Shop Report

The shops that sell customised vintage clothes are Oxfam charity shop, junk shop and Asos market.







This is vintage jacket and it is sold in a charity shop called Oxfam and it is sold for £34.99 and it is made from a fabric called Suede this jacket is vintage because it was made for the makes and spencer in 1980.

This is a dress sold in a charity shop called Oxfam and it is sold for £40 and this dress is made from Believed silk. This dress is a suitable party outfit because it is made from a fabric that is normally worn in parties.

This is dress sold in a market called Asos and this dress is sold for £36.00 this dress is made from viscose. This dress is vintage dress because it was made in the early 90's

This dress is sold in a market called Asos and it is sold for £24.00 this dress is made from cotton this dress is a vintage dress because it was made in 1980s.

This is a dress which is sold in in a market called Asos and this dress is for £55.00 the fabric of this dress is not written this dress is a party dress is a vintage and also it is party dress because this dress was made in the 80s and also it was worn in parties.

 

My portafolio

This is a mood board that inspired from the hippie theme that was around in the 1970s decade. within this decade there are different colours bright colours like lime green, teal calm blue, soft peach, maroon etc. This mood board includes different styles of clothing and accessories that was around at that time from this research I found out that they mostly used techniques like palettes and gathering and it also shows me that they mostly wore bows on their garments. From this research i have also found out that in that decade of the hippies they had a floral repetitive print on their clothes. I think that this mood board shows a lot of information how the hippie dressed like in that decade and also it shows a great example of what kind colours they wore in that decade.  

This is a flat illustration that was inspired from the mood board which is based on the hippie fashion that was around the 1970s. Within this mood board I have used different type of colours such as the lime green, clam blue, turquoise green and maroon. Within this flat illustration there were different techniques inspired from my mood board for examples buttons, gathering, palettes and pockets. This illustration also includes patterns the hippies mostly had on their garments like floral patterns that were sometimes mixed with geometric shapes which I then implemented in my final design. In my opinion this illustration is untidy and it can be improved if it was drawn firmly and delicately and also this flat iullestruation does not link to my fashion that is becuase in the start of the project  their were some confusion on what the hippie fashion included. Due to that reason my flat illestruation includes lots of designs such as the bows, buttons, blouses, collers and skirts that were around in the 1920s and 30s. This flat illestruation can be improved if I do good research of my fashion and then get images of that link back to that fashion.

 

This is the samples that I made using the inspiration of my flat illustration and my mood board. Within this samples I used as colour I can that matched my decade fashion for example colours like red, brown, yellow, beige and blue. I have used different techniques to present my work and these techniques include palettes, gathering, pockets and buttons. These samples that I have made include different patterns like floral and geometric shapes. In my opinion I think these samples are very untidy because they have treads which are tearing of the fabric. These samples were also peer marked in their opinion this samples really matched the theme because it used relevant colours that matched my theme.

This is my final design and within this design I have used a variety of colours like green, red, cream, maroon and these entire colours link back to my research because in the early 1970s the hippies were not as groovy as were in the mid-1970s. With this design I have included different techniques that were around at that times the hippies mostly wore buttons on their garments and also they often gathered their blouses a lot. In this design I have added an extra material that links back to my decade that is because it has floral designs on it and also it has calm colour on it that the early hippies wore. in my opinion i think that this dress is really appropriate for my theme because it has designs and patterns on it that link back to my research.  

 

 

Flat Illestruation

 

 

 

Flat illustration is images of garment that a designer draws not a model but on a paper. A flat illustration includes the design of the garment from the front and from the back.   

Punk Fashion vs Make Do and Mend

Punk fashion started in the 1970s and it was widely influenced by designers like Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier punk fashion was a style that started from outgoing rebellious teenagers that were quiet against religion and politics they also wanted to be different from their parents. The punk fashion included piercing, ripped clothes, leather jackets, fingerless gloves etc.

The make and mend fashion was fashion was set up in the 1939 and it ended around 1945. And this fashion started because they wanted to get women to fix their clothes and make new clothes out of old material. They started this fashion because in the WW2 there was a rationing that government invited because there not enough food or clothes for the country so this trend to get women to fix or remake their garments with old fabric.

I prefer the punk fashion because it very funky and also I really like the way they tie safety pins to their clothes and their idea of not caring about what people think about them.

 

My favorite Fashion

My number one favourite designer is Elsa Schiaparelli that is because she mostly designs dresses and I really like the way she’s really unique and also the colures that she uses in her work.

My second favorite designer is Desigual Cirque du Soleil that is because her work is very funky and she uses a lot of bright colures on her work and also her garments can be worn casually.

Galliano Circus Collection 1997 is the third best that is because it has some good designs that are very inspirational and unique.

Bauhaus Triadic Ballet is a designer that I dislike that is because his designs are very unattractive and also the colures that this designer uses are mostly black and white and within my opinion they are very boring.

 

 

 

Evaluation of my final design

The decade that I have chosen is the 1970s and the theme is pretty nostalgic the style that was around at that time is called the hippie fashion ad in that fashion they often wore flared or baggy dresses and blouses which were mostly patched and had floral patterns designs. Some of the hippie garment was usually bright colored but some hippies also wore white t shits that were dip – died and had tassels attached to them. The hippie also wore a lot of peace signs and bows on their clothing, the hippie also wore shoes that mostly wore leather boots that reached their knee.       

 

The garment I have made is directly inspired from the hippies theme because it has a bow stitched on the side of it and also I have attached extra material on the dress that is made from a material that is viscose but it has some elastin mixed with it. The extra material has bold floral patterns on it and that material that I have attached to my dress is made from 100% viscose and I have also made a bow out of the same material. I have customized an old t - shirt by putting and lace o the collar of the t - shirt and that t shirt is made from fabric called cotton and the lace that I used was made from silk and net. I have painted the back of the dress with some floral designs that were directly inspired from the hippie theme and I have painted that by using fabric paint.  That garment matches my theme because in that time they wore dresses that reached the knee length and I have attached the extra garment so that my dress can reach the knee and also I have used that extra material because it has got bold floral designs on it within that patterns there are colures that match my theme. My dress also matches the hippie fashion because I have attached a t shirt in the dress and also I have painted some floral designs on the back of the dress. There are some techniques that I have used that I found quiet tricky was the adding an extra material that is because I had to gather the material again and attach the fabric by making sure that it is neat the other thing that I found so tricky was stitching the bow on to my dress that is because the bow didn’t settle in the place that I wanted it.

 

If I was to make this garment again I will choose more bright colures in that garment for example my dress was a calm green if make this dress again I will chose a more brighter green and also the extra material that I used to extend the dress had some dull colures like cream, maroon etc. the other thing that I would change is that I would include tassels instead of a plain netted lace on the t shirt because in that would give it that untidy hippie look. If I was making this garment again I would tie die the t shirt that I attached in the dress because the hippies tied died their t shirts a lot. I would also change the patterns that I did on the back I would make them a bit more hippie like if I included the peace signs on it I would also use more techniques like pocket and buttons.

 

My Personal Statement

This outfit is a party outfit is good to wear in in a girl’s night out or even a family get together because it is a simple dress with not much sequence or fabric that stands out, this outfit can also be worn at Christmas parties that is because the colour of the designs on this dress are like reddish maroon, green and beige and those colours match that season.  The idea that I had behind this garment is was inspired from the early 70s hippie and that is because in that period of time the colours of fashion was not as groovy and also they wore a lot of bows on their garments and in  that time their dresses weren’t as short they were at knee length.

The materials that I used to make my garment was from a dress that I had from 3 years ago I brought it from a shop in spindles and also I used my shirt that I wore in high school and the extra material that I used on the garment was provided from college. I am not sure how much the dress exactly was but I think it was about £5.00 and the shirt that I used was around £4.00 and also the other fabric I used was provided from college so it didn’t cost me.

My ambitions for the further are to become a fashion designer also I want to become tailor that sews the clothes that I have designed and also sew other designer’s clothes I also a wide interest in Islamic studies so I also have an ambition of becoming an Islamic scholar that  gives speeches and also teaches other people.