Final Garment/ Evaluation

    This is the result of my final garment. Admittedly, there are some more finishing touches I need to put on it however I think it turned out fairly well in my opinion. Using the bright shower curtains definitely made this dress pop much more and adds much more perspective form the subtraction cutting process I used for this piece. The shape of the garment is very abstract with itself, but it is adaptable to change when you begin to pull fabric from within the dress to add more shape and potentially colour depending if it is a different shade or not. This is very accurate to how I saw my designs and I think the lei's and lanterns make it look very childish and can certainly relate back to some of the memories I had as a child. I am so proud of myself the fact that I actually used a bright, vibrant colour for once! It is such a nice feeling to be able to expand on my creations and ideas, even if it is only with colour but I feel that this will make my portfolio much more expansive and interesting to look at, hence I feel that my assessment will go fairly well with the new variety I have added to my portfolio. It is a shame that I didn't get to show it for my last interview I had, but I would have rather not rushed it and made it will proper focus.

    The hardest challenge I had with constructing this garment was that it had a lot of fabric to work with. Not only this, but I was rather gutted that I wouldn't have been able to make a whole garment out of wrappers as I think this would have looked very effective, although I don't think it would have equally represented all the words I chose very well… In addition, my favourite part about the project was the ability to heat press. Some plastics were not as flexible as some which I would say was the only problem or that others melted too quick and caused most of it to stick to the paper protecting the iron as oppose to the other plastics hence it would have taken much longer to have completed a full length garment, thus I went with a more realistic idea and I think all my work came together nicely.

    This project as a whole has been very interesting and relates a lot to the '3 Words' project we had previously. Again, the thing I liked most about this project was that it enabled me to use a new kaleidoscopic range of colours and this was mostly inspired by Gerhard Richter and the interior of corner shops. Without these 2 elements, it would have been likely that I would have created something much more toned down and not as eye-catching. In addition, I really like the range of processes I used within this project such as collaging, illustrating, heat pressing and much more and this will really benefit me for not only the Final Major Project coming up, but also in the long run for future projects and experiments I might face.

    Overall, the project was very fun to do as I didn't feel completely pressured the whole time as we had an extra week to complete a garment. Despite this, I had a lot of other things going on such as interviews, FMP proposals and portfolio reviews, hence a lot of time was taken doing that. Despite this, I feel that I tried my best to catch up with this project and to make sure that I had practically everything done for this assessment. The only thing I would say that I would like to do perhaps next week is to have a photo shoot using this garment to make the project seem more complete, although the model I had in mind who would be perfect for this project isn't coming back till the 14th of March, but we will see if I have anything else pop up, whether that being a model or another idea for a final showing.