As I mentioned before I’ve been really keen to start developing the samples I’ve been working on into more substantial garments.
First and foremost, I always always think about the technique and appeal of the fabric I’m designing before I consider it in the context of an actual piece of clothing, and for this reason I mainly think of myself as a Textile designer rather than a Fashion girl. That being said, I think it’s really important that I show that I can visualise my work successfully and can see my designs as they’re intended to be worn. Producing actual wearable pieces gets me more excited about what I’m doing too, so with that in mind I’ve had a wee idea to experiment with a few simple little bodycon skirts. Their shape means that I should be able to produce them without the aid of the linker etc, and their straight and simple lines should keep the emphasis on my heavily techniqued based designs.
I’ve seen a few things around and about which have been similar shape wise.
This little fairisle skirt from Miss Selfridge… simple, clean lines shows off the pattern.
This isn’t by far one of my favourite designs of theirs, but this wee Missoni Chevron skirt is a simple bodycon design… flattering and again, shows the fabric design rather than the cut.
I aboslutley worship everything about Missoni, but especially the fact that they do tend to keep their designs simple, flattering, elegant and wearable. There’s nothing pretentious about it, it’s all about great design and showing off their lush colours and techniques in knitwear.
Some fabrics are going to work better than others, for example my Dot Dash designs are a bit thicker and will hug to the body in a more flattering way than the more transparent silk chevrons which I might need to think about draping in more flattering ways. So it’s going to be a bit of a trial and error process. As always, I’m just going to try and make things that I think I’d want to wear, or that I could see myself going into a shop to buy. My perfectionist attitiude can be both a blessing and a curse… so if I make things that I can see myself really wanting to wear, well, I think that’s a pretty good start.