Designing and Producing of my FMP

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influence on the fashion design.

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Professional Practice for Fashion & Textile Design

enable you to successfully produce a summary of your findings and identify working

methods that will enable you to take your ideas forward once you have graduated.

And this is the reflection

A Reflective Essay on Designing my Fashion Collection and Understanding the Fashion

Philosophy

Introduction

After several months of indulging in the creation process including the research, especially on

the traditional Kimono and integrating the futurism aesthetical aspects and sourcing of the

material especially the most effective texture, the inception of my anticipated garment came

to be. The design idea was as a result of merging an artistic work in a robotic movie and

inspiration from an American artist through the influence of 2D architecture. The core

purpose of the collection is to express the modern woman in an aggression of traditional

colours and curves. The boldness of the garment expresses the uniqueness of a woman’s

feelings. The entire collection is based on material that is a blend of the cotton and silk. The

paper presents my experience in uncovering the relationship between art and fashion.

Moreover, the lengthy aspects of fashion forms the inspiration that has guided me all through

the process of creation of my collection. The paper in depth explains the experience I passed

through during and after the creation of my designs. These all about the future theme, but my

topic is Analyze how the contemporary art influence on the fashion design

Beginning Stages of a Collection: Visual Thinking and Problem Solving through

Sketching

One of my hobbies is watching movies, especially Science Fiction, and several months ago,

as I was selecting the movie I was to watch I came across a movie called Ghost in the Shell.

The movie creator takes pride in the visual effects. What I liked about the movie is the

setting, which the producer creates. Though the movie was creepy, an inspiration came across

my mind when I keenly focused on the images portrayed on the screen. What mainly inspired

me was the intrigued role played by Geisha Robots, on which mainly my creation is hinged.

Everything about the robots aspired my creation. Moreover, the Cyberpunk movie setting as

played a role in the inspiration process, as a result of the background effects, the colour

emanating from the neon lights, the view attained from the sky creepers during the play, the

toned old billboards and the general theme of futuristic effect.

Additionally, what inspired my Final Major Project in an American artist namely Edward

Hopper. I came across his art and it inspired my way of conceptualising. However, the art

that inspired me was a 2D picture. The artist decided to increase an aesthetic effect to the

picture. He inspired me with the cuticle carvings shapes blending on the image with the

selection of the colours. The works of Edward Hopper have made the grounds on which my
final project is based on. Edward Hopper, is accredited to have the most concise presentation

skill of the isolation of the city, as most of his imagery concentrates on the architecture

setting of the city. In his art work, he goes a notch further in exposing the city’s underbelly of

the individualistic experience. Hence, when his imagery is squashed in the realms of the

reality, it produces a more evasive of solitude effect from the country life. He erects a

significant feeling that it is a quintessential effect that can be expressed in virtual art of

fashion.

Frizz up on my bed, unconscious of my vicinity, I often sink in the universe of designing. The

way we can conceptualise Edward Hopper getting engrafted in the creation of his artistic

captions, I usually get sunken in the pages of my draft book. Even though, I get engrafted to

the page I have no particular design that I am after, but I find creativity overtaking the same

fashion design even if not same intensity as of the creators. I am not impacted by the

background music playing, though most preferably I work best in silent serenity. Regardless

the music playing is still find myself creating the intended picture. It is the quiet vicinity that

the sequential flow of ideas and the textures of my creativity in design fill the environment.

Colours emanate clearly out of my mind onto the fortifications, they rebound onto the

proposal from and bounce within until the design comes to be. Incessant stream of thoughts,

about the fabric flow from the any inspiratory factor and drape aesthetically over the model.

The surface pattern designed constantly flows in my mind and attach themselves to the

anticipate design. This my imaginative play that I constantly placed myself in designing till I

came up with my final design.

The only constrain I uncounted was the physical boundaries, whereby my hands refuted the

separation from the pencil, my body could only work under the adapted curled posture of

which I just found myself in. My draft book is a current further addition of my latest designs,

which manifested from my head to the paper, ultimately, to be expressed in the physical
material for everyone can see. However, before the creation of my portfolio, my physical

nature seemed cemented down as my thoughts can dynamite out of my head.

What seemed like days of visual work ceased which mostly comprised of scrabbling,

sketching and writing. Drawing for a several hours and skipping meals while drawing, made

me realise the facts behind the words that the creator does not rest when they are creating till

they are done, although in the production I did rest for a while. It was tiring to paint the same

strokes over and over. Like I recall sewing the same for twenty-eight time in on setting.

However, during the creation process, the thoughts used to torment me until the designs were

physically manifested, that’s when I taught myself the lesson that there is no rest until the

work is completed. The resulting designs that I created was a true conceptualisation that no

force can withstand hail storm of effort, rather I concluded the work I did was the

consequence of thinking.

Li et al. (2014) pointed out that that sketching is a deliberate and arranged discipline and still

is also an impromptu practice of solving the encountered problems. In the early stages of

designing, the most drafting experiences sessions are carefully arranged with the eventual

aim in mind. The controversial feature about me is that, as while most of the artist opt to

work in the office serenity, I find it easy to generate my idea on the sofa or on the bed. I

configure myself in a vicinity of comfort, which to me has the least number of destructions.

During the creating sessions, I cloth myself with comfortable clothes, I am often indoors, I

usually increase the brightness of the light, though with no ambience effect. The laptop that I

usually use is fully charged as to help with the background music, online pictures and

necessary films. When coming up with my FMP’s, I had new and clean stack of papers

kneels in expectation on my right while the ones filled with the graphite scribbles of

particular thought lay strewn on my left.

I used to at times garner printed papers that are often found on my scrapbooking section at

the craft outlets as this creates craving in me for research and pattern formation. Usually,

these any other material of the visual research will be scattered around me. With a bunch of

mechanical pencils and a variety of colour makers perched in the pencil poach, after all the

arrangement now the scene I set for the creation process. The sole aim of the researched

image, films, music, mood, colour, themes, narratives and historical effects or anything

inspirational is to develop a momentary environment in the creation.

The procedural act, exemplifies the arranged ides of the designs. Although, sketching

sessions are not a guarantee of plain black and white. An idea can emanate at any time; in

such cases, the vicinity is to accelerate and cannot be managed. Whether they occur in

concurrent manner or by random manner, the process still is conceptualised in the same

manner. As to capture the thoughts on the paper fast, a loose rendering is erected which

commence certain details with the personality of the established designer.

The favourite part of my FMP creation process was the sketching domain. Although, it was

confusing state, I was under the pressure of the initial thoughts to rush to the finished product.

What I learned about the drafting process was the skill to integrate the melancholy and the

anxiety that kept on ringing in my head for days regarding on what to showcase as he final

product, the enthusiastic features in which my collection was born. When I was sitting down

with my sketch book it made me feel like I was attending a SPA section, in that I could relax

and made me call it a stress reliever that brought a transformation from scratch to the task

completion. The creation process that I underwent, I conceptualised it as the journey which

led to great designs that combine the cultural history through the modern fashion.

Inspiration Manifests into Design

How the contemporary art influences the fashion

The theory of futurism has challenged the conceptualising of fashion entirely (Rabine, 2017).

In addition, the influence of futurism has redefined the convectional way of fashion; the

theory calls for the vibrant application of the artistic effects on the creation of the fashion.

(Chan et al., 2017). The artists design the new style that express the ideas the sensation of the

modern world bot in an artistic manner and fashion. Noonan et al. (2017) noted that Painter

Giacomo Balla, one of the core founders of the theory developed the guidelines for the

fashion, ridiculed the impartial colours, balanced designs and the uniformity that had

dominated the industry of that date. He insisted on the aggression of the design should be

“muscular” impacted in an expression manner and the colours should be more than

expressive to the audience (Turker and Altuntas, 2014.). Moreover, that any design should

have vast geometrical expressions based on the aesthetical effect, he particularly insisted on

the combination of layers that gave the design a spontaneous look; hence application of the

art in the designing process (Cho, 2017).

From the inspiration that resulted from the mare glance of the imagery and the in depth

conceptualisation of the artistic feature of the images, hence I developed my thoughts of the

design. The centralism of the dull colour forming the base of the bright colours, was as the

result of the structural art which the art is Edward Hopper, in contrary of the bright colours

applied and dark in my process of designing was obliged to act as a pictorial immediate of the

self-assurance and voracious desire of the contemporary multicultural lady, a super

intellectual being and is futuristic (Capalbo, 2016).

As it can be observed from the above image, the graphical output that was laser cut as o

enable the modification of the pig and pig lather as to show the anticipated design.

Conceptualised on a strong iron chair and in the positioned posture I loved sketched on my

bed. Interestingly, I finalised the artwork on a breakfast date that I attended in town. The key

reason as to why I chose the design is the way the design outputs the boldness and clarity on
the sketch, more so, the design is highly intertwined with the concept that are behind the

visualisation of the 2D architectures of Edward Hopper. The American artist curved the basis

of my imaginative and innovative journey. What made the garment more inspirational is the

model that first fit in the cloth since she brought out the exact imagination that had struck my

mind at the start of the designing procedure.

The universality uniqueness of the design also show case me as robust and creative designer.

The strong feature of the design is the creativity of the colour blend as seen in the image

above and the sewed curves at the edge of the cloth, but also the perfect fit of the cloth on the

feminine body. Clustered with the designers view the strap falls shows a casual effect of the

design. However, the chance of the dresser of the clothe lifestyle would be a high social

status and a demanding as for the acquisition of the cloth is above standards. Furthermore,

this portrays the limitation of the collection. The traditional kimono can be showcased as the

cloth that portrays an intensive futurism on the product. The combination of the modernism

and the traditional role is essential in the development of the theme. The designing of the

garment has been inspired by the art piece of the Hooper, especially the curving of the

garment the waist the curving. This robustly states the shape at which the garment took.

The above black leather top has an interchangeable feature in that it can fit the backward side

worn front side and also the robe allows the wearer to exponentially utilise regardless of the

side used. This adaptability of the cloth makes the design seem like it is a one-time thing that

was attained in an easy manner, although it involved tireless efforts and combination of

inspiration factors conjoined to make such an outstanding design. The scuff element is

attached to the robe, something that is assuring the wearers of the cold days’ security of

warmth. Moreover, the collection stretches the collection in a woman’s wardrobe as the

entire design is highly flexible and can be merged with a variety of clothes, especially the

mood of a woman highly influences on what to wear.

The styles origin emanates from the fascinating traditional Kimono that was once displayed

while I was watching a film the entire clothing inspires the curving and the styling of the

garment. The classical skirt model also plays a key role in the confirmation of the Kimono

artistic features, and also plays centre role in displaying the figurative feature if the woman

In this image, the blending of the dull and sparky colours indicates the universality of the

garment as the garment portrays the collection of the robust culture influence. The sewing

was hectic as the garment has a lot of stiches as to portray the curves. The classical gold,
attached n in in vertical manner is the dramatically inverted this creates the room for the

supplemented factors like the chain. The exaggerated shoulder drop is to emphasise on the

traditional influence on the design. Every detail of the garment elaborates the post modernity

applications in the garment. The creation is a core element in the showcase of the cloth and

the shape of the garment state the undependability of the cloth in the wearer as this influences

various factors like the wearability of the cloth.

My FMP

The garment has combination elements of the contemporary art and the traditions aspects as

seen in the above image. The artistic elements are clear as the garment expresses fashion in

an aggressive manner whereby the garment has robust sewing effects as the stitches are

clearly outlined. The main effect of this is to lay the foundation of the unfinished effect to the

audience and spontaneously reflect the nobility of the woman. The transitional aspect is clear

as the design is not in layers and the top takes a v shaped chest. More so, the fabric effect

influences the level of casualty as the design takes a rather more informal approach to express

the contentment. The exaggerated holder drops, borrows the alignment from the traditional

Kimono. The design shows the impacts of the futurism in the creation process of garment in

the below image. The creation of the design was impacted by an Edward Hopper’s master

piece. The art piece influenced the shape the garment took. The aesthetical value of the art

dictated the eventual curving of the garment. Like the exaggerated shoulder drop, this makes

a clear reflection of the picture resulting from the architecture droplines of the buildings.

Fashion Philosophy
Fashion can as well be conceptualised as an art, and can be presumed as the approach of

designing and a business venture (Bansal and Sud, 2017). It is the main means that

conceptualises the satisfaction of ten paradigm of creativity as self-expression and as also

meeting the most basic needs of the human being; clothing (Brook et al ., 2017). The

relationship between the creativity and the functionality, as I came to realise is highly evident

in the fashion industry, though there is a variation in both the intensity and the accuracy in the

classification of the fashion domains (Mackrell, 2016). The climax of the fashion spectrum is

Avant-Garde Haute Couture (fashion is an art form). This moment is the total expression of

the design that is created by the “perfect hand” which is attributed to the most exquisite

design that out do the overall designs, as an artist to attain the honours means there was an

immense efforts and time dedicated to perfect the design (Marez, 2016).

The functionality of the design acts as the standard the fashion is equated as to standardise.

As the main, aim of the designing s to ensure the garment is wearable. Motta et al. (2017),

design that does not sacrifice the wearbility feature is counted null and voids as the design

has low applicability. Usually, it is fair split between the design expression and the

functionality, this make the designs a standard, which acts as reference prior the production

of fashion (Wong, 2017).

Moreover, there is the mass marked fashion, which is entirely considered as mare fashion in

the industry, this domain involves mass production of the design moreover, this domain

allocates a lot of emphasis in the creation of the product that certify the basic need of the

clothes (Kiser, 2018). The domain us dictated by the designers in the production rate and the

designs to adapt to. The house is often classified, in accordance to the rank of designers,

whereby the senior designers are the decision makers of the industry (Marinetti, 2016).

Whether determined by individual circumstances or a personal philosophy, their place in the

industry of fashion determines the varying influential forces of design and business (Motta et

al., 2017).

Overall impact of contemporary Art on Fashion

Fashion and art revolve around one focal point of creativity, and the influence of art and

fashion has a vast spectrum (Chane et al., 2017). Unlike art, fashion has a wide range of

coverage as it stretches all the wat to the way of lifestyle adapted, with focus on the painting

and the impacts on women wear (Chane et al., 2017; Motta et al., 2017).

The linkage between the two can be traced back in history. Yu and Suh, (2015), exclaims that

Renaissances, these times in Italy art works highly influence fashion. Moreover, the other

artists depicted fashion element in their art works (Wong, 2017). As art influences the

emotions of a human being, the fashion themes also evoke feeling in an individual. Art can be

exploited as resource that explore the reconstruction of experiences, model of showcasing the

emotional stature and can as well be used as a medium to echo individualistic sentiments that

re prone to be self-explanatory (Yu and Suh, 2015).

Personally, I believe that both spheres of creativity influences each other, from Minimalism

to Modernism, soft effects to romantic aggression to massive shapes of expression. The

frontier of the artistic impact of the range from the colours splendour to the fitting of the

entire garment. Fashion feeds on music as art and as well art feed on the fashion (Yu and Suh,

2015).

Additionally, the unique aspect of the relationship, which over the centuries has seen the

scopes having consistent overlapping and the variation between the two become vague, has

not coexisted any controversial features (Chane et al., 2017). Notably, fashion has been

regarded the puny of the two scopes. In the contemporary context, the way both inform each
other is of immense benefit to the parties. However, the tension on the art influencing the

fashion has grown as the artistic cues are evident in the fashion arenas (Brook et al., 2017).

Perhaps, the earliest mixing of art and fashion can be traced back in the iconic Lobster dress,

1937, which resulted from an affiliation between the designers and artists (Chane et al.,

2017). The dress inception thought was as a result of the designer inspiration of the artistic

picture 0f the lobster. Since then, the occurrence of the association of the designers and the

artist has incessantly expanded to date (Rabine, 2017; Marinetti, 2016).

Currently, five emerging designers merged their efforts with well renown local artists and

collection that was named AKIN Collection (Bansal and Sud , 2017). The collection aimed at

ignition of the showcase of the artistic influence on the modern fashion. The initiative

necessitates for the exchange of the knowledge of both scope. Moreover, the projects that are

erected in most of the designing houses, are necessitating the equal exchange of the

indigenous knowledge on the creation process, as well replication should indicate the

independency of each scope of creativity (Rabine, 2017).

In the modern environment where the both art and fashion have been conceptualised as the

vast global entities, the affiliation of the fashion and the artistic aspect of a garment has been

seen as the vehicle for the perfective deliverance of the brand tale, accelerating the prestige

and enticing the audience by the creation of the enthusiastic and credibility of art in the

expression (Yu and Suh, 2015). Both of the disciplines have something to offer the other and

that the affiliation and the overlapping between them will continue to be of mutual leap to

both disciplines (Rabine, 2017).

Conclusion

Technology is accountable for the shaping of today’s vision, and the most current futuristic

generation of fashion creators have assimilated engineering aspects in the designing process.
The futurism aspects have impacted the industry in that some of the designers are using a

cutting edge technology in the blending of the fabrics to attain the desired texture and

metallic surfaces as to enable the creation of more versatile parts of the design. As to attain

the most aggressive design in the market the designers are integrating the machinery in order

to aid in the attaining if the perfected curves that the convectional methods would not.

Inspiration can be acquired from anywhere, based on my experience whereby one can

inspiration from different sources like I from movies and the vintage materials.
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