Since finishing the Next Menswear competition, I have been working on my next project ‘innovation’. This is an individual project to prepare us for our final year collections, and the aim is to push the boundaries in concept, design, pattern cutting and manufacture.
My project is named ‘Touch’. This is because the concept for my project is the Humans Psychological Need to Touch The World Around Them. I would like to create tactile clothing which feels as good to touch as it looks. I will create tactile clothing by using material processes which are interesting to touch, and fabrics which feel comfortable against the body. This will give my clothing more emotional durability because the wearer will feel sentimentality towards their clothing. This will hopefully minimalize the need to constantly buy new clothes, fuelling fast fashion. Since starting this project, I have investigated many areas of touch such as: tactile artists, household germs that we touch, thermochromic paints, touch within nature and the science behind touch. From this research I have created material processes which represent the imagery and used this to inform my design development. I have also used my research to inform my colour palette: Grey tones and accent colours of orange and blue. From this I have designed a 6-outfit capsule collection and begun to work on my first toile for my outerwear piece- in this project we must make one outfit consisting of 3 pieces. Thanks for reading, Issy
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Issy HamblyThird year fashion design student at Nottingham Trent University. Archives
February 2020
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