Final Project: Essential Fashion

 -Week 6~Week 14-

(27.9.2021-22.11.2021)

Introduction to Fashion Design

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Topic: Essential Fashion

-Week 6-

At the end of the lecture, Ms. Maria us about this final project. In this final project, we need to develop our design ideas using skills that we have obtained throughout the semester. We will be creating an “Essential Fashion” capsule collection. The essential items are the must-have items in the consumer wardrobe and can be easily transformed and matched to follow recent trends. Each student is required to design an essential collection for their target market using the design technique learned this semester. Students are required to find their specialty and identity that represent the designer's creativity. We can start to do initial research about the theme, target market, muse and create our moodboard.

-Week 7-

In this lecture, Ms. Maria showed us some examples of moodboard, concept board and color board. Then, she gave us some time to prepare for our first presentation.  

My target market is women, 18-30 years old. Their occupation may be a student or office worker, income range is low-mid range. For the audience's lifestyle can be fashion-forward and enjoy social activity, such as shopping. Therefore the location will be university and shopping mall.

I selected Ryujin as my muse. She is a group member of ITZY, a K-pop girl group. I think she is a cool girl.

This slide show Ryujin's style. I choose Ryujin as my muse because any style that she wears looks good on her. She can be elegant, cute and also sexy.

Here are some examples of garments that are suitable for her.

This is my moodboard for this final project. What I want to try is patchwork since I like something different. I think I gonna use some plaid fabrics to do the patchwork. The colors that I selected are red, blue, yellow and black.

Feedback by lecture:

Ms. Maria wanted me to figure out what style is the most suitable for my muse. And also complete the concept board and color board. She said that it is good that I had already done the fabrics research.

-Week 8- 

After the first presentation, I do some research about Ryu Jin to find out her style. Finally, I figured out what style I want to design and also completed the concept board & color board. Then I showed it to Ms. Maria.

Feedback by lecture:

Ms. Maria said everything is okay and she liked the color combination. Then, she told me to start my sketches for this design.

I start to draw the sketches. I use some inorganic shapes to draw patterns.

Then, I decided to draw illustrations since my concept is patchwork and need to add the plaids pattern in the design. I think it is easier for me to color my design. 

So, I start to draw my muse portrait as Ms. Maria told us if we use illustration then we need to draw our muse. RyuJin is my muse, so I find a front profile of her to draw.

After that, I start to draw my sketch in illustration. 

-Week 9-

I have done my sketch, then I show it to Ms. Maria.

Then, we discuss to choose 4 pieces of design to make in the garment.

Selected Look 1

Selected Look 2

For the Look 1 top, Ms. Maria wants me to combine all the chosen color plaids inside the design since my concept is patchwork.

So, I try to combine all the chosen color plaids in the top design and below is the result.

Feedback by lecture:

Ms. Maria suggest me to continue the yellow plaids to the sleeve and have the white shirt under the checked yellow sleeve, so it will balance with the skirt's asymmetrical lines because this design's silhouette looks like a vest. She also recommend me to go with something unique and unexpected. It's a brave color choice for this design.

Here is my final design. Ms. Maria says is nice and tells me to proceed with flat drawing.

-Week 10-

I have done the flat drawing for the selected design, then I show it to Ms. Maria.

Feedback by lecture:

Feedback by lecture:

Ms. Maria wants me to add the stitch lines because the top and the ruffle part will attach together.

Look 1 Flat Drawing

Look 2 Flat Drawing for oversize t-shirt

Look 2 Flat Drawing for ruffle top

After that, I proceed my drafting process.

Here is the pattern drafting for all the selected design.

Drafting Process:

-Week 11~Week14-

I begin to make the toile and garment on these weeks.

 Toile & Garment making process for Look 1:

The first one is patchwork top in look 1.

I follow the final pattern to cut the Calico fabric.

I sew all the pieces togother

Result of patchwork top in toile:

Then I start to do it on actual fabrics.

I cut out the pattern in the actual fabrics and start to sew.

Sewing collar

Hand sewing white buttons

Result of patchwork top in garment: 

Next, I start to do the skirt+pants in look 1.

I follow this to do the pleated skirt.

Sewing darts

Sew zipper at the opening

Result of pleated skirt+pants in toile:

Then I proceed the process of actual garment.

iron pleated skirt

sewing pants

sewing waistband

Hand sewing metal buttons and button holes

Result of pleated skirt+pants in garment:

Photoshoot for Look 1:

front

back

side

Toile & Garment making process for Look 2:

I start by making the oversize T-shirt.

Cut out the pattern and start to sew.

sewing neckline

Result of oversize T-shirt in Garment:

Then I proceed to make the ruffle top.

Cut out all the pattern

sew all the panels together

do gather for the ruffle part

attach to the panel top

Result of ruffle top in toile:

After that, I proceed to actual garment.

cut out all the pattern in actual fabric and lining fabric

overlock all the stripe and panels

Attach all th panels together

cut out the fabrics in (10x17)cm 

sew one by one and overlock the seam

do the gather

Attach to the panel top

hand sewing to hide the seam and also the snapbuttons 

Result of the ruffle top in garment:

Photoshoot for Look 2:

front

back

side

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