Before beginning the project I researched Deconstruction and I ended up finding out about the vast history and how much this technique is used, which I did not realise before. The process results in endless creations by designers. I particularly loved the works of Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake. I adore Miyake’s ‘Pleats Please’ collection, the way the fabric falls and compliments the body’s shape. It is an abstract way of creating garments, it is an art form, these designers created several different shapes and forms with fabrics. The technique emphasises the bodily form and through it designers have explored the relationship between the body and the garment as well as the concept of the body itself.
After getting briefed on the two week project I created
collages using magazine cut-outs, using different parts of clothing and
positioning them in different ways to create a ‘deconstructed’ garment. This exercise
got me to visualise the composition of clothes differently, especially sleeves.
I focused more on the shape of the garment in my collages
and this translated into the next step of the physical deconstruction of
garments. I really enjoyed this step as it got me to recognise the structure of
clothing more and how it is put together. I found that putting together the garments
in alternative ways came very easily to me. I layered the fabrics and created
pleat-like forms in order to manipulate the shape on the mannequin so it didn’t look like the original
item.
I was really satisfied with my outcomes and couldn’t wait to
cut into the seams of the garment, which would give me more freedom and fabric
to work with. The fact that the project had no concept also allowed me more
freedom to create.However some students found this quite difficult,
the fact that there wasn’t a concept but I relished it.
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