Hello,
I can’t believe that we have reached my final
collection at university. I know I said this last week but thank you so much
for reading whether this is your first time or you have been here from the
start. Thank you.
Now back to why you came here, my last ever
semester at university. For my theme like many others I chose to carry om with
the same theme as last semester. If you didn't read last week’s blog post, my
theme is a mixture of Paco Rabanne, the 1960's, futuristic fashion and
unconventional materials.
Christmas project:
As I chose to carry on the same theme I didn't
want to start all my drawings all over again, so I carried on in the same
sketchbook as well. I did this by looking at the fashion collections from
spring 2017, as they had only recently been launched. Similar to last time I
chose garments which I though resembled my theme. This includes:
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Adam Selman
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Balmain
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Chanel
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Courrege
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Christopher Kane
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David Koma
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Gareth Pugh
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House of Holland
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Herve Leger by Max Azria
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Isa Arfen
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Johanna Ortiz
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J.JS.Lee
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Julien MacDonald
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Kenzo
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Kimora Lee Simmons
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Mary Katrantzou
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Nina Ricci
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Narciso Rodrigues
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Novis
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Proenza Schouler
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Phelan
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Thom Browne
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Yangli
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Zuhair Murad
Spring 2017.
Spring 2017.
Spring 2017: I wanted to add some more colour to my collection and this space blue stood out for me.
Adam Selman spring 2017.
Christopher Kane and David Koma spring 2017.
Herve Leger by Max Azria and Isa Arfen spring 2017.
Julien MacDonald and Kenzo spring 2017.
Kenzo and Kimora Lee Simmons spring 2017.
Nina Ricci and Narciso Rodriguez spring 2017.
Proenza Schouler and Phelan spring 2017.
Yangli and Zuhair Murad spring 2017.
Knitting:
As well as researching and drawing over Christmas
I also got on the internet buying lots of new unconventional materials, which I
could add to knitting. One material that I tried was glass mosaic tiles which
can be seen below. Although this was an unconventional material and created the
3d effect that I wanted. I did think that it was too extreme. One of my aims
for this semester was to make garments, so that I could be in the fashion show.
Therefore using these glass mosaic tiles made the fabric too heavy and really
pulled down the knitting. I wanted to use unconventional materials but still
have them be wearable. That’s when I came across loom bands. If you don’t
already know this is a children’s craft toy used to create bracelets and key rings, they were a huge trend a few years ago and are very similar to
small elastic bands. They have the same rounded shape of the metal washers that I
loved but weighed a lot less, making them more suitable for fashion. Since
they are similar to elastic bands, they are very flexible and will bounce back
to their original shape. For example if I made a skirt out of loom bands if you
sat down on them they would flatten but once you got up they would spring back
to shape. They might need a little ruffle to help if you've been sat for a long
time. Below you can see some of my knitted loom band samples in the
making.
Inserting 20mm sequins inside dubied pockets.
20mm sequins with 10mm sequins, curtain rings hooks and rubber washers on top of them, inside dubied pockets.
20mm blue sequins with silver 10mm sequins on top inside dubied pockets.
Inserting pompom in dubied pockets, the blue ones are new,
Inserting glass mosaic tiles into dubied pockets.
Mosaic tiles inside dubied pockets.
Attaching loom bands on the dubied.
Loom bands inside dubied pockets and applied to the front bed.
Loom bands on the dubied in a 5x2 mock rib effect.
Attaching loom bands on the domestic knitting machine.
Attaching clear elastic hair bands. (ignore the Christmas Grinch pj's in the back ground).
Testing a grey background so that you can see the black loom band better.
As the loom bands are attached to the back of the knitting, I have to pull them through after.
Loom bands and stripes.
Seeing how many loom bands I can add per needle.
Sample ideas.
Sample ideas.
Sample ideas.
Loom bands and metal washers.
Loom bands on fair-isle knitting pattern.
Trying my own loom band idea, I think it looks like a rib cage.
Loom bands used to connect knitting.
Loom bands and washers on the dubied.
Washers and loom bands on the dubied.
Loom bands pushed down on the dubied ready to knit over.
Loom bands on the dubied.
Cross over loom bands to connect metal rings.
Loom bands attached to knitting via e-wraps so that they can move about.
Fan effect loom bands.
Knitwear:
Since I found my unconventional material, I
then began to think about what type of garment I wanted to create. I began by
exploring knitwear trends on WGSN as well as looking at the spring and fall
2017 trends. I found that I really liked the oversized/over exaggerated rounded
garment shapes, which can be seen below. After many tutorials with my lecturer,
we came up with this rounded hem slightly cropped jumper which would have long sleeves.
It would be covered in my interlinking loom band design. With vertical black
and white stripes on the front, only white loom bands on the back and alternative
black and white loom bands on the sleeves.
Spring 2017 shaping ideas.
Fall 2017 garment ideas.
Fall 2017 garment ideas.
My product design ideas, 1960's styled dresses.
My product design ideas.
Crop jumper ideas, using Photoshop.
I love the way that the loom bands look as a sleeve.
Sleeve ideas.
Garment placing ideas, using some of my samples.
Tutorial garment ideas.
Tutorial garment ideas.
Attaching the 2x2 rib to the domestic knitting machine.
Creating the rounded hem for the front of the jumper.
Front of jumper.
Front of the jumper.
Front of the jumper.
Front of the jumper.
Back of the jumper.
Back of the jumper.
Attaching the big rib for the sleeve to the domestic knitting machine.
Sleeve.
Front, back and one sleeve finished.
How the front looks on a mannequin.
Attaching the jumper together, here I am creating the sleeve seam.
Final garment.
Final garment.
Final garment: as we weren't sure what to do with the neck line I just knitted lots of waste which I then over-locked to create a slash neck.
Final garment: front.
Final garment: back.
Final garment.
Final garment.
Final collection:
Design 1: black and white loom bands.
Design 2: black and white loom bands on top of black and white stripes separated by blue e-wrapping.
Design 3: black and white loom bands (closer together).
Design 3: black and white loom bands (closer together).
Design 4: clear elastic hair bands.
Design 5: black and white loom band stripes on a grey background.
Design 6: connecting loom bands.
Design 6: the same connecting loom bands but pulled to the side to create a zigzag pattern.
Design 7: slanted loom bands to create a zigzag.
Design 8: slanted loom bands and cross over loom bands separated by a silver yarn e-wrap.
Design 9: fading loom bands, loom band attached to knitting gradually getting more per needle, 1-5.
Design 10: 3x loom bands per needle in a white, black, white or black, white, black pattern.
Design 11: black and white stripes with loom bands, rubber washers and small curtain rings.
Design 12: black loom bands on white knitting.
Design 13: 3x black loom bands on white knitting.
Design 14: black and white stripes on black and white loom bands.
Design 15: connecting loom bands but closer together.
Design 16: interlinking loom band in black and white stripes.
Design 17: white loom band sections.
Design 18: thick black and white loom band stripes.
Design 19: black and white loom bands on black, white and grey stripes.
Design 20: connecting loom bands on top of floats.
Design 21: single twisted figure of 8 loom bands.
Design 22: black loom bands and metal washers.
Design 23: double twisted loom bands.
Design 24: rib cage loom bands.
Design 24: rib cage loom bands.
Design 25: interlinking loom bands and metal washers.
Design 25: interlinking loom bands and metal washers.
Design 26: interlinking loom bands, black and white alternative pattern.
Design 27: interlinking loom bands, small rubber washers and clear plastic rings.
Design 28: loom bands and 20mm blue holographic sequins.
Design 29: knitting connected by loom bands.
Design 30: sideways interlinking loom bands, similar to fishtail plait.
Design 31: mountain loom bands.
Design 32: loom bands used to create a checkerboard effect.
Design 33: variety of white and blue toned loom bands.
Design 34: black, white and grey loom bands.
Design 35: 10mm silver loom bands on top of 20mm blue sequins with white, grey and different coloured blue loom bands.
Design 36: weaving in stripes to separate black loom bands and mixed black and white loom band on the same band.
Design 37: loom bands on the dubied, using a mock rib.
Design 38: loom bands and metal washers on the dubied.
Design 39: zigzag pattern using slanted loom bands and rubber washers.
Design 40: metal rings connected by cross over loom bands.
Design 40: metal rings connected by cross over loom bands.
Design 41: loom bands inside mock rib floats on the dubied.
Design 42: white and blue striped loom bands on the dubied.
Design 42: white and blue striped loom bands on the dubied.
Design 43: 3x loom bands per needle in black, white and blue stripes.
Design 44: grey and white stripes on the dubied.
Design 45: black and white loom bands with loom bands that are both black and white on the same band.
Design 46: grey loom bands on black and grey stripes.
Design 47: vertical and horizontal black and white stripes.
Bradford competition entry.
Bradford competition entry.
Next week I will show you my degree show
display, as well as a summary of my second semester of my third year at uni,
and my whole experience. As next week marks the end of my educational journey,
if you have any blog ideas that you would like me to do, please let me
know.
Thank you so much for reading
Love Karmann Jean
PS. sorry that this blog isn't as long or to
my usual standard but I am currently writing this full of a cold feeling sorry
for myself whilst watching Christmas films. Which are very distracting! Anyway I
didn't want to miss a week, but if you are disappointed then I am sorry. Also just noticed that some of the pictures have come out sideways or upside down, I have tried to correct it but for some reason it won't work, sorry.
(My images of inspirational designer work, came from the vogue runway app, but I was not unable to add its link and the website wasn't working sorry)
(My images of inspirational designer work, came from the vogue runway app, but I was not unable to add its link and the website wasn't working sorry)
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