TRASHION CHECKLIST AND EVALUATION

When we return after Christmas we will be undertaking studio shoots of your garments/collections, date and timings to follow (Your sketchbooks will need to be submitted before you get the studio collection photos, so these are not on the requirements list below).
The first day two days back will be an opportunity to tie up any loose ends with your Fashion projects, such as  editing, printing off and mounting your location shoots.

On Thursday 9th January we will be briefing you on the Roald Dahl project and you will need to get started with this work straight away, so please can you can choose and get hold of one of his books over Christmas. 
The deadline for your Fashion work is Friday 10th at 4. 15 am  and this is the minimum you need to have in your sketchbooks:

Initial Research and Presentation:

• 2 or more Sketchbook pages of visuals and information on your garment/accessory. Different versions - traditional and radical, history, definition.
• 2 or more Sketchbook pages of visuals and information on the object you need to recycle. History, typical uses, unusual uses, previous applications in Fashion.
• 2 Pages showing some examples of collections, ideally exploring some recycling, try looking at Martin Margiela, Gareth Pugh and Jez Eaton. Provide some analysis.
• One or more good observational drawings from your object.
• At least 2 pages recording experimentation and manipulation of your object.
• At least 2 annotated design sketches outlining your initial garment/accessory proposals.
• Printouts of all the slides from your presentation, plus copies of any cue cards you use.

Illustration and Design Development:

• 4 pages research into 2 Fashion Illustrators.
• Your photos from the figure (the ones you used as a basis for your Fashion Illustrator responses).
• 4 Well finished Illustrator responses based on your photos.
• 6 garment proposals (with notes, using the templates.  These can be quick initial ideas).
• 3 Final proposals showing well thought out ideas
•  A finished Illustration based on your best design - this should be a feasible design and include sample pieces, annotations and colour swatches alongside.

Final Garment, Photography and Evaluation.

• Annotated photographs documenting the making process with your final garment (2 pages).
• Your finished garment/accessory.
• 2  photographers' work analysed  with biographical background biographical information analyzing at least 3 images by each one in detail (2 pages per photographer, print out decent size reproductions of their work).
• A thoughtfully styled location shoot of your garment - be ambitious, think about the photographers whose work you have studied. Arrange model, location, props, make up. Consider posture and camera angle carefully. Take plenty of shots (20+) you might use Photo Shop to enhance your best shots for inclusion in your sketchbook.
• Your word processed evaluation (see guidance notes below). 

RECYCLED FASHION EVALUATION GUIDANCE

In order to pass this project you must complete a word processed evaluation of 500-800 words, discussing the following:

• What object and garment did you get to work with?
• How did the development of your Presentation help in understanding the possibilities offered by your object. What sources did you access in researching your object and garment?
• In what other ways did you respond to and investigate your object? (e.g. photography and drawing)
• Who were you collaborating with? How did you share tasks? Do you think you communicated effectively together? Did you find this collaboration helpful?
• Which designers/collections did you look at? What appealed to you about their work?
• What did you learn from looking at the designer’s work? Did their work influence your own garment designs later in the project?
• What were your first ideas for your garment design? Did these bear much relation to your final solution?
• What was it that appealed to you about the fashion illustrators you chose to research and respond to?
• What did you learn from recreating the styles of the illustrators you looked at, and how did this help you to understand the techniques employed in fashion illustration?
• How did you go about creating your own fashion illustrations – what processes did you employ in developing your final images? Describe how you used photography to style them initially and what you did to get them to a high standard.
• Which Fashion Photographers did you research? What appealed to you about their work?
• Describe the process you went through to create your initial garment designs, and how you decided upon the one you chose to make.
• What elements of your original garment did you retain and what was added/taken away?
• What materials and techniques did you employ in the production of your final garment and what problems did you encounter along the way?
• Discuss your final photo shoots, how did you style your garment? Mention aspects such as make up, props, location, models, postures, lighting, composition.
• Do you feel your final garment will work well with your collaborators? Did you maintain good communication throughout the project?
• What do you regard as the most and least successful aspects of your project?
• How well did you manage your time and what you would do differently if you did this project again?

Please use the following glossary to help describe how you feel you have done:

variety of production processes and include the cutting out of a pattern, seaming, seam finishes, fashion illustration, designs, attention to detail, maniquin, pleating, folding, piercing, use of colour, subtlety, experimental, texture and surface, pattern, embellishment, dyeing, pop riveting, eyeleting, fashion details and pressing and finishing techniques like the heat press, ironing, planning process, which should include the sequence of operation of the production process, identifying production techniques, different types of threads, trims, and carrying out reflection at beginning, middle and end.