Lucy Alice fashion portfolio: BA HONS......Final Project sketch book and design work

Final major project.....The end of Alice

The starting point to my idea concept and the beginning of my sketch book.

Here I created a collage of my idea of Alice (I) leading into the metaphor of change through her journey in the woods. The wiring placement represents the branches and the beginning of the growth process that Alice faces.

The title ‘The end of Alice’ is a metaphor for my personal development within my thought processes and journey in design. I want to start this sketch to show the progression of my journey as well as my muses. Taking forward the idea of a story and capturing it within my book.

I want to continue with developing this narrative further and being able to translate this within my design work and development of ideas within my sketch book. Sometimes I find it hard to write in words what I feel and to express myself so I want to relate this within my creative work.

the journey of my muse Alice, naive and somewhat afraid of leaving her childlike comforts behind, the journey through the woods symbolizing the changes of her maturing but also bringing forward a rather theatrical and dreamlike feel. The collage and textural elements created in my sketch allows me to express and display the story from inside. Writing what is in my imagination is hard but revealing it through art helps brings my thought processes to life.

Incorporating Natural formations through research and sourcing

The layering formed in this photograph has been created by an alien like body growing onto the branch. A sort of fungus has attached itself around and along the shoot; the body formed has a tier effect within the development of its skin. The single deposits feel brittle and delicate to the eye, each molecule curves in shape and texture creating a frill like detail.

Sketch Book development incorporating inspiration, sketches and ideas of material

The effect it portrayed reminded me if a collar, the fungus growing onto the neck of the branch. Again this would be interesting to manipulate on to the stand and to experiment with different thicknesses of fabric to try and achieve a similar effect. I will go on and reflect my sources in initial design sketches.

I wanted to start incorporating the natural formations I sourced and see how I can identify the shapes to reflect the growth of the female form while reflecting the development of my ideas.

This image was sourced while looking for inspiration; it displays a model covered head to toe in a white stretch tight material, pulled in positions by this thick rope that’s entwining her body.

The image of the figure reflects two stories that I want to explore, one the robe twisting around the body signifies the root of the tree, the second thing I noticed was the placement of where the rope was entwining to create a focus point on the developing shape of the bust and the definition of the waist.