Throughout this project I have been much focussed with
my collection being suited for fashion. I feel both my techniques and yarn
choice make my work suitable for wearing. My awareness on current trends
inspired my colour choices: grey, orange, and lime green. Following current
trends and designers in my work was very important as these elements can target
an audience for my collection. For this project I paid lots of attention to
designers, especially Alexander Wang, I also looked at Christian Dior & Kenzo.
In order to contextualise my own knits, I started to think about how I would
actually see these pieces. I think my work is better suited for high end/
couture fashion due to techniques such as hooking up, if this was a whole
garment e.g. A jumper, it would be quite time consuming to make. I pinned some final samples onto a mannequin
to explore a contextual approach. A range of my samples are made in a long
& skinny shape, I purposely didn’t cast on wide as I saw some samples as
more accessorised pieces, e.g. arm cuffs, neck detailing.
