Monday, September 19, 2011
MY ODD SPRING SUMMER VINTAGE GLAMOUR 1950'S PASTEL POP COLLECTION= HOT MESS
I honestly don't even know what's going on with this anymore. The theme given is a Summer Vintage Glamour range (for shirts fucking lol), you have no idea how frustrating it is to be given themes that are so broad yet restrain you in terms of the fabrics and notions that you are allowed to use. For instance, it would be extremely easy to follow a classic vintage theme, that surely the rest of the class is going to come up with, yet we are not encouraged to use any of the usual vintage fabrics ie. chiffon, this early on in the course. Oh and also the fact that this is all based on a range of shirts that have to have a certain criteria of button openings and collars etc is just ridiculous. I think they would just prefer us to mass produce a few simple mens shirts with a touch of lace for a typical 'vintage' vibe.. Lol I know, none of it makes any sense and I sound pretty angsty but it's just because non of this helps us to design a coherent and innovative collection. Let me repeat, INNOVATIVE. Sigh. That probably made no sense at all, but the point is it is very annoying. I am just so glad that we have to incorporate matching bottoms for the collection because I really want to exercise most of the colour and innovation into that area, which I have gathered inspiration from the photos above.
But anyway, I decided to incorporate as much colour and trimmings as I can because I hardly get the chance to work with a lot of colour. I may have gotten carried away with the colour/mood story that I came up with, which began with beaded collars and fringe trimming (in a cream, black and maroon colour palette, which is beautiful and regal in a way but so very boring within a class room of 20 or so fashion students) which then escalated to a bright infusion of colours circa the 1950 baby boomer era and them to the latest edition of sketches added to my sketchbook (not pictured above) of a soft pastel colour palette with lace calling a Home on The Prarie vibe. Urghhh, this is all probably so hard to visualize because in reality it is getting a bit out of hand, but let me get my three or so essays out of the way and then I can just sit down and figure out what is going on. Or as always, this will just accumulate into a massive hybrid mess of ideas. This could be both a bad thing and a good thing. I'm hoping for the latter.
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