Drape project- design manual...

Drape project.....

Design manual

When I first got the brief for this project I wasn't to enthusiastic, a design manual doesn't sound that exciting, the thought of combining technical sketches , methods writing into a book didn't frill me.

But as I started to get into I found my self getting more and more enthused . Along with the brief we were given 5 inspirational images to start us off with the sister project of creating a draped garment which was running along side this project. I choose an oriental inspired draped dress , with pleats and made from silk.

I based my manual on a Japanese fashion magazine , to link in with my inspiration and researched various different magazines to find out the themes they used and also layout and text ideas. I then started to put the manual together in this style.

I came across a few problems one being I'm such a perfectionist so this took me a while but I was extremely happy with my final outcome of a stylish professional drape manual , I hade it bound in a magazine format which you can see in the image it gives a professional feel to the manual .

I'm going to upload the slideshow of pages soon so keep posted...

Images : snap shoot of the contents page with thumbnails of all pages in my design manual .

Photo shoot ....

Drape photo shoot day.....

My photo shoot was amazing, I decided to base the shoot around an oriental theme to co-ordinate with my influences. The shoot location was a back yard brick wall, which my friend kindly let me use in her garden , I choose this as a background because I felt it contrast the colours of the fabric .

my original plan was to find a oriental style setting but I felt it may be a little cliché I feel this background bring this a bit more up to date with high fashion.

I couldn't have done this amazing shoot with out the help of my assistants Charlotte Forbes, Heather Burchett who helped with lighting dressing and photography , my model Lara Skowronska and make up and hair artists Chimi kaji and Siu Ping Wan.