For my primary resources, I used the Rose Bowl and Corn Exchange in Leeds city centre. I concentrated on shapes and patterns within the buildings exteriors and interiors. These then became ideas for patterns which were laid onto garment sketches and then transferred onto the final shirt designs in different ways. My primary research was about really observing the detail of what’s around me: using drawings, sketches and photography to record them.
I looked at the designer Hussein Chalayan, whose clothes look like they have been inspired by architecture. Looking at his designs helped me to find inspiration in the various shapes within the buildings. “chalayan is an internationally regarded fashion designer who is renowned for his innovative use of materials, meticulous pattern cutting and progressive attitude to new technology”. chalayan is inspired by architectural theories, science and technology. He famously produced a collection which included chairs and tables that became garments.
Yohji yamamoto, born in tokyo 1943, is an internationally known Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and paris. Yamamoto graduated from Keio University with a degree in law in 1966. Yamamoto became an influential fashion designer after making his Paris debut in 1981. His commercially successful main lines, Yohji Yamamoto (women/men) and Y's, are especially popular in Tokyo. These two lines are also available at his flagship stores in New York, Paris, and Antwerp, and at high-end department stores worldwide. Yohji Yamamoto Inc. reported in 2007 that the sales of Yamamoto's two main lines average above $100 million annually.
Yamamoto is known for an avant-garde spirit in his clothing, frequently creating designs far removed from current trends. His signature oversized silhouettes in black often feature drapery in varying textures.
I looked at Yohji Yamamoto's work which used retangular tartan patterns which looked architectural – from windows and other geometric shapes. I had made patterns from looking at other architectural detail: the shapes I included were triangles rectangles and semi circles, which I made into repeat patterns.
My colour palette of monochrome that ment i could use black, grey an white like the buildings I looked at.
When my final 6 designs were presented they were presented as top halves of the shirts. I should have shown full figure drawings which showed where the shirt would be sitting on the body.I did a mixture of designs that were totally different. Some were pattern based and some changed the structure of the shirt slightly, some became 3D by using piping, quilting and applique. I was happy with the range of ideas and how I applied them from my research. I had a range of links between the architecture primary research and my final designs. My work was successful but I think I should have done more research into architects and fashion designers and then that would give me more ideas for final designs and design development. However I like my designs for this brief which is why I chose to write about this one.
Through this project, I realised the links between fashion and architecture: such as the fact that buildings come in different shapes and sizes: like clothing. Different buildings have different surfaces like some fabrics. Different buildings have different decoration and patterns, like clothing. But most importantly they both protect us from the weather.
Bibliography
http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/chalayan.html
http://www.offthecuff.net/?tag=hussein-chalayan
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/hussein-chalayan/page/2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohji_Yamamoto
When my final 6 designs were presented they were presented as top halves of the shirts. I should have shown full figure drawings which showed where the shirt would be sitting on the body.I did a mixture of designs that were totally different. Some were pattern based and some changed the structure of the shirt slightly, some became 3D by using piping, quilting and applique. I was happy with the range of ideas and how I applied them from my research. I had a range of links between the architecture primary research and my final designs. My work was successful but I think I should have done more research into architects and fashion designers and then that would give me more ideas for final designs and design development. However I like my designs for this brief which is why I chose to write about this one.
Through this project, I realised the links between fashion and architecture: such as the fact that buildings come in different shapes and sizes: like clothing. Different buildings have different surfaces like some fabrics. Different buildings have different decoration and patterns, like clothing. But most importantly they both protect us from the weather.
Bibliography
http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/chalayan.html
http://www.offthecuff.net/?tag=hussein-chalayan
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/hussein-chalayan/page/2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohji_Yamamoto
