London Fashion Weekend & British Music Experience

London Fashion Weekend
Throughout the module i have tried to visit various exhibitions and places that may give me a better insight into clothes themselves, i have tried to broaden my knowledge and look at how clothes are made for different purposes, e.g costume, stage, catwalk, highstreet.

I feel this will give me more ideas and a better understanding when it comes to designing and making, also i can see what techniques and finishes are used to achieve different looks.

Here i visted London Fashion Weekend at Somerset house, this gave me an oppurtunity to touch, feel and examine a wide range of clothing from independent boutiques and designers to the high end luxury market.

This was an invaluable experience to see how its done from one designer to another, below are a few cheeky photos i managed to take before getting told off :(

Love this print on the moschino cheap and chic jacket, all the printed jackets behind are moschino.

Viktor and Rolf and one my favourite designers, these were some of my favourite pieces from the day.
Here i particularly loved the way it had been draped.

I loved the pleated arm details and detail around the neck reminded me of origami, i think this piece is elegant and the small details make it a beautful piece.

British Music Experience

I realise when designing or making clothes the British Music Experience isnt the first place you would think to go for inspiration, but i felt it gave a different view and a different insight into making garments. When making clothes for stage obviously the brief or idea is different to a catwalk, it gave me different ideas of designing,  decorating and embellishing garments.

Lady Gaga dress.

I loved the shape of the lady gaga dress and would be interested to find out how to pattern cut this!

Spice Girls costumes

These pieces obviously made for a specific purpose using design, colour and embellishment to personalise and try and portay someones personality through design.

Famous Geri Halliwell dress, used rhinestones to create shimmer effect.

Black Sabbath Cape.

These last two dresses 60's Lulu dresses were my favourite as they are least like costumes and are more wearable, they remind me very much of french connection dresses that being designed still today

French Connection dress