March Blog

WHAT I DID THIS MARCH TO HELP ME FURTHER MY ANSWERS FOR MY ESSENTIAL QUESTION?

This March I met with my mentor several times to discuss design and illustration. My mentor showed me some different mediums of illustration such as watercolor, Marker, and ink. We also discussed chef coat designs and their practicality. I then spoke to my mentors son, a chef, about what is necessary or something that is often something a chef would like to have in a chefs coat to improve the design. With this information, I went back and discussed with my mentor important factors like material and ventilation for the coat. I was then given the assignment to go home and start working on them. 

Chefs coat design

Above is an illustration I made of a chefs coat design that I came up with. The upper body is loose with wide and short sleeves to allow ventilation as well as to not restrict movement. It also features key important details like the neck being open and the pen pocket. 

Pink ink design

Above is an illustration i made with the use of ink. My mentor was telling me all about how the ink is similar to watercolor but in some ways is faster to access because you still need to wet the watercolor. In this piece, my mentor had me use one color and to show the feeling as well as the color of the dress. By the silhouette and color of the hair and the lips, it gives a different feel and theme to the illustration and garment. 

Blog 18 : interview 4

1) what schools do you recommend I study at? Why these schools? 

2) you mentioned during the time we worked together that New York City is the best place for a young designer to begin, why so? 

3) how did NYC inspire you or help you achieve your dreams of fashion design? 

4) what pushed you to keep designing? 

5) what are some ways to get inspired by NYC? 

6) when you studies at FIT, How was the fashion design program structured? 

7) did you complete the four years of fashion design that was needed to have a bachelors in fashion? 

8) do fashion houses look for any spurt of credentials for you to work for them besides your work and portfolio? 

9) when you started working in New York, who hired you first? 

10) what was the last job you occupied in New York? 

11) did you have to search around for job opportunities or did the school offer connections? 

12) where was your dream place to work in NYC? 

13) when you applied to colleges, you mentioned that you had to take lots of classes on sewing before you were admitted as part of the design program. Where did you take these classes? 

14) what did you do to push your name further in New York

15) did you attend many fashion shows because of your connections at the company you worked for? 

16) how have fashion shows changed since you lived, studied, and worked in NYC? 

17) where do you think fashion is going Now? Is it cyclical? 

18) what is it that you consider to be success in fashion? 

19) what are your long term aspirations in the world of fashion? 

20) do you believe that you completed everything that you wanted to achieve when you lived and worked in New York? 

Blog 17

Title:  Blog 17: Third Answer
Label: Research
Due Date:  Thursday, March 5th by 8AM

Content:

Just like you did for answer 1 and 2 post your:

• EQ  - "what is the best way to create a coheisive fashion collection?"
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)* - "the best way to create a coheisive fashion collection is by incorporating research and design style into a collection that clearly reflects your inspiration" 
• 3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example) -1- you need to understand your inspiration, 2- one must express their design style to make it their own, 3- you have to demonstrate the understanding of your inspiration through the garments
• The research source (s) to support your details and answer - Fashion icons of the 20th century 
• Concluding Sentence - this book and my mentorship will have given me the answers I need to answer my essential question