Evaluation

Introduction:
My brief was to create a garment from recycled materials. When I brain stormed my ideas, I realised that I didn't want to do a cliche material such as “Plastic bags”, “Cans” and “Foods”. To put a twist on my recycled project, I picked a chosen era to make my project structured. The 1950’s and 70’s was an era that I felt I could create a garment with no limits.

Influences:
As I based my project on the 50’s era to create depth into my work, I researched famous models and actors from the 50’s and 70’s to clash them together.

Exploration:
For my project I wanted to create/ make a petticoat, and over-skirt.
I required to make the petticoat out of net curtains from the charity shops.
I went to TP Textiles and looked through the cut off bin (Scrap bins) and I found a red and white polka dot shiny material (2 meters), and a thick calico material for the under skirt base (2 meters).

Evaluation:
Firstly, I started to research into designers and artists that are inspired by “recycle” made items. This gave me inspiration and a different outlook on the fashion industry throughout recycling.
The designer that had the biggest impact on my work was “Reem Alasadri”, her work inspired me as the whole point of recycling wasn't the cliche “Cans”, “plastic”. She went out to charity shops and markets all around Britain to create clothing into something completely different, also it gives a retro or vintage feel to her work, which is something I definitely wanted to introduce in my work, l especially the “retro” side of it. The research side of the project was very interesting as I received information that inspired me.
When making the garment I discovered that I the top skirt (The polka dot material) was very hard to sew! Especially on the sewing machine as the fabric snagged and made the material fray. To reduce this happening, I hand stitched the hem line on the top skirt. The zip was surprisingly straight forward to put in the top skirt. I hand tacked it onto the material first, and then went over it with the sewing machine, as the zip needed to be secure.
For the underskirt, I used thick elastic to be sewn onto the waistband; I didn't apply a zip into the calico underskirt as it would be hidden under the polka dot material.
When sewing the net curtain pieces onto the underskirt, I gathered each piece of netting to create a ruffled effect, to make the petticoat look fluffy.

Conclusion
Overall, I enjoyed making the garment and I am pleased with the end result
to show off  my garment I created a photo shoot and styled the hair, make up, and posture of my model. I did a photo shoot to show the best qualities of my garment. The photo shoot was very enjoyable; I enjoyed leading a team and styling the image. It is something I will definitely look into in the future.