Stretch Festival - Mandruah

Censura, Miss Tak and I entered the Stretch Festivals “Common Thread” competition. The Common Thread was Calico. The group decided to re-vamp our Gary Harvey inspired corset dress from earlier on this year.

The original Dress

 

We completely pulled the dress apart, removed the garbage bag flowers, and separated the skirt from the corset. After which we made up a calico dress lining so the model gained the ability to move and breathe while wearing the garment. Then we remade all the flowers in calico, by hand with metallic thread and attached halter straps to the dress lining. We varnished the corset to give it a glossy effect, glued/sewed the lining to the inside of the corset and attached an exposed lap zip to the back of the corset. Finally we attached the garbage bag skirt back to the corset and hand tacked/glued on all the hand sewn calico flowers to the waist of the corset.

Here is the photos of the finished Garment displayed on our lovely model during the festival.

 
Although we did not win, the dress was well received by the audience; it was great that the first years were able to gain recognition for our college and themselves.

The first year’s dress was created during a pressure test situation where they were required to make a dress out of just sew-in interfacing, there dress was inspired from aspects of Kate Middleton wedding dress.

Here is some photos of their completed outfit:

And these are the rest of the photos showing the other entries in the competition:

Street Fashion - Ace Cinema

Emma

Fashion - Blogs and websites I follow

I love browsing through fashion/street fashion blogs and websites, here are some of the sites I visit and follow almost daily...

Photos from lookbook.nu my number one addiction.

photos of the lovely Kelly Framel from The Glamourai

Photos from  Tokyo Fashion

Photos from Face hunter

Photos from The Sartorialist

Photos from Iconia street blog

Street Fashion - Fremantle

Chloe

 Aidan

 Aidan and Sam

Louise

Fad, Trend and Classic

What is a Fad?
An item of clothing or accessory that is regarded with greater enthusiasm  for a brief period of time, a current fad would be Jeggings. Jeggings are legging made to look like jeans, some times with fake pockets and zips added to make them look even closer to real jeans. When worn right they can look rather cute but when worn wrong they look just horrible. Jeggings bubbled up from the streets of Japan and became a major fashion fad in 2009. They are no longer sold in stores but you can still see people wandering around in them.

 

(Images from www.vacavoyeur.com.br and www.refinery29.com)

What is a Trend?
A Trend is the general direction fashion is moving towards. A current trend would be 70's fashion. 70's fashion is currently invading the catwalks again, but with a modern twist of course. Bell bottoms are back, bell bottoms came from the late 60s. Coco Chanel took sailors bell bottoms and re-created them into loose flowing flared pants for women and became a massive hit with the Hippies subculture.

(Images from frostmagazine.com and theprofashional.blogspot.com)

What is a Classic?
A classic is something that will always be in fashion. There are a wide range of classics in fashion such as the little black dress, scarfs, jeans, etc. A must needed classic for winter would be a scarf, scarves first came to being in ancient Rome and were made from woven cotton. They bubbled up from the farmers and soldiers. who wore scarves to shield their neck and faces from the elements, and to wipe away any sweat or dirt that built up on their faces during the day. Scarves then became used to show certain ranks in various cultures, with certain colours and fabrics meaning different things. Now they are a must have fashion item that we all turn to every year to keep warm while looking cool.

 (Images from www.fashion7days.com and www.theglamourai.com)

Eco Freindly Fashion completed outfit

As I told you in the post before, our class was given the task to research in small groups Eco friendly designers in order to produce an outfit in a "pressure  test" situation. Our group researched Gary Harvey an Eco friendly designer and former creative director for Levis Europe. 

The following our photos of our finished outfit,

All up the finished outfit was constructed from 7 white garbage bags, 10 black garbage bags and undefined number of bubble gum wrappers.

Here is a photo of our classes work currently on display in the library, aren't they all unique and stunning :)

What’s currently in and out of fashion

Fashion trends go out of fashion very quickly so what can be in now can be out a few weeks down the track, here’s a small list of what is currently In and Out of Fashion for 2011 based on research we did in class a couple of weeks ago

IN

Lace and Leather

(Image from Vogue China)

I adore this trend so much, I love the contrast between girly and edgy

High Waist's
(Image from thebouncingbananas.blogspot.com)

a very cute look that can really change or define the female shape

Nude Garments

( image from talkaboutprom.com)

nude dresses are are so pretty and very feminine

Sheer Dresses

(i mage from http://vinniedeshop.blogspot.com)

very popular on the streets at the moment especially floral patterns

Play Suits

( image from handmadegazette.com)

can be very cute or very horrid looking depending on the style

Peep Toe

(Image from fashionunder100.net)

not a very big fan of these but again very popular

Military

(Image from suzisouchi.blogspot.com)

popular trend in stores at the moment

Flared Pants

(Image from fashion-style.becomegorgeous.com)

not sure what i think of this trend yet

Stocks and Heels

(Image from trendmill.com)

rather cute trend on the rise

Beading

(Image from oudailyfashion.wordpress.com)

 beading can look stunning or can look horrid in some cases

OUT

Fluro

(Image from www.wangle.com.au)

I'm really glad furo is over with

Pointy Shoes

(Image from www.celebrity-shoes.com)

another thing I'm glad is out of fashion

Mini Skirts

(Image from www.shopchicks.com)

not a major fan of these

Oversized Bows

(Image from www.fashionising.com)

sad to see these go but at least regular size bows are still in fashion

Baggy Pants

(Image from www.gift-cheap.com)

again not a major fan of these

The Emo Trend

(Image from www.emobucket.com)

haven't seen to many around these days

Checks and Tartan

(Image from  carbuyher.co.uk)

not to fussed to see them go they always come back anyway

Sequin Garments

(Image from designfabulous.com)

I've seen so many gorgeous outfits due to this trend sad to see it go

Distressed Denim

(Image from yourfashion-online.com)

no too fussed to see these go, it always comes back

Cloche Hat 

(Image from pennyfavourites.blogspot.com)

  not to fussed to see these hats go