Sportswear- Lining and Final

 Today we did a few lining on stands. This really helped me with creating new shapes and cuttings. I find this really useful. I've cut out a few stripes of paper in a specific shape, I was doing a horse shoe shape because I saw this cutting on this t-shirt in Puma and I thought it was interesting. Then I started pining them onto the stands. I don't think it only helped me with lining but also the shape of a garment.

At the end of the day, I started doing a few sketches and designs based on these stand works. 

When I started designing for this project, I was only thinking about using crazy colours like colour blocks. But then I remembered that I started off this project thinking about doing skateboarding, so I kind of used the old school skateboard art/ surf art (e.g: Jimbo Phillips) and also a few newer artists like Mike Giant, as a print so I can make my final designs more fun, instead of just funky colours.

For the style of my collection, I looked into a famous London landmark. I didn't know a lot so I went for London Bridge. Just when I thought of London Bridge, I remembered that this is also a song name of one of Fergie's song. That idea sparked and I went for the bad street girl, hip hop look, which I thought I would never have fun doing it. But I loved it!

Going back to the initial idea of swimwear, I used the strappy details and cut outs on most modern swimwear. It was funny to see how much they resemble the wires that hold up London Bridge. So I also used the idea of suspension so create this final collection.