20th January - Empirical Menswear Crit

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Botany Exposed

Quick mini mood-board of what is inspiring me, before we get the new project brief when i can specifically pick an area of interest

Botanical Palette

Some images inspiring my Botanical Colour Scheme

Royal Fingers

Today i am giving a big THANKYOU and SHOUT-OUT to Saffiya who did my big applique writing for me because i cannot write letters on a sewing machine freehand to save my life! all i have now is to do a couple more mini words which i should be able to manage and some flowers and joining "lace like structures"
again
THANKYOU! :)

Can you spot the words used for my textiles element?

Styling + Photography

Well i know that when we start photography and switch with Group 2 - we'll be doing shoots on a brief and we'll have finished the royal brief by this point so to continue on with the theme ( 1) since it'll be fresh and 2) my favourite brief ) i'm gonna do my Royal Project.

Here's some inspiration for each different garment that i will have made and how it can lead into a story:

The Hamlet Shepherdess
A promotional picture for Kate Bush - Under The Ivy - has given me major inspiration for my Hamlet Shepherdess garment - it also happens to be one of my most favourite songs - the lyrics are perfect for my garments story

"This little girl inside me
Is retreating to her favourite place

Go into the garden
Go under the ivy
Under the leaves
Away from the party
Go right to the rose
Go right to the white rose"

White Rose = Purity, Innocence, Silence, Secrecy, Reverence, Humility, Youthfulness,
Ivy = Fidelity, Marriage

Makeup / Hair

I like the messyness of the second hairstyle but the more contemporary height of the first hairstyle.

doubled up with a nice soft blue lip.
The Glistening Jewel Heist

Likin this more decadent photo inspiration for this garment, also relates to the story in my sketchbook of how she had mechanical mirrors that acted as shutters in the petit trianon for privacy.
Hair / Makeup
This whole makeup look is perfect for this garment, and i would want to re-create something very similar with the particles and the darker blue lips.
Again the hair would be an "updo" but this time much more perfectly styled without a strand out of place - hard to find a pic of a perfect beehive that isn't reminscing the 60's
Final Lineup

Royal Garment(s)

Here's my garments so far for the Royal Project
the first is literally finished apart from the collar and hand sewing my flowers onto it.





Time to begin Garment 2 - i came up with a genius solution which involves a lot of pearls and glass paint.




The 3rd garment will be the playsuit if i have time as we still have 2 n 1/2 weeks when we get back and garment 2 will take about a day max! so just depends on funds really.
*pic of design / pic of toille / pic of garment / closeup*