Feeling that my research and initial design process was coming to a head I decided to note down the arising design ideas in a specific list.
Divided into two sections, the list was as follows
Gender Structure- Man above Woman The Class Structure- Upper, Middle, Lower
yellow rubber quilting (rolling in it)
pinstripe tailoring tailoring
neck ties bow ties
double breasted suits hoodies
J-cloths dungarees
embroidered D's grabbed cash silhouette
gender symbols fragile draping
'apron' ruffling triangle imagery
ladder climbing
I can safely conclude that barely one of these design ideas would have arisen without my research process. This proves my initial developments to have been succesful and stands me in good stead to develop a final piece as my project enters its final stages.
Looking back at all previous sketches and research I sketched five developed tops, eight jackets, ten pairs of trousers and eight coats all including relevant fabric samples. I felt very at home with this process as it feels most natural to me. I feel the designs created are succesful, if a little costume-like in style, and am most drawn the mixture of quilting and pinstripe tailoring.
I love the idea of taking the masculine material and developing it in a less common style, like with quilting or by adding vinyl as reference to the yellow rubber glove.
When sourcing material, I am now obliged to commit to one colour. Yellow has been a continual motif throughout the project and will definitely feature in my final design- this has derived almost solely from my exploration and development of the image of the domesticated woman and rubber washing up glove. A conflict however arises as I am determined to use grey pinstripe suiting in order to subvert the masculine archetype.
I love colour combination; I feel it is a crucial aspect of design- there is real art in getting it right. The combination of the varying shades of yellow with granite, aluminium and charcoal looks expensive and works so well for my design idea and response to the word 'Structure'. I will hold back on making any decision on my mono-tone as of yet but will proceed to use only grey and yellow from now on.
Divided into two sections, the list was as follows
Gender Structure- Man above Woman The Class Structure- Upper, Middle, Lower
yellow rubber quilting (rolling in it)
pinstripe tailoring tailoring
neck ties bow ties
double breasted suits hoodies
J-cloths dungarees
embroidered D's grabbed cash silhouette
gender symbols fragile draping
'apron' ruffling triangle imagery
ladder climbing
I can safely conclude that barely one of these design ideas would have arisen without my research process. This proves my initial developments to have been succesful and stands me in good stead to develop a final piece as my project enters its final stages.
Looking back at all previous sketches and research I sketched five developed tops, eight jackets, ten pairs of trousers and eight coats all including relevant fabric samples. I felt very at home with this process as it feels most natural to me. I feel the designs created are succesful, if a little costume-like in style, and am most drawn the mixture of quilting and pinstripe tailoring.
I love the idea of taking the masculine material and developing it in a less common style, like with quilting or by adding vinyl as reference to the yellow rubber glove.
When sourcing material, I am now obliged to commit to one colour. Yellow has been a continual motif throughout the project and will definitely feature in my final design- this has derived almost solely from my exploration and development of the image of the domesticated woman and rubber washing up glove. A conflict however arises as I am determined to use grey pinstripe suiting in order to subvert the masculine archetype.
I love colour combination; I feel it is a crucial aspect of design- there is real art in getting it right. The combination of the varying shades of yellow with granite, aluminium and charcoal looks expensive and works so well for my design idea and response to the word 'Structure'. I will hold back on making any decision on my mono-tone as of yet but will proceed to use only grey and yellow from now on.
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