I have then added black buttons to make it more interesting and go with the monochrome look.

Right.. First of all i removed the sleeves to make it more feminine but masculine at the same time.

'My first of many'... i decided a few weeks ago to start making/editing clothes. So, i bought a normal plain long sleeve which i intended to make in to a shirt dress, to go in with the new fashion autumn/winter 2011: Tailoring.

these are my development sheets; i have drawn out some ideas for my layouts of my final piece.

 

these are some more of my research board for my CAD projects.

 

these are my boards for my CAD project; i have looked into different illustrators as part of my research.

my final piece for the short, although the picture of the back has bad lighting which makes them look patchy. i have added flower and sewn them on and added the seed to be consistent to top.

to the shorts i have added the flowers of the same fabric as my top, this is just so they tie in well with the top i will hand sew the floral down and add the beads to look like the top.

i was testing to see if the colours went together here...

after the shorts were bleached they turned out brown, i thought this may not go but they go better than the denim do, the brown compliments the green floral fabric.

i have added some red beads to give a seeded a effect on the flower, it also is to add colour to the green.

the back of th shorts, i have started by adding a differnt patched pocket with a lace trim.

I tried the trousers on my model lucy and they just had no fit to them, they also was too much of the same pattern and just look over the top, I discussed with my group what we should do i thought maybe a skirt would be nice however another pattern wouldn't even clash well. soo... we came up the idea of denim shorts, i found these denim shorts and got lots of scraps denim in the fabric bin, we thought maybe patch work denim on them so on the second picture im playing around with patch etc. I have also lenghtened the shorts by taken down the fold, i them added lace to the bottom to make it more elegant and go with the top. I'm going to play around with patch and maybe bleach the trousers to make them a bit lighter, which will then tie in with my top....

i love these baskets bags, i think that maybe get rid of the flowers and put real flowers in. I think this will look cute.

just more flower for the hair different coloured flowers for hair depending on the colour of the outfit.

flower in hair would bring all the outfits together to make it look more likee a collection.

looking at inspiration for accessories...

bodice top, close up of the pleats these are the pleats that have sewn, so far.

bodice top full view, pleats half sewing in the process of hand sewing all the others.

bodice top, however it it still only pinned, I like the pleats and the neckline.

playing around with the garments. however this didnt work.

This design ideas have a combination of idea on them. I like the second one in as its has detail and is sophisicated.

My design ideas, all of these are dresses and jumpsuits i have gone for the floaty garden party inspired idea. I am trying to create sophisicated but fashionable look.

although i havent quite worked out to rotate a picture yet, this is my second trend board based on flowers and patterns.

First trend board which i made from my research.

Collge inspiration board.