Giraffe Suit Production

Fabric Lay

Final Production - Julius

Pocket Bags

I have decided to scribble on the pocket bags as a way of adding more colour and a different print. I think it is quite fun and successful. 

Final Fitting Linsey

The fit turned out really well Im happy with both the design and the fit.

Fitting - Craig

Fitting of the crazy shorts. Its look pretty good just need to fix up some fitting on the shirt and maybe change a pit of the shorts so that they look nicer.

2nd fitting - Linsey

The shirt was way too small which was disappointing. Im also not sure if Im going to stick with the short sleeve shirt. It might not look that great with my final design. 

2nd fitting - Craig

The shorts now fit and the shirt is looking pretty good. Craig has needed very minimal fitting which is really helpful. 

Final Toile - Mat

The final toil for Mat fits quite well and he is comfortable with the fit. Now Im ready to start on the real fabrics.

Material Exploration

I have found these colourful duffles which would look good at the finishing on the rain coat. I have also tried to see what paint looked like on the pvc plastic. It didnt work that well as the paint was easily scratched off.

Fitting - Julius

Final Toile fitting for Julius - I think its looking and fitting great. It is now ready to start the real final product. 

Jacket Fitting

Im in the final production of the toile jacket. Its fitting well and I think that is is now ready to go into production of the real jacket.

Canberra Weekly

The graduating class made it into the Canberra Weekly which is pretty exciting. We were the cover story and had a half page article which will hopefully gain some interest across Canberra

Shirt Detail

I thought it might look good to ad a little 3D detail to the yoke of a shirt. Unfortunately it didn't look that great so I decided to scrap the idea.

Shoes

Shoes for the parade. I found these shoes on Asos. They are quite cheap and I think they would look pretty good with colourful socks and make my collection sophisticated.

Model Number 4 - Joel

Fitting of Joel - My 4th model.

The shorts were too small and the shirt needs a little fitting. Im still uncertain if I will use joel as he might have to work when my panel is on. He is unsure if he would be able to get work off as it is a new job.

Rain Coat

My feedback after toile review was to create another silhouette this could include a vest or something more experimental. I had played with some designs in my visual diary and I thought it would be good to create a rain coat. I find that there aren't many raincoats out their for adults let alone any trendy rain coats.

What I thought would be good was to create a see through rain coat so that you can still see the garments underneath. I wanted to stick with my colourway however, I am finding it hard to find colourful see through fabrics. I found some shower curtains with had my colourway in stripes but the material wasn't the best.

I then thought about maybe buying a inflatable chair and cutting it up for my patterns. After talking to my consumer I found that maybe the orange see through might not be that appealing and a clear plastic with colourful highlights like binding could look a lot better.

Model Fitting - Julius

Julius seems to have a even figure and I have found fitting him a lot easier compared to the other two. As you can see in the first fitting there is only minimal changes to be made. However the fit might not work so well.

The next fitting was much better however, the back was a problem. I found it to be too tight and so I slashed into the back to allow the fabric to sit where it wanted to sit. This helped with the draglines and made the fit much better.

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Model Fitting - Mat

Mat my model has been a little bit challenging to fit. His shoulders are both different sizes and shapes plus his calves are quite large on his legs. From this first fitting there still needs to be a lot of work done.

The second fitting was better but still a lot of changes were to be made. I now hope that once the changes are made I am ready to get going on my final toiles as I am running out of time.

Model Fitting - Tom

This semester I want to get the fit right for the catwalk. So I have decided to start off with basic toiles and then gradually progress with fittings. 

Below are the first two fittings that I have had with Tom. As you can see in the first lot of pictures the fit is not perfect and there needs a lot of work.

This was the second fitting and to my suprise it actually fit quite well. I am now ready to start the toils of my final designs.