Arts Thread

My graduate collection is heavily inspired by instruction manuals, blueprints and plans. By researching into this theme, it has allowed me to develop a collection of garments that explore the functionality of a garment. The concept of this collection is to have garments that can be transformed from being 2-dimensional to a 3-dimensional wearable garment through fastenings by taking the concept from plans and implementing them into garments (viewing a garment as a flat object rather than 3 dimensional much like floor plans do for buildings). I have researched into this theme by taking apart existing garments to develop different ways a garment can open out and lay flat. I was able to create garments that have zips and fastenings attached to different seams and sleeve seams that allow for this concept work. These are my illustration and CAD drawings of the development of my final year collection.