Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Fluorescent Pastel Punch

For spring summer 2015 i have decided on the theme 'Fluorescent Pastel Punch'



This 24 Outfit collection takes inspiration from 1950 Hollywood theme that is fun and flirty. Mainly casual style outfits with an option to turn day to night. Using florals and unusual patterns with embellishments that are modern kitsch. This collection has a playful 1950’s American diner feel in the form of print and texture. Tongue in cheek humour turned on its head to allow a fashion concious female with an outlandish style to wear this collection as casual day wear relaxing in the sun, or even dressed up for a night out.

The colour concept has spring hues of candy pink and polka dot pastels. This adds the playful, summer at the beach statement.  Overal the pallete is a soft and gentle shade of colour. The muted subtle colour mixed with the gaudy kitsch addition of decorative details. Kitsch items in the home tend to have a slight acid plastic colour of yellow or green. In which the playful spring pastels mixed with the garish tints will add a diverse colour concept.

This collection forms a range of popular garments of the 50’s with a modern twist. Such as seperates, playsuits, crop tops and thin knit jumpers with added textural embellishments. Kitsch is a german word meaning ‘ of bad taste’ however adding a subtle hue of colour and having a garish representation on the sexy sillhouette of the 1950’s will allow kitsch to be appriciated in an ironic way.

Combining textural knits into the mix to allow wearer to keep warm during nights with a chilly breeze. Some fabrics will have two-tone or hollographic sheen to them, or even a plastic transparent vinyl. This adds a hint of vulgarity, yet used in small proportions will give a fashionable feel.

This collection is a bespoke collection for the average fashion concious female that enjoys all things LA, mostly a casual beach loungewear. The customer market is for females with a more diverse and eclectic taste in fashion, who enjoys making a statement, yet in a classier tasteful way. 

The ‘look’ of the collection is 1950’s American diner with the cheesy plastic feel. Domestic casual women of that era held pin curls in place with head skarfs, which became an opted style for casual days. The target level is high end, due to luxurious fabrics and intricate detailing within the collection. Although the kitsch feel is aimed to be of bad taste or cheap, this combination of garments will not be inexpensive.









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