Art Portfolio One: Project Statement

The fashion design project I will be creating will be on the theme earthly delights, exploring deeper in the tactile qualities found in the surrounding of urban green space/park life. I will mimic the appearance and texture of details in nature into a wearable garment by using various textile manipulation techniques for my 3d outcome. The 3d garments that I will create will be from one of my design collection and I will photograph this to add to my final portfolio on my website. I will be incorporating the following 2025 springs-summer trends into my designs; bubble and parachute silhouette, dramatic drapery with a play of ruffle, balloon sleeves, street style-sporty, and romanticizing utility gears with feminine features. I will create 4-6 design collection combining both menswear and womenswear which I intend to illustrate by hand and colorize with watercolour. I will add these to Photoshop to complete my portfolio. These two outcomes will be made within 6 weeks time. By making this project, I aim to improve my garment-making skills including sewing, embroidery, fabric manipulation as well as my drawing and painting skills.

Renaissance Renaissance Spring/Summer 2025 Ready to wear collection

Ssense (2025). Renaissance Renaissance Spring/Summer 2025 Ready to wear collection. [Digital Iamge] ssense.com. Available at: https://www.ssense.com/en-gb/women/product/renaissance-renaissance/beige-clara-blouse/16654221. 

"Merhej used parachutes as the starting point for a collection that worked into themes of freedom and lightness, playing with volume and form through beautifully-cut cotton gabardine and nylon tulle" (Brennan, 2025) With the rise of bubble skirt popularity in the 2025, I would like to incorporate volume and round silhouette but also using parachute or other sporty fabric and giving it a feminine touch for my collection.

Blacksher, D. (2020). Alexander McQueen’s Bee Dress. [Digital Image] thecut.com. Available at: https://www.thecut.com/2020/04/alexander-mcqueen-invites-artists-to-experiment-with-bees.html.

-The use of 'honeycomb' fabric manipulation technique on Alexander McQueen’s Bee Dress. -

Blanks, T. (2015). Chanel Fall 2015 Ready-to-Wear. [Digital Image] vogue.com. Available at: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2015-ready-to-wear/chanel.

-An Example of how quilted technique is use in fashion couture.-

Gdempst (2011). Fashion Watercolor Illustration. [Digital Image] flickr.com. Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29063491@N08/6354414531/in/photostream/.

-Fashion Illustration using watercolor media-

Reference:

Tindle, H. (2025). These eight on-the-rise fashion designers are set to define 2025. [online] wallpaper.com. Available at: https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/david-lynch-perfume-commercials [Accessed 20 Jan. 2025].