Character | Design Development

Losing nearly the whole of last week and the end of the week before to portfolio prep and interviews has really taken it's tole on this project. I have a final interview on Thursday, so will have to finish this project early on the Wednesday. Unfortunately this means I will not be able to do any of my printing as I need all the time to finish the project off, but I have chosen materials, and fabric samples that I would use if I had the time.

For the printing, it would be done onto either a silky textile or a neoprime, The neoprime would keep the print strong in colour and also provide a structure to work with. Known for it's use within sportswear it is a perfect material for the girls superhero outfits. The silk is the ideal girlie lining, a mixture of sexy and pretty, keeping their 17 minds at peace and letting Todd, the man of both their dreams admire them.

Using some of my stand work, I have developed my designs to the coat and outer layer of the garment. I think these work really well and have that bad girl attitude I wanted to convey. Taking some of Maddie's photography I will incorporate her images into my designs to further them still.

[Maddie's photography] 

[Initial designs]

As you can see, we both had a similar idea about the colouring and styling of the two girls. I like how cohesive the photography was with the designing it showed that Maddie's character's had a strong personality that we both tried to get across the same story. So far I like how the designs have come out, the lycra with the overcoat is exactly how you picture a superhero, but more wearable. Fashion hero, if you will. the pink hair brings the sassy 17 year old into the mix. With these designs, as they were pretty much still initial designs, simply from the later stand work I decided to not add colour yet.

The superhero girls outfits were meant to be a modern version, sort of a feminist but also ditsy 17 year old everyday outfit; with a flare. The flare however was not going to be a cape, as that is far too obvious. But keeping to that floaty shape I felt the layering and oversized coat gave a similar shape. Over-emphasized collars in certain drawings drew attention to the neck and collar of the figure; a feminine feature. Sexy but strong. Within my later stand work this was an idea I tried to get across, The two fabrics worked well within this. The soft gold crepe showing the feminine soft ditzy side, and the white mesh showing the stronger feminist saving the world side.