As a final for my first year, my tutor gave the fashion group a task of coming up with 6 designs for a final collection. I always wear suits either for casual shopping clothes with trainers and a plain T-shirt or for evening wear with a pair of heels.
After I decided on suits, I had to come up with a theme. I thought about what inspires me and what is always different and eye catching, I chose packaging. Whether it be clothes, food or makeup packaging, it is always different and it’s always around us.
I started researching designers who have done packaging before and came across Jeremy Scott x Moschino collection which was inspired by sweet and fast food packaging. I loved this collection, I thought it was really fun and different and taken inspiration for my designs.
As there are such a wide range of packaging I had to round it down to a certain type of packaging. I chose bread because as I looked in my cupboard it was the first thing I saw and the print isn’t that bold for a suit. I couldn’t imagine any other designer choosing bread for a theme which made me want to do it more.
After I chose my theme I started researching YSL suits as they are the original masters for women’s tailored suits. My tutor gave me a book which showed original YSL designs which are amazing and the illustrations helped me and my designs a lot. I’ve chosen to do a full packaging print on the suit for a first piece, now I’m focusing on just putting the print on the details of the suit such as just on the sleeves or pockets.
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