Having specialized in Womenswear up until now, I decided to try my hand at some mens. We did a small amount of MW at university but I never really branched out, and now I really feel I should have done. So, in order to benefit both portfolio and personal skills, I have begun to branch out some of my older projects, into mens.
There are more image sheets waiting to go up, along with illustrations.
All of the above CAD sheets were inspired by my Final Major Project. I tried to keep in with the Amelie theme, using bright primary colours and a slightly hand-made feel. The second outfit uses hand stitched elements on the yellow cardigan and white long-sleeve. The first uses my print (slightly adapted to only uses gnomes rather than Russian Dolls as well) as a lining to the coat, and a bright red check shirt. I have also kept in with the use of poppers and buttons, as in the women's collection.
The image below is a sample of my reworked FMP print. I removed some of the more complicated "doll snowflake" elements and change the basic background colours.
I decided to try something a little more fun and casual after designing whole outfits, so I created a small underwear collection. The man and woman print was inspired by match.com as I thought it would be quite a funny statement to put on underwear, aside from the fact that their visual advertising is quite fun and colourful.
I then decided to do a corresponding women's underwear collection. The print came about as a happy accident as I was teaching myself how to use the 'blend tool' on Illustrator.
The above womenswear sheet includes a matching toothbrush and compact mirror. I quite liked the idea of having a basic 'overnight kit'. I have seen matching accessories like this in H&M and have always thought they were pretty cute.
This is an extension onto my Peter Jensens project. This was probably the easiest to put into menswear as the basic elements already existed in the womenswear. As a further development I would probably include some stripey socks and some hats, alongside more outfits, obviously.
This is an illustration I did for my Peter Jensen menswear. It is a play on the DVD cover for Mon Oncle. The two below are from the DVD covers from Jour de Fete and Les Vacances.
I will add more menswear in time!
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