René Gruau

I love all of René Gruau illustrations! they have so much movement and life to them!

Ann He

Vogue-à-Porter by Inez & Vinoodh

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love love love

Dior

This makes me so excited about going to Paris in a month! Haven't been there for years.....

A Sunday in the Park

Traditional English tweeds with racy underwear, perfect for a sunday strole

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Our dress

In garment tech we have been learning how to construct the pattern and make up different parts of garments. We did a rever collar, a lantern and puffball sleeve, a circle skirt and a number of different darts. We used what we had learnt to design and then create a dress.
Our design development was a long process as we kept changing out mind but in the end we knew we wanted a modern edgy dress that was inspired by a classic design. We look at many designers and mainly Dior for the crisp clean shapes. At first we wanted to use a very feminine pink fabric but when we saw the fabric we used in the end our idea also change.
We knew we always wanted to use leather but it was only going to be for the collar or cuff of the sleeve but we decided to challenge ourselves to create the whole bodice out of it. (using leatherette as we are only students)

Here is a mood board that inspired our final design

Here is the final dress. We are very pleased with it and love the outcome. If we had more time we would like to experiment with the collar to improve it.