Red Pink: Week 12

This week was my first experience padding out a dress form. Luckily I had some "Fabulous Fit" padding that I bought with my size eight dress form, and lots of batting scraps on hand from the many quilts I've made. I padded my dress form to my models measurements as carefully as I could, but I had my doubts as to whether or not it would be close enough to make a good fitting garment for her. It's just so much more squishy than a regular dress form!

The top looked really cute on the padded form, but how about on my model?

Not too bad! Some minor adjustments were needed, and the second fitting went really well. Now I'm moving on to stitching this up in the final fabrics.

 

VIER: Week 12

 This week I worked on my third ensemble. Starting with my cone bra, I spent around 12 hours constructing this and working out and pattern flaws. However, I'm so happy with how it turned out. I actually have the cones stuffed with upholstery foam to keep their shape and smooth out the leather shape. 

I also scouted photoshoot locations this week and came up with this house (pictured below) to shoot outside of and possibly inside the lobby. My photoshoot is happening tomorrow in the evening and I'm very excited for it.

week 13

 Week 13 

This week was full! I did 1 of my 2 capstone photoshoots, made my banner , and started the set up of the senior exhibition where the capstones will be displayed. 

 

Here are some pictures of the shoot taking place! It took much work to get this photoshoot off the ground! I had to coordinate last minute with some friends to model for me since my models either didn't respond or canceled last minute. This was a good lesson on communication and connections. Thanks to the connections I have made, I was able to have my photoshoot!  

Here is my banner that will be displayed by my capstone collection. This banner has my flats, illustrations, mood, and statement. It tells the story behind the collection and the goal. 

Here is my banner printing in the flex lab!

This is the set up for my capstone display and banner ! big thanks to Josy and professor Faulkner for helping me set up! 

week 11

 Week 11 

This week I worked on my 4th ensemble and started planning with my photographer for my capstone photoshoot ! I made a green velvet bodysuit with a back velcro closure. I then made a pair of white scuba knit pants. 

Here I am cutting out my pieces and using anything as a pattern weight! 

This is the beginning of the matching suit jacket. The jacket will be made with princesses seams and will be lined with a light green lining. 

week 10

 Week 10

This week, I finished ensemble 3 and showcased 3 of my capstone ensembles at the ferris fashion show.  

For ensemble 3, I was able to practice my pattern grading and took a size 8 to a 1x.  

Day of the show was a great learning experience in so many ways. From last minute model changes, backstage support, dressing, model coordinating, and hand stitching! I am forever grateful for the fashion show production class I took last year because without the lessons learned from that class I believe the show would've been much more chaotic! 

Red Pink: Week 11

This week our capstone banners and completed garments have been put up for display in the hallway. I love how my banner turned out! It's very satisfying seeing it in large format. It's also gratifying to see my garments looking lovely on mannequins with actual heads and arms. Work continues on ensemble three. I'm hoping to have a very productive weekend! 

 

VIER: Week 11

 Today we set up our Capstone banners and our mannequins in the hallway on the 3rd floor. So, a little backstory on the process of making my banner. On Tuesday, we met online and my computer kept crashing, so on Wednesday I had to use my father’s work computer and i spent almost the whole day redoing the work I had done before my computer crashed. However, I am so happy with how it turned out!

Nicole: Week Eleven

 Hello, 

This past week has been a busy one. We worked on our posters and continued to work on more looks for our collection. I finished my third look and am on to my fourth. For the fourth look I gathered all the tool and now have to attach a waistband and make the under dress for it! Below are some process pics from the past two weeks!

Week 13 Capstone Collection Photoshoot !!!

Got to working on my fourth ensemble as I love the way she came out, so happy with the finale look. I think of her this way too, not even going to lie lol. 

Here they all are on the mannequins, as you can see on the far right side i am starting my 5th garment.

Here were my three main pieces for this collection, as they got a photo all together this shoot was everything. A huge thank you to Caden for really capturing my vision for this shoot. 



 

Week 12 Completing Garments

 Finishing final details on my garments as I have 3 completed so far! Added my leather straps to my jacket im so happy with how she came out. 

Currently getting ready for my senior exhibition i'm very excited for that as I'm putting the final details on some of my garments!!

Week 11 The Ferris Fashion show

 Here are my garments, as one is my third ensemble, but the dress is my fifth garment that my model caitlyn modeled in the show. As I was giving input in my slit, being too as that was something my model liked ill be adding that chain that I have going on throughout to the slit of my dress.

As for her dress, when she fitted it the day before the show, she loved the slit as I told her. The show I will be putting on May 4th will get a red lining along with the. chains to hold the slit.

My models and I had a great time at the show, as we grew a closer bond that night!! They looked absolutely amazing in their garments!!

CYRK: Transience in Bloom - Week 10

 Today we met with the photography students and began our collaboration. Some of my photographer’s projects can be seen in the image above. They like darker and moodier photoshoots, and that is exactly what I’m going for.

Below are some images that I shared with Will as references for our upcoming shoot.

Red Pink: Week 10

Ensemble 2, the overalls and matching shirt are done and ready to walk in the show tomorrow! I love how they turned out. The tartan green featherwale corduroy and "Strawberry Thief" lawn sewed up really nicely and were really easy to work with. And just a refresher, ensemble 1 is the corduroy and plaid dress and is also walking in the show. I can't wait to see these two looks in motion on the runway. 

I also met with my photographer Victor today, and he had a lot of great ideas for where we could shoot on location. Can't wait to get started on that!

Next on the agenda is getting ensemble 3 patterned and prototyped.

VIER: week 10

 Met with the photography students today and explained our collections. I was paired with Hanna S. and I am very excited to work with her. I am familiar with her work and I think that her style matches what I'm thinking for the shoot.

Nicole: Week Ten

 Hello!

This week I started working on my third ensemble for my collection. I finished the mock up and realized rather than making it a dress I am going to make it a top and skirt, in order to get it to lay better. I also ran into an issue where the fabric I was going to use is no longer made so I pivoted and found a yellow fabric similar to the type of fabric I wanted it to be and that was close to the stripped grey and yellow fabric I already had. I look forward to continuing working on this look!

Thanks!

week 9

 Week 9 

This week I finished my second ensemble! I had to make some big changes from the original drawing and then mock up. My fabric was not going to come in time for me to make my final pattern so, I had to make a Field's Fabric run and buy fabric that is close to what I ordered. Well…. What I found was not the original plan, but it opened so many ideas in my mind on ways to modify and elevate my collection! 

Here is my mock up 

Here is my final. She needs to be pressed.