Research Methods

+Observation
At the FIT museum Fairytale Fashion exhibition I observed the Alexander McQueen design “Rapunzel” for more than 30 minutes and wrote notes about what I perceived.

+Collecting Images
For the ethnical Garment I created a pinterest board where I collected images of the traditional Chinese Hanfu.

+Researching Information
In order to write the final paper for seminar I researched information about the exhibit Orchidelirum.

+ Collecting Artifacts
At the New York Botanical Garden I collected objects that were left behind by the visitors and others that felt from the plants.

+Imagining
In seminar we imagined a story using the objects we found which helped informed our final research paper. This story was supposed to help us find interesting things about our research location.

+Deducting
I deducted from my design ideas and research process, things that were not helpful or informed my location well enough.

+Making Connections
I made connections with the Botanical Garden and the designs I created using orchids as inspiration.

+Making assumptions
I assumed things about the Botanical garden based on what I was observing.

+Prototypes

I made prototypes of different garments in studio in order to see if my design ideas worked.

+Questioning

I questioned in my research paper that orchid hunting has a negative impact in the environment.

+Interviewing people
I interviewed many people for the photo blog posts, specifically the post style and also my peer Vonika.

+Moodboard
I created a moodboard for my final designs which helped me combined all my design ideas in a concrete concept.

+Fabric Research
I looked for the fabrics that best represented my designs and my place of inspiration.

+ Color research
Colors that best defined what I observed in the Botanical Garden were later on the main colors of my collection.

+ Styled Photos
Looked at style photos as reference in order to create my own concept to style the Botanical Garden inspired Photoshoot.

+ Presentation
Presented my work to the class. In this presentation I was able to organize my ideas in a coherent way that, flowed and made sense.