Initial ideas - Mood board and mind map on inner theme (war) from Ai + Humanity brief, linking to different topics and creating shapes from artist research.
Taking to the stand with the shapes inspired from ai fashion artists and research on shapes linked to theme. Smaller shapes on a smaller stand to test how it works - finding a Roman armour design.
Final illustrations and garment for Roman armour design and war theme, initial photographs for the outfit with women model - gender neutral garment. Including the refined shapes used for garment construction, inspired from ai fashion artists and bomb hole remains.
Hung drawn & quartered mind map and word choosing (disembowelment) - researching death in different lights such as cult, near death experience and afterlife, which leads to cult in fashion looking at supreme.
Researching avant garde fashion designers on the catwalk, anatomy in fashion and embroidery linking to disembowelment theme.
2/3 hour drape and fold with 2 metre calico fabric on the stand and quartered drapes.
Body anatomy illustrations pencil and embroidery - disembowelment theme using Jean Paul Gaultier and Vivienne Westwood as inspiration. Creating ribcage back design.
Fabric collage illustrations and Thom Browne research moving away from literal depiction of disembowelment to subtle, creating blazer design continuing ribcage concept, testing out with creating a tiny blazer.
