Phillip Lim

Within my new brief its mainly all based on illustration which I am very fond of in my own little way. Ive been researching into Contemporary and Historical illustrators and Phillip Lim's style really stood out to me...

Phillip Lim is a well-known contemporary fashion designer who shows at New York Fashion Week annually. As an illustrator he has a very simple, slick and quick style that conveys shape and imagination. His designs are simple and have a target audience of RTW. The media he uses is a form of ink such as brio, water based ink or marker pen. His silhouette is elongated and has a contemporary and coherent feel to it. I enjoy looking at Lim’s work as I like the freshness and the way he uses clear lines to show his figure.

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CAD LESSON 3

CAD LESSON 4

MY CAD DRAWING OF MY SUSTAINABLE COAT

Without tubes

With tubes

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TOILE DAIRY

UPDATE

Lined patch pocket 

 placing the pockets on the stand

 Attaching the straps- pinned on the stand

cross stitch to ensure its secure and holds a good amount of weight

with guttering 

water bags in the pockets 

 Attaching the tubing

Trail run on scraps

 3 holes drilled through using a big scary drilling machine which I did haha

 Tubes attached

Up to now this is where I am up to and Im very nearly complete woooo

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TOILE DAIRY

This is where I am up to with the manufacturing of my garment..

Here I inserted a 5 cm heam

I hand tacked into place

Creating the overcoat

I took the pattern and shape from the top half of my coat pattern

I added more volume to the back by using the slash and spread method

I added a facing to the neck

and a button stand 

The heam on the back is a 5cm, folded to create a 2.5cm tunnel to tread elastic through

When I added the elastic the shape it created was not the same as my design so I have to reshape my pattern but straightening out the back panel (following the pins in the below picture)

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Victoria's Secrets Show 2013

Last week the annual VS show was filmed which will be aired on December 10 which can't come quick enough! From being stuck on Instagram and Twitter for most of the night constantly refreshing made me realise the cake I had just ate will never make me look like an angle haha!! 

There was all the normal glitter, wings, knickers and super long hair extensions but also the British models were taking over!! Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Karlie Kloss all strutted down the catwalk doing what they do best.

So for now my love is still existing for Victoria Secret

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Update on my Sustainable Rain Coat

So far so good I guess, today I quickly sorted out my lining around the neck as I needed to add some more triangles to the seam to get rid of some bulk. After I had done that I pinned my towels to the back of my garment selecting the lightest ones as I didn't want to make my coat heavier than it will already be. The task from that was attaching them which took me a while to say the least (pin, interface, straighten out, pin, stitch, place on mannequin x259 ((or what felt like))!!). It was all worth it in the end though as I happy with the way my garment is looking and to finish off the day nicely I hemmed my coat with 5cm hem and a little bit of slip stitching. On wards and up wards....

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My I-D Magazine cover

YOUTHFUL

Last year in college I did my Shirt dress shoot which I blogged about, from this shoot I created my own version of the classic I-D magazine cover. I based it on the 'youthful' issue as it related my shoot and story. I used Photoshop and Illustrator (CS6) to create  this and I am really please with my outcome as it shows target customer and CAD skills. 

One thing I would carry out differently would be shooting a shot of my model winking as I feel it would of benefited my target market more especially for the front cover as its I-D's signature trade mark.

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