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Miniskirt making Mock Up

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Planning and measurement  In the miniskirt-making mock-up plan, I measured the mannequin's waistline of (27 inches) and the hip line of (36.5 inches) therefore the width of the miniskirt was the following equation:1 + 1/2 = 40.5 inches and the length was 14.5.  I needed to leave 0.5 x 2 for the hem of the width so that it would come to ( 40.5 + 1 )= 41.5 for the overall width and the length will leave 2 inches for the elastic and 0.5 x2 for the hem so that the overall length will be (14.5 + 2 +0.5 x 2) = 17.5 inches. After I measured the material, I cut out a rectangle shape from the  calico. Then I ironed it straight to avoid any creases on the calico, next, I folded the edges on all four sides for the hem and ironed it to create marking lines to guide me when I sewed the hem. Then I sewed all four sides of the hem. Next, I folded the calico in half and left one inch for the seam, and sewed it together. Then I folded the top part of the calico for the elastic and sewed i...

Art Portfolio Two Project Ideas & Working Plan Update

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 Art Portfolio Two Project Ideas & Working Plan Update

Viktor & Rolf Artist Research PowerPoint presentation and feedback form

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Viktor & Rolf Artist Research PowerPoint presentation Feedback form Overall the classmates think I have a detail PowerPoint presentation, and good understanding on the designer background, collection and technique the designer use, also they think I had a good thought and a personal opinion on the collection I am researching. Finally, overall my classmate think my speaking volume is too low, so that sometime it is difficult for them to hear or understand completely, so that if I can do the presentation again, I will try to speak louder and more confidence so that I can express and share my research more clear.

3D outcomes planning

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3D Outcome sketches Skirt making tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMgiosQXspo Material Mini skirt 1. Mock up with calico 2. Waistband 3. Stretch metallic light silver Capped sleeve cropped top 1.  Stretch mirror fabric 2. Button 3. Black elastic string Tools 1. Tape measure 2. Dress makers chalk 3. Thread 4. Fabric scissor 5. Ruler Reference Sew Anastasia (2022) Easy DIY Elastic Waist Skirt Sewing Tutorial For Beginners | Sew Anastasia , YouTube . YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMgiosQXspo (Accessed: 15 May 2023).

Ideal Customer for Spiders from Mars Collection

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Name: Charlotte Brown  Gender: Female Age: 27 Years old  Generation: Z born in a Era that have decent technology, so that she always receive information on the news in the Internet rather in the television programme. Single Personality: like to try new things and a risk taker also like to unique  Background: Come from middle class background Live: City Paris Education: undergraduate Salary: £35,000 per annum Job: Entrepreneur, artist/designer  Personal goal: expand and grow a business to the globe Job purpose: attending different events and parties to social with wide range of  entrepreneur from different industry that can help her to grow and expand her business Hobby: travelling around the world, diving, drama Like to share and post her weekly life in social media such as Instagram and Twitter Shopping hobbies : purchasing in physical shop or protect  Ways to promote my collection to my target market Advertising my collection in social media and YouTube, ...

Garment idea development sketches from draping

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 I used these two images as templates for creating different designs that would help me develop ideas using this 3D model  Garment development sketches I have developed ideas for my designs from this exercise and the skirt I will be attempting to mock up and then create a find piece in 3D  I am still considering which further design I will create in 3D as the corsetry on this design is quite complex so  may make a simpler top give that we have limited time for this creation. 

Draping development workshop

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  In the dripping workshop tutorial, I had learned about how to measure the mannequin by pinning the elastic strap around three section, bust line, waistline and hips it can guide me when I measuring and pinning the fabric on the mannequin, also I had learned about a fabric called Calico, it is a 100 percent cotton fabric that is unbleached and undyed it is a half processed cotton, normally Calico is a cheaper price fabric so that it is good to use to do fibre testing and creating garment demo, finally before start creating the garments I had learned some fashion key words, for example CF = center front, CB = center back and SS = side seams those short forms is often appearing on those garment making instruction. In the draping workshop tutorial, I had choose to learn and practice how to make the Corset with Georgian shape, firstly I had followed the instruction and measure and cut out six different sizes of fabric, then start pinning the fabric on the mannequin with pear hard pins...