JAPANESE EXHIBITION

30 YEARS OF JAPANESE FASHION

One of the most inspirational fashion exhibitions!
Containing works from some of the worlds most inspirational designers; from Issey Miyake to Junta Watanabe, Yohji Yamamoto to Rei Kawabuko.

LONDON BOUND

MUST SEE exhibitions!!

LONDON DESIGN MUSEUM - DRAWING FASHION

RENE GRUAU

MATS GUSTAFSSON

FRANCOIS BERTHOUD

MULTIGAMI

For my current project I have designed a collection that has combined both origami and multifunction. The garment can be worn as full pieces or can be separated into a top and skirt. The multifunctional feature of the collection is that the pieces can also be used as floor and hanging origami lamps. Using inspiration from Issey Miyake and Hussein Chalayan, I combined both of their design ideas and create a multifunctional, origami inspired collection.

Multigami Marketing and Branding

Prior to the event of the Multigami exhibition, printed lanterns will be placed around London with information about the event.

Here's a few ideas...

Lit chinese lanterns printed with the exhibition details

Street lamps covered with chinese lanterns

Guerilla Marketing

Reasearching into guerilla marketing and promotion ideas for my Multigami collection...

Flyering ideas

Bag ideas

Guerilla marketing

Final Garment

My final product !

Made from paper nylon with an under layer of lace.

When the skirt of the product is lit as a floor lamp, the pattern of the lace shines through the paper nylon...

Product Prototype

In order to keep the shape of the origami in the skirt of the garment, I experimented with paper nylon as other fabrics we unsuccessful...

Design Development

Illustrating the two ways in which the garments can be worn....

living pod

YING GAO

This amazing Canadian designer presents five tech-inspired garments, embeding technology into them. The garments are origami inspired and move in reaction to light and gusts of air.

ORIGAMI/ FLAT PACK FASHION

Issey Miyake

The truely inspirational collection 132.5 by Issey Miyake, combining origami and flat pack design.

Each piece its folded flat into an origami formation. The fabric is then sprayed to reveal a geometric pattern when unfolded to become a garment.

Part 2 Hussein Chalayan Autumn Winter 2000

Wearable Furniture

ORIGAMI FASHION! 132 5. Issey Miyake : a new concept for clothes

JEWELLERY WORKSHOP

RESTRICTION JEWELLERY

For my jewellery elective, I researched into african adornment and restriction jewellery e.g. neck rings, ear gauges...

I wanted to take this concept and create a wearable piece!

After researching and experiementing with various materials I decided to knit a neck brace out of wire.

Knitted, sliver plated wire, neck

Test piece with copper wire

Test piece with plastic wire

Knitting Loom :)

Experiementing with wire

Wrapping wire in plastic wire

FINAL MAGAZINE ARTICLE

As part of my summer project, I had to design my own magazine article on an inspirational summer trend!

SUMMER TRIBAL TREND

Tribal Fashion

Photoshoot !

LONDON GRADUATE FASHION WEEK!

LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART 3RD YR WORK!

FASHION SHOWS

JESS LOVELL

Inspirational vintage fabrics!

HEEWON PARK

An amazing, inspirational collection!

Knit wear mixed with sheer fabrics!

RIVER ISLAND AT GRADUATE FASHION WEEK!

Proud to be a River Islander!

PRINTED FABRIC

Just thought i'd post an image of the print thats on the fabric of the underskirt, as it was the main feature of my skirt.

I wanted the butterflies to appear like a hidden message, so that you had to look a certain way to work them out.... I then hid the print under the distressed fabric to disguise the images more and to represent the butterflies in a cocoon.

FINAL IMAGES!

Butterfly inspired :)