Detailing

For the detailing project we had the option to look at any part of western history going back to up to 300 years. I find this task a bit difficult because I didn't know where to start from. After researching into different centuries and watching a few films I ended up looking to the 18th century. 18th-century dress is renowned for its opulence. The period saw fashions for elaborate wigs, rich embroidery and full skirts. The elegant life of the eighteenth century was lived among mirrors that reflected the immediate, and some would say ephemeral, radiance of fashion.

I started off by looking into different garments and drawing from interesting detail I see, from this i started developing ideas and produced a finally layout with flats. I kind of found this this topic difficult. I Incorporated the 18th century concept with reconstruct deconstruct

Politics

For this project the theme was politics, which meant I has to look into political subject which interested me. I started off by researching a range of things that I felt interested in which included feminism, poverty and ethical trading. Which meant me looking at each subject and hoe it effects day to day living and/or sociality. 

From this  I started looking into racism and I quickly came to realise how broad that subject is. With learning this I then decided to look deeper into the subject and came up with the concept of "stolen treasures"  

I came across an online article called " should Africa take by their stolen treasures" which really gapped my attention as I didn't understand why that question was up to debate and was amused by comments on the article. 

With this I started looking more into the subject and I knew I wanted to make an ambitious print. I wanted to produce something which required thought, I liked the whole idea of someone wearing something not fully understand the meaning behind it unless you look deeper into it. With this I started creating prints and creating illustrations with it playing with different concepts. 

I find this project easy as it was something I was very interested in which meant it was a continuous flow. I'm still in the process of selecting my favourite print and manipulating the prints on Photoshop and then printing it into a range of fabrics to play with the texture and appearance of the prints.  I really enjoyed this topic as it was a way for us to make a politcal impact using fashion as a tool.