For my Final Major Project, I set out to employ innovative and juxtaposing concepts to play with the boundaries of my conceptual research. I believe I have explored various creative processes to develop and curate a collection based off my initial concept of distortion and delicacies.

 

Ultimately, I feel that I have fulfilled the project and I am very satisfied with the outcome. I think that I have accomplished this project to the best of my ability, and I was very dedicated to completing everything and pushing myself to work harder. Something that I found to be extremely effective in my work, was the development from my concepts to translating them into physical forms, including fabric manipulation, collages, sketchbook pages and my final garment. I found that by initially starting with a strong concept and idea of what I would set out to achieve – allowed me to backwards plan my project, therefore allowing me to complete work within separate time frames and keep on-track.

 

Despite of this, I also have found that I had underestimated the time that I would need to make my final garment, as well as my 42 designs. This the set me back and put me behind schedule and I was left to catch up towards the end of the plan. I think that by backwards planning allowed me to realize the importance of time management and that, in future, I should instead, overestimate how long my work could take – to allow extra time for improvement.  By not completing my research reflective sheets first, as well as not filling in my evaluative visual diary, consistently week-by-week, I found that I was left with multiple things to complete at once before the deadline.

 

Contrary to this, I think that my final collection and garments were something that worked well. I found that although the design processes were time consuming, I have collated a well thought out collection; derived from my concept of distortion and delicacies. I believe that my research also expands on the deeper conceptual meanings to my ideas and supports my thought processes communicated through my physical and digital work. By exploring different methods of researching, I was able to push myself to create a range of effective experimentations.

 

Although I was pushed to complete this project within a tight deadline, I have managed to complete three different garments as a full outfit. In spite of this, I had initially created a toile that was a completely dissimilar to the final piece and so I had to adapt and change my design to achieve the outcome I desired. This also required me to create a pair of shorts for underneath the skirt, as I realized that it was quite see-through. Overall, I believe this change was completely worth the drawback, as I am very happy with the outcome of the garment.

 

Ultimately, I think that I have achieved what I set out to do and more. I believe I have faced challenges within technical skills, as well as time management, however I found that every mistake I made, was a lesson I learnt from. If I were to complete this project again, I would like to have created more physical pieces - perhaps another garment idea.