Friday, 25 October 2013

Garment - Deconstruction, Reconstruction


Pinning panels of the deconstructed shirt and jacket together on a table first proved effective; I stitched the shirt sleeve’s curved edge to one of the jacket’s straight edges and this gave an outlined three-dimensional shape on the mannequin. It fell from the shoulder quite comfortably so this is where I positioned it; however on reflection I feel that having a large amount of material at the waist is not very flattering.

The arched effect of the collar on the hem is successful and contrasts with the angles on the rest of the hem. I also like the turned-up part of the hem as it features an iconic part of the jacket, just in an alternative way. The downfall of this is that the panel does not look deconstructed enough and still resembles the jacket. If I were to make this again I would have simply used the folded detail for the hem as opposed to the entire jacket piece. The shoulder structure would have worked better if it were moulded around an armhole, too.





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