Working on the Manikins

After making our garments and duplicating them so we had multiple sizes of one of our samples. I chose the garment that I thought would be the most effective on the manikin, I found the the looped circles would be quite quick and very structural to work on the manikin  

After making a range of different sized garments, we were put into groups of three. We had to make an outfit out of all our garment pieces.   

This is the first design that we as group created. Even though it isn't finished the concept of the design was to have the looped skirt, backless with a intertwined material. If it was finished it would make more sense as a outfit. 

After the first outfit, as a group we moved to the right of us to the next manikin was aimed at being revealing at the front and more covered-up at the back. I like this design because of the contrast of the difference structures, one being quite three-dimnetional and the other being more patterned and flat.    

Again everyone moved to the right and had to make a design in the style of a goth. This meant being very bold and making a statement. Having a massive shoulder piece and the rest of the outfit being very long. I think this outfit fits the brief. 

This was the next garment, which was only for the waist. Being very minimalist one side, then very bold and big on the other, giving the garment a statement look. And working with the brown and white paper looks really good together.

This particular garment was only of the shoulders. As a group we chose three flat simple black and white garments to create the the sides and the back, keeping that quite minimlistic. But we added a vibrant coloured flower to be contrasting with the simple sides. 

The final garment was an outfit of our choice with our original group samples. We went for a simple coloured tissue paper skirt, with the looped garment belt with the top half being a mixture of brown and white papered construction.

All in all the garment exercise was quite a good way of mixing different bits of designs and structures together to create a whole new aspect of outfit and design. 

Fig 1-6 authors own