Metal dresses

This is an extreme of what metal can do. Although I like the shapes created i would not want to achieve this look as i find it to bulky and not tasteful enough.

Metal dress- Researching

As Im using metal..I researched aot of pieces that had metal incorparated in the outfit. Its was a hard task to find, as I some inages and outifits I found were very clumsey and not beautifuly crafted.

Its very hard to use metal in a tastful mannor and not make it look very bulky.

This a Paco Rabanne metal dress.

This is beautifully crafted, looking danty and wearble.

I love the use of the metal and how its cut in small squares linked to give shape to the sillhoute

Chains-GOLD!

I found these great snake chains in a wholesale jewerlly shop in Soho. I think the will work really well in my MP as part of my final line up.

Tailoring fabrics

Holland and Sherry are one of the best tailored fabrci merchants in the world. I knew of the at my days on Savile Row and I knew I wanted to get some fabric from there. I Visted there show room on savile row and looked at mixed wool/silk fabrics. To my joy I found the perfect fabric for my collection...(Didnt like the price though!) but worth it. it was a silk and wool..so its was perfect! . I also was looking at House of Edgar . I wanted a Venican wool..with a sheen and there was a black cloth i saw I wanted. This was the best cloth I could find which they stocked!

www.hollandandsherry.com

www.houseofedgar.com

Fabric Research

I went to a number of fabric stores in London in the week. Sourcing fabrics is the best part for me!! I love to explore fabric and material shops to get inspiration. I went to London, Bewrick Street and Soho. There are so many shops in Soho and i can be very hard to narrow down where to look and buy but the key thing is to have a budget and spend wisely. I found allot the stores

to have stocked the same fabric.So its wise to shop around, especially for the plainer fabrics like the silks and linings, it may be cheaper to get wholesale. I went into BOROVICKS, CLOTH SHOP, BEWRICK STREET CLOTH and BROADWICK SILKS. I got alot of samples and it was great o have a large sample collection. This just shows one of the sample range I got from Broadwick silks. This was the best shop by far for me. I found it very inspiring with rich silks and beautiful tones linings.

www.broadwicksilks.com

www.borovick.com

www.clothshop.com

This is the GREAT Alexander Mcqueens Last collection. Yet again he demonstrates absolute genius with creativity beyond any ones imagination. Hearing his death whilst in Paris was devastating. I just couldn't believe it. But unfortunate this is the harsh realty of the world of fashion. He was defiantly one of the biggest inspirations in my life when it came to fashion. I was fortunate to meet him. His last collection was a great link to my final major project. He used allot of gold embroidery and gold work. I love his use of colour , its very regal and rich.

This is Karl largerfield's SS10 collection. It has allot of metal work moulded to the cloth to give a great edgy look! I love the use of the metal. It look sophisticated with looking bulky. It is beautifully cut on the dress. I LOVE IT!! I feel I can realte to this collection to mine. As I am too using metal. This gives me inspiration for how I could use metal in my collection.