Amelia Agosta AW 2012

Amelia Agosta Fall/winter 2012 The work by Amelia Agosta in sculptural pieces are able to reflect the extension of the body. Her styles such as sculptural, and avant garde are able to create modern form through knit, stretch, woven and contemporary non woven fabric. Intricate pattern making mixed with traditional tailoring techniques push boundaries of fashion, especially the blending technique with the Industrial machine used, such as 3D body scanning and 3D printing. The fabrications varying from traditional fabrics like wool and silk organza’s to contemporary materials and non-woven textiles such as double interfacing, neoprene and 3D printed nylon are able to encapsulate the futuristic look.

Me & Oli

Me & Oli is the new emerging designer brand, that incorperate the textile print throughout the garments. Lalila Lu, the designer, with the knowledge of graphic design, she is able to to translate her Childhood memory, feminine aesthetic and creative approach through the print as well as the making of the website. The website has a very creative approach for the viewer to look at the garment, the playfulness is the element that she wants to reflect to her designs as well. Her hand drawing ability is very intricate that could be seen in the photoshoot of her garment. The portrayal of the garment with the hand drawn elements are unique and very nostalgic.

Marnie Skillings

Marnie Skillings is the brand that i used to do intern.

Zimmermann

Summer 2012 Zimmermann is the brand that i took for the jacket analysis in my research. it is a label of Australia that comprises of range of swimwear, and fashion.I love zimmermann with the clever engineering of the lace work to the garment. Zimmermann also has certain style that is relaxing, and feminine, through the flower digital printing, low armhole and the sheer loose fabric that sweep the floor.

WILLOW

I chose WILLOW for my Branding report, Willow brand has an amazing style that is really feminine and edgy. Starting from lingerie industry, it gradually becomes top 10 Australian designer in the fashion and lingerie section. Willow's edginess are shown in corperating riri zipper with chain, and the fabrications used for example laser cut leather, the corperation with the accessories with the fabric. The combination of the solid and sheer to hug the body add the feminine touch. Willow also uses all high class material in regards to the fabric, garment finishing, lining and trims. The dress and jacket are beautifully finished, with all the seam covered and pressed open. No overlocking seen. the hem is all covered perfectly with the facing. The fabrics have range materials from Italy, France, and China. The zipper used is riri which is the best zipper, the small teeth in zipper to add delicacy in the garment.

Photoshop for Design

From the drape workshop, i took photos of several garments that have interesting features. The features are being cut and played in photoshop to achieve beautiful design. THe results are amazing. THis techniques in Photoshop enable you to produce design that is very innovative. You can play with the scale, and shape using warping. You can also do repetition just by cut and paste. After you create half, you basically copy and mirror so you can achive the symmetry in the garment. I used a lot of photoshop to produce my designs for my collection. The pictures that i posted is just the start, i have to keep pushing more ideas and develop more.

SAMPLE BEADING

After i draw a lot of flowers from the photographs that i took. I have to think how to translate all the drawings onto the fabric. Firstly, i looked at the lace that i got, looking through how the kebaya is normally beaded, i tried one sample as seen above. The traditional Kebaya normally plays with a lot of contrast colours, and i want to bring it more delicate and elegance by playing the tone colour. AFter i finished beading, i was experimenting laser cutting flower motif. Laser cutting is a technique to create embellishment on the fabric. It is also a nice translation from traditional aspect of Kebaya embroidery to modern approach. Here, i layered laser cut flower fabric on top of the beading that i did, the result looks amazing. The lace with the metalic fabric are shining together. However, to apply this technique on the garment, it could be overpowering due to the metallic and shine each fabric has.

FLOWER HAND DRAWING

From the trip to Canbera during Flower festival, i went to the festival and the small miniature building place where i took photos of flwowers. It is then i realised i could use those photos for my collection. More than that, apart from the photos taken from Canbera, i collected some photos of the flowers that i would not be able to take the photos of. For the drawing, I was having fun drawing flowers in different scales. Also, i think by focusing on the details of flower in the petal, it can then highlight the beauty of flowers. IF you look at the flower closely, each flower has tiny veins in the petal, it can also be seen in the centre of the flower. The experience of expressing what the serenity and tranquility through walking in the garden is what i want to express in my collection. Through drawing of flowers and playing in the composition, the flowers can look alive and real. THe bigger and more beautiful flowers are the one that i put forward to emphasize on what the people would see it first, while the small flowers provide details and intricacy to reinforce the big flowers.

FLOWERS

This pictures of flowers are the one that i took it personally when i went to Canbera and garden festival. I want to apply the picture into the textile, because it embeds the memory and the atmosphere of the serenity. The details of the flowers could be illustrated and hand drawn as how i want.

STRIPE FLOWers

Inspired by Batik stripes and the continual of the flowers that looks endless and give infinity feeling. I was making the flower digitally, and thinking to play a lot in the stripe. Sripe has ability to give a sense of movement and it would be lovely to play around in the corner or inserting it in the panel. THe flowers i chose are specifically related to Indonesia, Dutch and Chinese as the research that i did of Batik is when Batik was under multiculturism and colonization. It can be seen with the rose to reflect Dutch, Raflesia arnoldi to reflect Indonesia and Plum blossom to symbolize Chinese. However, it is considered to be very commercial due to a lot of people who have used this type. I have to think of another way to produce story of flowers.

Batik Sample

These are the sample of Batiks that i have asked my Batik teacher back in Indonesia to make them. Normally, the Batik has degree of difficulty depending on how many colours you want to achieve in one piece of fabric. The samples that are shown above, 3 different colours are used. The fabrics used are silk and cotton. Cotton absorbs the colors less than silk. However, cotton is easier to work with during waxing processes. As silk, it is a little bit tricky, since silk is a very sheer fabric, the wax could just go through the fabric, or the wax could spread and resulting in thicker line. The process took really long time which i dont think it is a good idea to use this technique for my collection. The process of waxing one colour already took long time. Imagine to have a lot of different colours per garment in my collection, i am afraid of the limitations of time that we have to finish everything in time.