As part of my first year at Leeds College of Art I completed a module called Fashion Practice and Contemporary Context. We had to pick another trend from WGSN - I picked Industrial Revolution. We then had to combine everything we had learnt that year all into this module so this included research, sampling, designing, digital mood boards, illustrator line ups, making a garment, making a technical pattern, styling and photographing the garment, creating a professional portfolio and presenting our project in a presentation in front of our tutors.
As part of this module we also had to choose a brand either high street or designer level - i chose All Saints and develop our collection with this brand in mind.
I developed my research with All Saints and Industrial revolution in mind and started to think about urban decay, with particular reference to old industrial buildings and graffiti. I designed a dress as my final garment (along with a 6 outfit collection) that i made, i also designed my own pattern for fabric and had it digitally printed. I was particularly inspired by a run down graffiti-ed area near my halls in Leeds, the print for my dress came from a photo i took of my friends climbing over a graffiti wall - i thought the photo completely embodied my whole theme so i developed and edited it in Photoshop so it wasn't completely recognizable.
I chose to make a printed dress because i think that is something All Saints do well - they have lovely prints but most of their clothing is very neutral in colour so i decied to make something more colourful.
Here are the photos of my dress which have been styled and photographed by me.
The photo that inspired my project and also from which i created my printed farbic
My printed fabric
My 6 outfit line up for this project