Week 5 -Fairytale

 I finished ensemble one! And now I’m going to be starting working on ensemble two. I’ve been having a lot of fun seeing my collection come to life.

Week 5

This week I was putting on finishing touches to my ensemble one that is now fully completed! I am really excited about how it turned out. But I do plan on going back and adding in some more details to really help this design stand out. Here are some photos of the process in finishing my garment. 

Top is a corset with boning and a lace up back. Pants are two layered with knit as the base and a sheer overlay with elastic waistband. Next week I will be posting about the start of ensemble 2. 

BORISCHI - Week 5

  Week 5- Beads

Beading and trying to get things done for the due date. After a tragic event requiring hand washing and leaving the dress to dry, I was short on time to add the fine details. It turned out just fine in the end. 

-Mali Jean

Week 4 - Avery Compton

 It is now week four of the Capstone Collection-making process, and we have been working on our Ensemble 1 prototypes. This week, I presented my prototype for the first ensemble, then figured out what I need to change, and have been making changes to my patterns.

I have also been waiting for most of my embellishment supplies to arrive in the mail. Today, I received my tambour beading hooks and also the micro-pleated organza fabric that I will be using in some areas of my ensembles. I am still waiting on a couple of things, though.

In the meantime, I will be finalizing these adjustments to my patterns, start cutting out the final pieces in fabric, and starting to apply the beading/embellishments to the surfaces of my pattern pieces. 

 I have also acquired my final fabrics for ensemble 1, and will continue to look for fabric for the next ensembles I will be making. 

Week Four - Ophelia

 At week four, my prototype is complete and I am ready to create my first ensemble. I took a trip to the fabric store today and got some fun textured black knit fabric for my pants. I decided to use this fabric instead of a Ponte knit because the Ponte that was at JoAnn did not inspire or impress me. I began cutting my final pattern and will start sewing shortly. Lots of chaos going on as I work on this ensemble while starting a new sewing job, but I am feeling motivated and confident. :) 

Week 4 - Fairytale

 Working on finishing up my first ensemble! Here are a bunch of process pictures.

I am almost finished with the corset belt, it just needs the grommets and I am adding some decorative chains too.

I started sewing the dress as well and getting all of my pieces together. By next week the first ensemble will be done and I will be starting ensemble two!

BORISCHI - Week 4

 Week 4 - Draping the Actual Dress

Even when planning ahead of it, draping randomized cut pieces can produce something unexpected. I am excited to watch this garment as it turns out slowly. Next step fluffing the skirt and adding the top layers so I can embellish it!

-Mali Jean

Week 4

 This week I have been working on my patterns for my first ensemble of the collection. I have also been turning those patterns into a mock up to see if anything needs adjusting. 

My first ensemble is a corset bodice, with front princess seams and a lace up corset back. The bodice will be fully lined to create a nice finish. The pants will be made from a knit fabric, with elastic at the top. The pants will be a wide leg, with sheer fabric on top. Next week I will be posting my finished ensemble. 

Week 3

 This week, I finalized my collection, and we created our designer boards for each collection, which include:

- an inspiration/mood board

- illustrations of each ensemble (separate and together)

- styling board 

- collection synopsis

- mission/vision statement

- customer profile

- color and fabric story

- front and back flats of each ensemble

- our 3 words and collection title

Here are the components that I created for my designer board:

Week 3

 This week I have been working out all of the details for my collection. I have done some swatching in preparation for my first ensemble which I hope to start this week. I have gathered fabrics such as silks, polyesters, and cotton twills. As of now I have all of my first iterations of flats and illustrations done. 

Here are the illustration for all 8 of my designs. 

These are the flats for pieces that I hope to create. The main concepts I will be working on are surface design with my embroidery, and fabric manipulation as seen in the pleating. 

Week 3 -Fairytale

 This week I have finally picked a name and finished up all of my drawings and flats. I very much forgot to take a picture of my board for class but I will be updating it Tuesday anyways, so next week I will have that up here. Next week I would like to have made more progress with the first ensemble and have all my materials purchased. 

I have started draping my first ensemble with my fabric, I am super excited already with how it is turning out. I also had some help from my cat Tinker Bell when measuring my fabric.

Week Three - Ophelia

At week three, Ophelia is coming together! I spent hours on these illustrations and I'm feeling really good about the collection. I think It's looking very cohesive and I'm excited to start sewing! The next steps will be to scan in the illustrations, print them at a bigger size, and revise my collection board. I will also begin patternmaking and constructing my first ensemble. (The mock neck top and lace-up flare pants) I already have similar patterns from previous projects that just need to be tweaked a little bit for this ensemble, so I'm hoping that it will go smoothly with the deadline approaching quickly. I will upload better pictures of my board once it is revised and the drawings are scanned in. 

 

BORISCHI - Week 3.5

 Week 3.5 - Posting Work

We set up our collection boards for the capstone collections, it was so great to see everyones work coming to life! Here are my illistrations and inspiration for this collections. 

-Mali Jean