Comments on: fashion school flashback – my first design project

By: Marsha

Marsha — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:02:20 +0000

Fashion school flashback is probably too early for me!

http://babayalo.deviantart.com/art/Sagittarius-86327100
(visuals to look at)

For first year first term project we had a white shirt brief i.e. “a top-body garment made without zipper closure and utilising the colour white” (after much repeated wrangling with various design tutors of what ‘white shirt’ could constitute.) After two draped toiles and a flat-refined third (the first just said how my first chosen design stinks in fabric form and will never make it into a garment), I made the above, using two different fabrics to snub the white colour rule. Finishing techniques were pin-hemming and semi-hand-bound seams (following my distaste of overlocked/serged finish – eew), with a flat-felled seam down centre back to ‘denote’ it is a split yoke shirt. When it was finished, I was sooo happy and wore it around, attracting comments (which my brain picked up as “compliment”) from passerbys.

Anyhow.
With hindsight, I would try doing something with the collar/neckline treatment other than the obligatory wee mandarin collar, shift the front styleline where the undersleeve joins the main bodice, and use pure cotton marcella instead of the poly-cotton replacement. That is, if I could get my head around the sleeve/bodice pattern pieces I made! :))

Prior to fashion school I had some head start in costume making. I have sewn up easy things like a tulle skirt (5m of tulle on 1.5m of satin ribbon), drafted flower-petal skirts and wonkily copied a ballet bias wrap skirt. Classes in pattern drafting resulted in a calico collection of pencil skirt, godet dress and some sort of blouse/top. At this stage I had used more than 10m of pearlised poly organza and poly satin, so the novelty had worn off as I started my formal fashion education.

Prior to starting my fashion degree, I did a fashion portfolio course where all students continuing to a practical degree-level course had to make an outfit and present them on a runway show. I made a shirt/jacket/shrug with 40 pieces to it (poly shirting + metalised silk chiffon) and knee-length lined trouser outfit (leather + matka silk + viscose lining) just to excessively prove my mojo. The making of it made me cry before a friend’s sewing machine the night before it was supposed to be handed in.

That aside, right now I am happily staying up and knocking out samples for my major project – it’s my final year at fashion college and deadlines are approaching fast! Wish me perseverance and luck!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:31:12 +0000

Re CF top neck, square off and create a wider button extension and yes use a snap (you can get clear plastic). Stripes and princess line take a set of panels side or CF/CB and put them on cross grain or bias. Nice finishing

By: final fashion » fashion school flashback – second year eveningwear

final fashion » fashion school flashback – second year eveningwear — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:59:46 +0000

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By: Trisha

Trisha — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:03:00 +0000

My fist project was to design something for Le Chateau — so I did a Metropolis (yes, like the silent black and white film from a million years ago) themed work wear skirt. Now, our teacher told us we were NOT allowed to use our machines at home – EVERYTHING had to be done on the school machines. But my skirt had a three button detail at the bottom hem … so what did I do? I sewed the button holes BY HAND. I was soooo proud of those button holes – they looked like something out of the nightmare before christmas but I loved them anyway. And of course the teacher was like: why didn’t you use your machine at home to do the button holes?

By: Blair

Blair — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:16:17 +0000

Ohmigod…amazing.
i remember that shirt! I still have my skirt kicking around.
There are so many things in fashion school that I wish i had a do over for….but like you said, we’ve all got to start somewhere…if only i knew then, what I know now…

but really, i think all of these mishaps and mistakes really shaped us to be the designers/creators we are today

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:02:20 +0000

I love it! Seeing your first fashion school design project made me think of how we all probably thought that we were bomb back in the day (in some way, shape or form). I don’t have any fashion design projects to share but I’m sure I can find some pictures of my earlier forays into style.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:22:57 +0000

Ok here we go:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=199440&l=52cbedd687&id=100000020607528

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:24:02 +0000

Jaka, if the fit on this shirt wasn’t so atrocious, I might consider giving it to you. But the last thing I’d want to do would be to make you look like

BEETLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE! BEETLEJUICE!
Nadia, you’re killing me. ROFL.

Kathleen – yours is classic – and I should have credited you for coming up with this post idea first by a long shot

Adrienne – OMG I can’t wait either. Chickens!?!

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:17:44 +0000

It’s not as bad as you think! The stripes made me laugh pretty good though, took me a minute to figure out what you did to make it look like that lol If I can find a photo I will post something tomorrow.

By: Shop T.O. Live

Shop T.O. Live — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:51:12 +0000

…speechless :)

It’s nice to see the beginnings, and know that everyone starts from somewhere – and It’s a good reminder that success takes hard work.