Illustration...

here it is jen...

-Ivy.

Hey everyone just thought I'd put up the pictures I've taken of Sams work. Just in case you want it for your sketchbooks.

-Sara

Paper Art

Hi guys,

I stumbled on this website about paper art. Its just stuffs that you might want to put into your sketchbooks maybe?

Peter Callesen

Jen Stark

Simon Schubert

Richard Sweeney

Jolis Paons

and many more...

-Ivy

CC

Here is what the logo I made looks like, but its really nothing special just wanted to make the business plan look prettier :p, Sara your welcome to make a label/logo as I remember you saying you wanted to create care labels for the garments!

:) -Jenny

Interpretation

Hey guys, it's Jenny, i've written the 200 word interpretation and have added it below, let me know what you think and whether I need to change/add anything as I just did this today (and haven't actually had a conversation with you about who's writing it .... but thought I would try and do one) would be great to get some feedback...

Interpretation of Mini Collection for


Memory is our mental ability to store, retain and recall information; it is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are and the things you never want to lose. Traces are how memories are remembered after being forgotten. A trace could be a smell, touch or sight to trigger that long lost memory. Each person’s trace may be like no others.

Working as a team under the name of ‘Contour Couture’ our collaborative idea is to design and create two outfits concentrating on Form as our theme. The presence of layering, molding and shape of fabric has been the highlight of our inspiration, which we interpreted from the Traces brief.

For the Personal Memory outfit we have decided to concentrate on Origami and the way in which the different layers can represent emotion, and each layer takes a deeper look into the memories of that particular person. For the second outfit Collective Memory we have decided to look at embellishment, using objects that are old or new to reflect the best and maybe worst memories for individual people, these will then be used to embellish the jacket where suited to compile a collection of memories.

Next Group Meeting

Hey everyone this is just a little reminder for everyone to bring all their work in on Monday so we can sort out our group sketch book.
Also I spoke to Sam friday and she want to see us Monday lunch time to go through more samples, she's done soo much work! Thanks Sam!
Plus Harriet needs to go see her first thing in the morning, she needs your fabric because she'll need to start dying it monday if you want it ready for Thursday.

Sara

Hi Sam - i havent managed to work out how much fabric im going to need you to dye yet - will hopefully have that figure by friday evening - i'll text you it then if thats okay? sorry its taking so long!!! - Harriet

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to the designers. Heres a few things we didn't get to discuss today but need to know for the business plan.

1. What trim's do you have on your jackets?

a) How much do they roughly cost?

2. What do you want the philosophy and ethics of our company to be?

For example Jen and I came up with being Ethical and using Recycled fabrics.

3. "Contour Couture"

What do you think of this name for our brand?

And that's it. If you can get back to me asap on these things as I need to finish costing and the business plan.

Thanks.

random stuffs

I dont know if you've seen this images already but I'll just post it anyway. It is by Lucy McRae and Bart Hess. I think its called explosion, how about 'contour explosion' for a title guys?

I've also done a bit more research and found John Galliano's spring 2010 collection. Well, its Galliano so it is gonna be crazy, but man, it is crazy!!! Anyway, tags, broaches, buttons, crystals or any beautiful object as embellishments... CHECK, using lace to see through another layer of fabric, in our case, laser cutting patterns through our fabrics... CHECK.

And just because the shoes are amazing, I'll just post them up as well.

Fabric wise, Prada's spring 2010 looked so cool. They used "beach" images and transferred it into the fabric. Of course we had it worst because we had to use the wool. I really like this idea for the lining maybe?

And just to leave you guys an inspiring collection, Viktor and Rolf spring 2010.

-Ivy

Hi everyone.

Just a quick reminder to the designers to have a look at costings if you can and let Jen or I know about your trims, for example how many of each and what type they are so we can get a price on those if you cant find them.

Thanks, Lucy x

Just continuing from the last bit...

Don't worry if it cant be done by Monday but we need this Thursday LATEST!! So Jen and I can crack on with this baby!!

Sam thank you for your posts, sounds great what you've done so far. With the colours we will have to speak to the Designers and see what they feel, and which coulour(s) they would prefer they jacket to be, definitely the silver I think was a main one though.

Hope you've all had a great weekend.

Hi again,
Just getting the hang of this blogsite.
Another quick question. i have typed up my notes from the meeting on monday, would you like me to add them on here or is your system already in place?
Sam

Hey guys, here is the tutorial sheet that Sarah Charles filled out from Mondays team tutorial, good work! Lets keep it up :)

Jenny

MOOD BOARDS

Customer Identity/Profile:

Current General Clothing Trends:

Future + Current Trends:

Here are the rest of the boards, sorry this is the largest they will come up on this blog.

See you all Monday

Jenny

Presentation Boards Speech

Traces:

Form is our theme.

From group discussions the theme ‘Form’ has lead to all different aspects and areas within itself.

Within Form’s you can have Lineation, Contours, Evolution, Mutation, Metamorphosis, Molding, Silhouettes and Influences.

Layering of memories has been a hot topic in the group. Through origami and laser cutting of fabric is where we see this evolving.

Collective memories shall be shown with embellishment of items both old and new.

Technology and recycling will be big influences with the collection and give an innovative response to the theme Traces.

Jackets:

The recession was still Topic A in the front rows, but the designers brought plenty of persuasive distractions with this seasons must-have biker jacket.

Fixation was very much on youth, so it was only fitting that denim would turn up all over the runways.

The eighties is the decade that fashion won’t forget. From strong angular pads to rounded puff shoulders and extreme futuristic shapes this season will be a shoulder stopper.

The embellished jacket has made a definite return, most often in the form of military style. But it doesn’t end there, the glammed up, sequined and beaded jacket has made a strong impact and has been embraced by designers across the board.

The classics were back in full force—even rule breakers Christopher Kane and Prada had double-breasted jackets, while Ralph Lauren went with tweed. In risky times, nothing spells security like a Burberry trench or a Chanel suit.

Clothing:

As shown in the jacket board, Fall is the season of the leather biker jacket, but Spring will be the season of the super-fine leather tee.

Marc Jacobs led the eighties revival with an unapologetic dose of New York nightclub nostalgiaor.

Gucci's also went after-hours glam via crystal-studded minidresses and sharkskin suits.

Designers went completely drape for Fall.

Both miniskirts and jodhpurs came swagged in silk and no outfit was complete without five, six, or seven mix-and-match layers at Missoni's nouveau nomadic show.

From notice-me prints to subtle new takes on uniform dressing as well as body-con you could say anything is in this season.

Colour:

Through looking at Peclers and trend colours for Spring Summer 2010 we have chosen the following colours:

Sherbert Pink

Lush Violet

Sharp Silver

Dark Coral

Crushed Turquoise

Biscuit Cream

Everyone from Donna Karen to Chloe are using Ivories Nudes and Soft Pastels this season.

The colours we have come up with from our observations and team discussions are those from Spring Summer 2010 but are those that we wanted to include in our Autumn Winter 2010 collection.

Thanks Jen for your last post, really helpful.
Who has the other three boards from the presentation? would it be possible to blog them?
Hope everyone is getting on ok with their designs and trend work.
Sara