THE BLOG
As part of our course we were asked to create a blog. We found this to be a great way of documenting our companies design progress. As this was our first blog we tried our best to make the blog look professional and ties in with our theme in terms of the structural format and colour layout.
SAMPLES
We created thumbnail ideas exploring different options of how we could incorporate the kirbie grips into our garments. We then were given 2 hours in class time to create two samples ideas. Previous to this we dyed up our jersey knit samples at home using different techniques. As we needed to produce a collection of tshirts each member of the team selected a different area of the garment to embellish.
PLAN
We were given a budget of £6 each to spend however we like. We researched different types and styles of kirbies and where to buy them from for the best price. We created a colour palette using the source images that we used in our mood boards, these colours consisted of metalics, black, silver, gold, blue and orange as highlight colours. We decided that our garments would be heavy embellished and work as part of a collection. We collected different colours of kirbie grips, safety pins, threads, beads, dye and bought large mens plain white tshirts for sampling the following week.
WIRED UP
We are a textile design company with the ideology that heavy embellishment creates an irrisistable garment. Within our PDP class we have been given a brief to produce a tshirt using kirbie grips. After been given the brief we researched different techniques and styles to use the kirbies on the garment and created a mood board full of inspiration.
