Prelim Desings

Below are my prelim designs for Stage six. They still need a lot of work but its a great way to see the ideas in my head come alive. I still need to play around with the colours to get that right. Because it is meant to be promotional designs for the catwalk I will need to add some more details to make the garments more promotional.

I believe that the designs need to be more refined but I am on the right track.

Collaboration with graphic designer - Dinah Pollard

I met with Dinah Pollard a graphic designer at ZOO Advertising to help collaborate with me for my fabric designs.

I informed Dinah of what I am trying to achieve with the prints whilst also showing her some of my designs.

Dinah was happy with my original print designs but thought that some of the colour combinations needed some work.

Dinah thought that it would be best to create vibrant colourful prints to reflect the imagination of the child and also to achieve promotional designs.

Together we sat down and worked out my colour-way and tried to refine my prints. Below are the prints that we came up with:

Fabric Design.

Below are the beginning designs of my prints. I have used the children's drawings and created them in Illustrator. The repeat patterns were designed by just moving the images around until I created a pattern which worked. I am happy with the majority of the prints. 

After seeking feedback I am now going to collaborate with a graphic designer to work on colourways, scale and communication of the prints. This is a way to improve the designs and create something that will flow with my concept of creating fun sophisticated menswear.

Preliminary Designs

Below is my preliminary designs for my concept this semester. I have used the childrens drawings to create this collection. I have done this by taking the lines, shapes, colour, texture and incorporated their styles into my designs. This collection is designed for the children to be children and the adults to stay young at heart. There is also a element where the kids can use their imaginations to explore the adults clothing. Which builds a stronger connection between the two.