilding society and civilization. Most of the garment shapes are androgynous as the people in this new civilization are not limited by gender or sexuality. With mostly simple shapes that can be worn or perceived differently, the collection has a sense of raw freedom with a hint of primitive tribalism.

Black is the New Black - Project 3

 

 

  

Project 2 for final portfolio was a styling project. we were to come up with a theme/concept and style a photo shoot/story using garments we have made in the past. i went through various ideas and the more complex ideas quickly went out the window when i looked through the images takes with the plain white background in my bedroom. with the help of my boyfriend (photographer and model in the last two pages) as well as my classmate (female model in 2nd & 3rd page), i was able to convey the same mood and feel i wanted from the beginning but in a simple and somewhat raw way.  there is no underlying meaning behind the title or theme, but Black is the New Black is titled as such simply because all of the garments i used were black. don't over analyze it...just enjoy.

Petrol Noir - Project 3

  

(Left - Mood Board. Right - Concept Board)

 

(Left - Design Board 1. Right - Flats)

 

(Left - Design Board 2. Right - Flats)

 

(Left - Design board 3. Right - Flats)

Petrol Noir was a collection/project created for my womenswear course at Uni. the brief was 20th century and each student was to design based on inspiration gathered from a certain decade. My decade of choice was the 80's. I chose this decade so as to show others a different side of the 80's that they may not be used to. 

Many think of the 80s as a time of bright colours, big hair, accentuated shoulders, and really horrible synth-pop music. i decided to go a different direction in my inspiration and looked at the Exxon-Valdez oil spill that happened in alaska. i decided it correlated with the recent rise in oil spills happening throughout the world and also allowed me to further build on my own design philosophy of life vs. death and the natural struggles we go through in life. Of course my work was criticized by some peers for not being "80's enough" aka no bright colours, no hideous fabrics, etc, but over all i was very pleased with this collection and felt i made my own personal statement. those who dont understand it are simply those who do not wish to understand and those without the ability to open up their own imagination in order to break free of their comfort zone.

Final Portfolio - Project 1

 

(Mood Board)

 (Design Board 1)

 (Design Board 2)

 (Design Board 3)

This was just a quick trend forecast project for my final portfolio class. we had to find a trend and base a small collection on it. i chose to look at nomads and trade between culture. not my favourite or best work i have done, but still happy with it i suppose.