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ISOBEL LAUREN CREW
FASHION DESIGNER
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Toile Testing
The one sunny day of the Easter break, I knew I had to get my toile tested, as its had been a couple of weeks since I last played due to...
Toile 2: Split Side Jacket
As the first toile went well for me, I was looking forward to making the changes for this jacket and getting it (hopefully) to how I...
Toile 1: Spilt Side Jacket
The spilt side jacket is something that I'm looking forward to see how it will develop in this project. I love making, and designing...
Illustration Progress
Progress on the Illustration took place this weekend. I feel that it's keeping my style of drawing but adding more to the collection when...
Colour Revisit
The problem in the end was that my colours weren't linking back to what my mood board as showing and instead came from David Hockney...
Testing Colour Ways
I knew for this project that colour was going to be important for it to fully suit my customer and to truly express the chosen...
Sample 2: Hood
Shortly after finding out the problems I needed to get onto the next sample for the hood, so it would be sorted and out the way. I...
Sample: Hood
Last project I did I fully focus on creating the perfect hood for a jacket. I want to expand this idea to all my projects now, as I feel...
Range Plan: Base Layers
This is the start of what my range plan will become. I will focus each page on the different layers of the outfits and show references...
Toile 4: Sports Top
After making a basic toile for the last one, I was looking forward to seeing what the final piece could look like. What has changed: -...
CAD Day
I've completed a rough CAD for outfit 1 and 2 of the collection to look more into range planning the collection cohesively and...
Saturday Work
I decided to go into the studio on Saturday, so that my patterns were prepared for an intense cut out and construct day on Monday. The...
Toile 2: Tennis Dress
So last time the dress did what I wanted (jumper part could be wrapped around the waist) but wasn't perfect and a lot had to be changed:...
Toile 3: Sports Top
As the sports bra turned into a complete disaster, I knew I needed to redesign and go for more of a sports top. Taking into consideration...
Sandals For Tennis: Development
I am in love with most shoes. Like I own too many and I still want to get more. After deciding to design some I knew I needed to think...
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