After coming up with my initial design ideas I was rather stuck as to where to go from there. I didn't feel I wanted to choose any of the designs as they were to create, so I began playing around with the shaping of a few of them. I used layout paper to create some quick sketches of how the shapes, of what I thought were my three strongest designs, could be altered. I found this a very useful process and the working quickly was a big part of it as it allowed be to let loose and be more free with the lines I was creating and I found myself creating much more visually exciting garment designs.
After this I decided to collage a few of my strongest designs on top of ASOS models to see what they'd look like as real garments. This was a very enjoyable process an they turned out much more realistic than I thought they would. The photocopies of these collages looked better than the originals as all the paper sat flat so the final image looked like the model wearing my garment design. To do this I photocopied samples I'd made/ fabric samples and used a hole punch to create tiny circles of foil to represent the metal discs for my design two development.
This process allowed me to see which designs worked well and which were the most visually exciting. I decided the development of design idea 5 was my favourite as the juxtaposition between the sharp geometric shapes and the delicate lace fabric was interesting to me. I liked that these designs were monochrome as I feel colour would have made the garments over complicated. From these developments of my fifth idea I decided to take development one forward as the shaping was the most extravagant which appealed to me. It also posed an enormous challenge in terms of creating which, seeing as I had never made a garment before, scared me but also made me want to try to see if I could pull it off.
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