Final technical flats.

Outerwear 1

Outerwear 2

Outerwear 3

Final Illustrations

Below is my final line up of the 3 puff parka style outerwear

Research collating on the trends for A/W

After collating all my research i came to these conclusions mixing the trends already on the hightstreet, along with the trends on WGSN and other fashion forcasting.

First High street Research- Primary Research in highstreet stores

 Firstly i looked at various coats in deferent shops, hughstreet and designer to get an overall basis of the AW season

i looked at various coats from high end (Karen Millen,Moncler, etc) to hightstreet (Next, Jack Wills etc)
to see similarities in the trends, then compared these to the upcoming trends on WGSN and other forecasting for AW2014/15

i then noticed similarities and collated the information , these will be on the next blog.

Sketchbook Designs and Samples

Below are some of my designs and fabric samples that link to the overall theme. Instead of looking as ragged and ripped this outerwear needed to protect from the weather, therefore i went for the relief after disasters which evolve into make shift houses and tend. This could bring in the Ripstop nylons and other tent fabrics that are also used in waterproof coats.

I wanted a large puff jacket as i found them on trend for A/W and also remind me of duvet wrapping or thermal blankets given to disaster victims.

Concept Theme - Outerwear

As a adjunct to the A/W 2014/15 collection ‘Dishevelled Evolution’ using research to develop 3 winter coats that are loosely based on the original collection. Although the original theme of dishevelled was based on ripping and decaying elements the theme has evolved.

Puffer style quilted coats were a key element within this series of outerwear, as the coat does not have reference to the laddered and torn from the main collection, but is more subtly introduced. Parka coats were also used within research in the form of many pockets and fish tail hems to help the overall aesthetic and usability of outerwear

After a disaster there is a relief effort, adding tents and make shift resources to the fragmented visual scene. This adds rip stop nylon and other weather-proof, cleaner cut fabrics to the collection.

Oversized was key in this collection due to the chunky knits from the previous design direction. In which a protective winter coat was needed and so inspiration came from thermal blankets wrapped round the individual during a crisis. This wrap over style mixed with quilted coats later resembled duvet wrapping.

Fragmented quilt was subtly used to add a dishevelled state back into the collection, also with hidden elements of cracked and weathering using print and pattern.