GILES DEACONA/W 12 RTW
I was hugely inspired by this collection by Giles due to the relation to my concept of burning. This collection was inspired by late 19th century true romance. Giles made fairy-tale style dresses, which had little notion of practicality. What I love about his A/W 12 garments are their raw edges slightly singed from cream to brown. Later in the collection, dresses featured huge burnt holes. These were not edged in charred fabric but in tiny, glittering crystals.
This collection encouraged me to continue burning paper and putting it into my knits, I want to pay more attention to edges and manipulate materials more by using paint and bleach to give a rusty/decayed appearance. Furthermore I aim to concentrate on the diffusion of colour when changing yarn from dark to light.
I have been given more confidence that my knitwear collection is suitable for fashion due to this collection, as when I was conducting contextual research I was finding more installation artwork compared to fashion garments that relate to the concept of burning.
The tones of colour in Giles A/W 12 collection inspires me to work with dirty tones of yarn. I bought a silk yarn in a dirty brown/bronze tone which reflects my visual research. The silk yarn has a really soft texture and reflects my knitwear collection for high fashion as it is a more premium yarn. 