Denim mood board, part 2: Trend report.
Choose a specific garment, silhouette, or treatment from your week 3 denim research. Create a new mood board of 5 images or (2 images and 3 sketches for design students) focusing just on the specific garment, silhouette, or treatment of your choice from your chosen decade. Assemble onto a 14 x 11 mood board in Photoshop with citations. Post final jpg on LP below your week 3 research.
The purpose of this is to refine your ideas from last week, into one specific point of design interest from your era
For my ‘Trend Report’ I chose the contrast stitch and dungaree trend specifically in women’s fashion. From my extensive research on jeans during the 1950s, this style was extremely popular in both men and women’s fashion. Although the women would roll up the cuffs higher- or just bought them styled in that particular way- the style was prominent in both cases.
Contrast stitch is edging or stitching on an item of clothing that is a different color than the fabric, usually white or black against a brighter color. The accompanying trend was the rolled up cuffs which would often lay across the middle of the calf.
Citations
Photographer Unknown. Vintage Blue Jeans and Bobby Sox Girl Gang. 1950s. Pinterest: 1950s Fashion. http://bit.ly/1mRA7kY
Photographer Unknown. Teen Girls in Dungarees. 1950s. Pinterest: 1950s dungarees. http://bit.ly/217Vwt9
Photographer Unknown. Marylin Monroe on set of Clash by Night (Marylin Monroe in dungarees and kids). 1952. Pinterest: Marylin Monroe Jeans. http://bit.ly/20OM9t2
Photographer Unknown. Anne Francis wearing contrast stitched dungarees. 1957. Pinterest: 1950s dungarees. http://bit.ly/1Vy26Ci
Photographer Unknown. Vintage Women’s Dungarees from a 1952 Sears Catalog. 1952. Pinterest: 1950s dungarees. http://bit.ly/1QTQAxt
Maurice Ambler. Chrysler Convertible (Women in Contrast Stitched Dungarees). 1954. Pinterest: 1950s dungarees. http://bit.ly/1RVXK98
Spending less then $30.00 find your focused garment and materials from your week 4 focused mood board. If you have chosen an embellishment or customization, look for the item you want to customize and your materials (beads, threads, etc.) being as resourceful as possible. If you need to sketch your idea further to be more specific in your idea, please feel free to do so. This is about customizing not styling.
Certain items such as thread can be bought in the garment district, but can you look in the bargain bin, off cuts, or something you have at home to use? If you are choosing a process like acid wash, look up a book in the library or Youtube for on how to do this, include that in your homework submission.
The trend that I chose to study from the 1950s was that of contrast sticking on denim/dungarees. As I was conducting my research through numerous photos from the era contrast stitching was one of the more apparent trends.
The 1950s were not a daring time in fashion as denim was finally being accepted into culture. But even then it was part of a culture tagged as rebellious, troubled, and dangerous. As I travelled from thrift store to thrift store looking for materials and jeans to customize I found a classic fit Lee jean in Goodwill for only $8.99. The lighter denim of the jeans would allow me more freedom when it comes to the customization with colored thread or in my case t-shirt yarn.
In the spirit of being resourceful I have decided to create the contrast stitch with an old black to t-shirt to ensure that a greater contrast is made with the thicker texture of the t-shirt than with traditional yarn or thread.
When customizing the jeans I fully intend on creating the t-shirt yarn myself, and found directions to make it on a DIY blog. (http://www.molliemakes.com/diy-fashion-2/how-to-make-t-shirt-yarn/). Once the yarn is made I will stick the yarn onto the seams, pocket detailing, and various other places on the jeans.
The Materials:
