WEEK 1 : LIVE BRIEF

I have chosen to do the "Blue with Envy" denim jacket live brief. The aim for this project is to re-design a denim jacket provided by one of the fashion business students. It's a collaborative task, and the jackets will be sold at auction at a later date. Having recently changed my context to women's fashion, I thought this fashion brief would be beneficial for my portfolio. Although the deadline for the jacket was very short, and I had less than 2 weeks to have the jacket finished.  

"Beth Winterburn"

"Heather Day"

Upon starting this project, I started researching some fine artists, who paint in a way that I quite like. Since I was going to be working with denim, I automatically started researching and drawing with different shades of blue. Accurate drawing isn't one of my best qualities, so I thought why not try and make some painted groupings of colour, and really work into the different shades and creating my own lines. What worked best, was creating bold backgrounds with little bits of detail on top. I painted on pieces of card, acetate, fabric. Iv'e also brought elements from the last unit into this one, I wanted to see if I can develop my own embellishments further. Here are some designs that I created...