einstein on a beach

image from: http://wordsfromrobintobatman.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/albert-einstein-at-the-beach-1945/

Clothes Body and Space

a few designers who challenge the representation of clothes with unconventional space ideas

Boris Bidjan Saberi

http://www.borisbidjansaberi.com/

Chronicles of Never

http://chroniclesofnever.com

Aitor Throup




http://www.aitorthroup.com/polyphonic.html

Materials... chicken wire

I took this photo when I was living in Hannover, Germany on one of my wanderings; along with the interesting composition of the photo on a whole; the empty/littered block of fenced nature among industrial sites; I have since been interested in incorporating the form of the wire fence into my designs; as a manipulation, or mixture of surface design/print/form of garment...I am still thinking... there are a few different forms of chicken wire; I find the way they interlock and create mathematical forms and space relevant to my design concept.

image source: Keira Paradice

image source: http://www.chickenwire.cn

image source: http://hi-android.info

You can see how this structure has derived from patterns in nature. Above is a picture of honey comb. 

Mathematics is just another way of perceiving the natural world.

The hexagon

I know my initial image was actually a diamond/square, but I am going to run with the hexagon...

Hexagram within a hexagon

 

image source: http://endofamericanempire.blogspot.com/

I was just reading a bit from the blog this image came from it's kind of interesting, maths, freemasons, politics, oh the constructed symbolism, how interesting and mysterious considered design can be! 

everything is connected in this web of...webs

I keep finding interesting representations of hexagons, so I will just share some of the images which speak to me and that I could incorporating in my designs, naturally. 

image source: http://www.bigactivities.com

Connect the dots!! I have been thinking about such games as these recently (i.e. connect the dots, colour by numbers) I thought it could be adapted into an interesting sartorial fashion designing exercise. 

image source: http://www.thefullwiki.org/Magic_hexagon

image source: http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/children/Paper-Folding/V-The-Hexagon.html

image source: http://gramlich.net/projects/oceania/seastead1.html

image source: http://profeblog.es/blog/jfguirado/tag/hexagonal/

image source: http://faculty.uml.edu/jpropp/trg.html

image source: http://www.answers.com/topic/hexagon-test

Okey getting carried away perhaps, I thought this last image was interesting because it relates the form of a hexagon with the human body actually to test agility! Think about this movement within clothing?...hmm

Viking patterns

Miss Sarah Miers mentioned something to me today about some Viking clothing patterns she saw that would interest me. They reflect the idea of manipulating basic shapes during the patternmaking process  to inform the design rather than imposing the shapes of the body onto the fabric.
Therefore I went to look for Viking garment patterns and this is what I found.

http://thorsonandsvava.sccspirit.com/pdf_files/Viking_handout_men.pdf

Danke Sarah
http://blog.scmiers.com/

Alexander McQueen S/S 2011

Alexander McQueen S/S 2011 by Sarah Burton



I have often thought of this concept of shadow on a garment as a textile design; reflecting how you might have drawn the garment initially indicating shades and applying it to the finished garment, it is sort of a sophisticated/placed tie dye... I think it's a nice effect.

then pic 2- mixing up tailored styles within one look and emphasising a cropped look, and the cargo meets suit pants style, and this burnt dusty red as one of the key colours for the collection which... is in more abundance in pic 3


i am interested in seeing how colours are applied in collections, these are 2 variations of a reddy sort of colour which is i would have not usually would have thought of seeing together in 1 collection, alas it is here!

so many textures in one look, i respect this, the variety of textures is offset, ooorr enhanced by the neutral  colours used and metallic accents to 'pop'.

and the overview, always good way to look at the collection at a distance to see the evolution and proportion of colour and spread

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/S2011MEN-AMCQUEEN

Off to Harrolds

Today I am going forth to Harrolds, 'Australia's Luxury Department Store For Men' to imagine my collection fitting into such an environment, Todd, my tutor, said I should imagine I have a rack in the store where my collection hangs; hopefully this will give me inspiration on how to make my collection more cohesive, give me some insight on how to disperse prints, colours and fabrications throughout the collection and all the little bits.
http://www.harrolds.com.au

Then I am continuing on to Australian Wool Innovation to talk...wool... I have been looking at all the new innovation textiles that AWI have been producing, and there is some great stuff, showing how wool can just as easily be a suitable summer fabric as is winter, some of the textiles I am interested in seeing are the Merino Cool, Machine Washable Suiting, and Merino Perform, which is odor resistant among other goodies, so we shall see.
http://www.wool.com

Costume National

Costume National Menswear S/S 2011

Designer- Ennino Capasa

Just wanting to show some summer menswear that is not your typical Australian summer wear, I love winter clothing... probably more than summer, but when you see these clothes, it is like winter clothing but for summer- it would be nice if such sophistication could seep into Australian summer dressing a bit more me thinks. 

Also a very good song used for the show; LCD Soundsystem's 'Dance Yrself Clean' from 'This is Happening' Album.  

The interest lies in the details and process from which the garments have derived; there was no actual seams in these garments, all thermo welded and laser cut with pockets being attached with heat sealing! It looks like traditional tailoring but it is not, beautiful, clean and innovative.