1st Toile of Silhouette & Detail Shirt

Soft Tailoring, Elective.

Design board from my Soft Tailoring elective, dress fully lined and featuring a peter pan collar, peplum, waistband and vent. 

Medium used on illustration: collage, gouache paints, pencil, and studio pencils.

Silhouette & Detail

Collection Line-up for my current project, experimenting with shirts while following the theme of the Georgian period crossed with the nineties decade silhouette & detail.   

Mixed media of hand drawing and collage for illustrations.
Illustrator (CAD) for the detailed flats / specification drawings.

I kept with the hair style i tested out previously, moving it forward with more mark making. 

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History of the Peter Pan Collar

Another Garment detail research board, focusing on the Peter Pan Collar.
Although the Peter Pan collar is on trend at the moment and seen as a vintage style, most people see the collar to be in its prime during the fifties & sixties, while this time line dates back to 1782.

History of the Peplum

As part of my tailoring elective I have to research the design details featured on my garment.
I decided to do it in the format of a timeline, as is easy to read and informative.

The latest garment i could find featuring a peplum dates back to 1596.
The sources include Art History books, Fashion Designers Books, & wgsn.com for the latest trend.

Rabbit Heart Vintage

 This is a lovely little vintage shop just outside of Barnsley's (South Yorkshire)  shopping center. Just feel the need to keep people aware there's more to the towns retail then Primark! You just need to look outside the main street.
They have currently got some beautiful furs in ready for the cold winter mornings, like this 1940's cape.

Take a look at this link below for more info:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rabbit-Heart-Vintage/119624924780323

Silhouette & Detail

Research Board.
From current university project.