Today I slowly began to cut at the seams of the assortment
of garments I had brought in. I was being quite precious with it to begin with,
only snipping at small seams. I wasn’t too sure where or how to cut in order to
make something interesting and I didn’t just want to do something random. So I left
the altering for a moment and instead did some observational drawings of two
garments that I had made.
I also decided that doing some designs and developing my
ideas from the first garments I made on the mannequin would be a better idea
instead of jumping straight into cutting the seams. With my designs at first I focused
on the layering I had used on the mannequin and focused on one part of a
garment to create layers with, leaving the rest looking simple—I created layers
on sleeves, the lapel of jackets and coats, the waistband of trousers, the leg
of the trouser.
I found that working with the tailored suit was a lot more
interesting and easier. There were more details to work with, whereas with the
knitwear I had there wasn’t any intricate knit pattern to work with, it was
just a simple knit jumper. I tried to incorporate it with the tailor garments
to create a contrast between two different materials. It worked well on one
look but on the others it added unnecessary clutter to the garment and didn’t
compliment well at all.
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