Trends A/W 2011/12

This season has comes with an array of colour and textures. Crayola brights, latex leathers and animal fur all connect creating strong trend to be seen throughout the market.  

" Swinging Sixties"

 "Fantasy Fetish"

 "Teddy Boy"

"Colour Pop"

 "Victoriana"

"Animal Instinct"

Apologies about the terrible photos!

First Impressions

I was really excited when I received this brief as it was the first brief of 2nd year but after the long summer I found it quite difficult to get back into the swing of things. We had to design 8 looks for A/W 2011/12 along with creating illustration boards, mood board, colour board and fabric board. it was a daunting project at first but now that its complete I'm happy to continue on through the year improving with each project I get.

 "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn

Illustration Board 1

  "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn

Illustration Board 2

  "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn

Illustration Board 3

  "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn

Illustration Board 4

  "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn

Colour Board

  "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn

Fabric Board

 "The River Runs Uphill" A/W 11/12 Nicola Flynn
Mood board

New blog!

I've started another blog! Its basically a collection of differnt things I come across, mainly images, that stir up thoughts and inspiration in me. Feel free to comment and I hope you like it!

http://breadandbutterthought.blogspot.com

Final Design

Sorry about the delay in posting these images. I was going to wait and put up pictures from a photoshoot I'm planning but those plans have fallen apart so unfortunatly these are the best photos of my final garment that I have.

My final design turned out to be a top with giant power shoulders that you can open and close with fasteners. Its made mainly by jersey, ripped and then stuck onto the main structure of the piece. The shoulders were made simply by creating a pattern, cutting the material to that shape and filling with lots of wadding.I hope you like it!

Ranking Project!

So for the project I decided to stick with the theme of decay - I looked at decaying buildings and walls, cities that have been abandoned, mold on food and finally I stuck with the idea of rotting and decaying fruit. Here are some images I used as inspiration for the project.

Based on all the images I could, I began making swatches of material based on these pictures. I then placed them on a mannequin to show how they look on the body.

Knit Techniques

Moss Sitch

D&G

Striping

Ribbed Eyelet

Loop Stitch

Lace



Fabric manipulation

Gathering

Alexander McQueen

Quilting

Issa, Balenciaga, Isaak Mizrahi

Twisting

Pleating

Jean Paul Gautier

Origami