Final design, flats.

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Mister Kane how you inspire me.

I am actually IN LOVE with Christopher Kane. I came across a long lost collection I had forgotten about and realised how inspirational and relevant it is to my current brief (Nuclear War). The colour and prints Kane uses are stunning, oh how I'm beginning to loath the colour scheme.

Rodarte.

After painfully teaching myself how to knit (I nearly cried with fustration) I will put my new found skill to good use and knit myself a pair of rodarte inspired tights... they're so beautiful.

And maybe one day the sweater to go with it?

Final piece- Hair project

Recycle, Reuse! Friendly Fashion.

So imagining we've been hit by a nuclear bomb (as horrible as that sounds, it's for the purpose of art). The very few survivals main aim would be to make it as far away from the surrounding area contaminated with radiation and covered in fallen buildings and dead bodies for the best chance of survival. Time would not be on thier side as the longer they wait to flee the chances are they would inhale the derbris in the smog filled air, absorb the radiation or be vunerable to the possible firestorms. There would be no time to produce a fabric/ garment completely airtight, fireproof and resistant to radiation, what would be scatterd on the ground would have to make do.

The above draping was meant to demonstrate recycled fashion. Using unwanted, discarded garments, to cut up and re-create new garments. We worked in pairs so I can't take credit for it all myself I worked with Mister Matthew.

So this is what I'm thinking...

The functions of this...(I'm not qute sure what to call it yet) are:
1) To protect ther wearer from alpha and beta radiation.
2) To shroud the wearers body, concealing thier gender and part of their identity.
3) To act as a protective covering if the wearer cannot make it to safety during an explosion.
4) To camoflague the wearer.
5) To act as (if necessary); a blanket, shelter or aid with carrying items.

The three transformable stages of the addition garment. 1 - 3

As an extra addition to my garment I wanted to create another detatchable piece, some sort of a shawl or wrap. I'm not just being pointless, I promise. The idea came from a short paragraph on how to protect yourself from radiation I was reading when contructing my intial ideas.

Draping.

So In the event of a nuclear bomb explosion the chances are you would probably need a gas mask, however me being me wanted to put my own spin on it rather than just buying one from ebay to fit into my garment. I decided that I wanted to make my own fabric face covering as part of the garment, so I did the most logical thing I could think of...I draped.

A quick rummage through the scrap fabric draws an I managed to find a pair of drawstring khaki coloured (my favorite colour at the moment thanks to the utility trend) combat trousers.

I love where the seams of the combat trousers fell on the stand, the volume and round form of the piece. Mostly the lovely little pocket detailing.