Technical Flats

I found drawing Flats really enjoyable. I thought it was a very therapeutic it was a long process measuring and then drawing but I think it worth it because your end result is very accurate and it helps you later when you take it into illustrator. I thought the illustrator part was very fiddly but once I'd got the hang of it I felt like a pro! I am also going to use this as one of my sampling methods as I really enjoyed it i will post pictures of how it goes in the near future.

A few more samples

I discovered an app that my brother was using called kaleidoscope I thought it was perfect to create my own designs I decided to make patterns on it and then save the images into a black and white colour. I got really carried away and made ten images! I thought they were lovely and fun a quick and easy way to make an image of your own lace! I also tried trapping different threads and plastic bags inside a polly pocket by melting it with an iron. These are my favourite samples I think they really portray my concept of creating lace and they look very pretty too! 

Trend boards

I made some trend boards based on the trends that I'd seen in magazines on the internet and in the shops I though this was a good way to get your head around what's out there and what trends are forthcoming. I found that monochrome is a trend thats in fashion at the moment and also in the future which  thought was quite relevant to my own data theme. I also found that prints and mixing clashing prints is in fashion also. I made these trend boards based on what I found. 

Research

Alberta Ferretti SPRING 2013 READY-TO-WEAR

The luminous film of anemone like threads expanding in an underwater world was a spectacularly appropriate prelude to Alberta Ferretti's show. She wanted her collection to communicate lightness, luminescence, and iridescence, and what better way to do that than to evoke the undulating liquidity of sea creatures? But how to carry such a notion into cloth? Ferretti managed it. She layered organza over fringed, beaded dresses in shades of sea foam and eau de nil, trapping the shimmer and movement so gorgeously as to suggest something viewed through sunlit sea. Octopod arms of embroidery trailed down other frocks. There were clusters of seaweed appliqués, a gown of sequined net, and sheer peplums that floated.

Some of Ferretti's outfits were so encrusted with embroidery that the effect was akin to barnacles on wharf posts. But her most oblique concession to the life aquatic was a set of tulle bodysuits that looked like they were tattooed with lace. They had a bare-naked audacity that would send a shiver down the spine of any old tar. The same lace peeked from under a dress and suit in shantung, which were likelier preludes to commercial success.

Curiously, the oceanic momentum of Ferretti's show lapsed when she paraded the eveningwear that is usually a strong point. Charmeuse mermaid gowns might have had the look of light reflected on water, but they somehow didn't rise to the level of so much of this collection.