Extraterrestrial

I have come to the most fun and anticipated part of college which is designing my own collection without making them come to life (sometimes you just want to create whatever the heck you want without considering how to actually produce the garment. And it's fun). 

This assignment is called Thematic Collection, and we were supposed to be as creative as we can and create our very own mini fashion collection with our own ideas, without being given a theme, which, you know, everyone was waiting for basically all these entire 3 terms of being in this school. For this assignment we were asked to make some sort of report and a sketchbook which has very minor difference. The only difference I know is in the sketchbook, the actual fabric and zippers are attached to the paper, also the rough sketches of the clothes, whereas in the report, everything is scanned and basically a flat and not bulky version of the sketchbook (and by the way not a little amount of money was spent to print 69 pages of art papers, let me tell you). 

I obviously know very little but I have always been fascinated with the galaxy and every matter that has anything to do with it, so I decided to make a collection based on that theme. We had to choose a fabric that matches the theme, at least one fabric treatment (techniques that are used for fabrics such as printing, beading, dyeing, weaving, or anything we want), color chart, etc. I took inspirations from a space suit hence the voluminous silhouette and the placement of the zippers. I also used different shades of orange which was inspired by the eclipse, and obviously I had to include a dark blue with beadings on top to resemble the night sky. 

I uploaded the whole report on my Behance if you'd like to take a look :-)

One more thing to add, I thought it would just be appropriate to include Logic's track as his album kinda match my collection's theme you know? I have been listening to Logic (I don't know what's up with me and rap music lately) and he is officially my spirit animal. Not only because of his music but also because of his way of speaking and basically just the way he sees things in life i guess? I dunno.. 

Anyway. Enjoy!

Sketches & Stuff - updated!

This is the most recent sketch I did. I've witnessed a lot of magazines and websites and blogs and whatever along those lines associated with fashion with heaps of sportswear and I'm starting to get really into it. Not just any kinds of sportswear, but the more creatively developed / constructed sportswear which turns them into something a little bit (okay, maybe a lot) more interesting instead of the in-your-face "I'm going to the gym" or "I'm out for a jog" type of sportswear, know what I'm saying? So yeah, loads of designer brands nowadays create ranges of sportswear, and sports brand themselves have taken the art of sportswear to a whole new level. And so I've taken a lot of inspirations from a lot of sports brands and also Stella McCartney created a sports collection for Adidas which I'd taken many inspirations from. Also, not only the designs that matter, the selections of the fabrics are what makes sportswear so damn expensive though. They have to put much more consideration as opposed to making any other types of clothes. 

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A few years ago my brother bought this book with eye illusion pictures, basically pictures that mess with your mind, makes your head turn upside down in complete awe. At least that's how I felt about that book. One day I was looking through some inspirations to create another fashion sketch and this bright idea came across my mind and I suddenly recalled of that particular book my brother owned. I searched everywhere but I couldn't find it, so I browsed through the internet to find picture examples which you can see on the right side of the paper. I drew all three of them myself, then applying the patters on each outfits on different parts of the outfits. I knew I was going to make this mini collection black & white, but I figured they definitely needed a pop of color, and I thought orange would be the perfect choice, since I wanted these outfits to stand out, and they individually have unique patterns on their own, so yeah, orange enhances the monochromatic emptiness of black & white, I wanna say.

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I decided to take it to the next level with this one. This is a little complicated than my previous sketches, but just a little bit. Patience is required. So I wanted to make something that's a little different to what I usually have in my mind, and so the idea of sketching outfits inspired by various animal skeletons and a little bit of human too. And I also wanted human veins to take part on this mini collection to add a little bit of color. In terms of the skeleton-drawing, I even searched through the encyclopedia to see the actual pictures of human and animal skeletons so that I would be able to draw the exact same form of skeletons. As usual things don't always go according to plan, so the skeletons don't look exactly like the real ones. But I honestly don't mind cause I tried my best. And there's no really need an explaining to do, the picture above is pretty self-explanatory to what each part of skeletons corresponds to which pictures of skeletons that I printed out and put beside each "outfits". 

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This was actually a project I did for school. I was supposed to find four customers and let them demand whatever kind of outfits they'd like me to make and I'd get profits for it. This was my first piece and it belongs my friend Alya. I actually just finished my 2nd which I began making since I would say a little bit over a month ago when I'm supposed to finish all four by the end of November. Oh and look at the month, it's December! 
Side note; I really enjoyed making this one because I personally like the style of it and the fabric is uber friendly to be sewn, and yes the quality of fabrics can greatly affect my mood of sewing and also the final results. Believe me.

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This is my second piece that I was talking about. This is basically just a simple tenun dress for a friend of mine at my french course. And yes it's looking a little big on me because her size is bigger than me but still I had to wear this dress for the sake of taking a picture. Ha.

I got the fabric from her so I can't tell you where to get them. Also I didn't even make the pattern for the skirt. I literally just straight up cut the fabric on a rectangular shape (after measuring the waist) and sew it so that it forms into a dress and boom; you don't even know it's that simple. Aaaaand I turned out to really like this dress because of the color and also because it's big on me since I love wearing clothes that are more on the loose side? Baggy? However you wanna call it. Too bad I can't keep this dress for myself. Sigh.

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This last one is my final project of the semester. We were asked to design and make a night gown/dress. The design is entirely up to us, so I decided to make a simple black dress with a little twist to it ya know? I designed this dress a few months ago, I actually have a sketch of this on my "sketches" post a few months back. 
The see-through lace vertical line is inspired by Elie Saab. I never witnessed a dress with a cut like that in the front so I decided to make it myself. The stretched lace I used for the front and the back is the same, however I used a different kind of lace for the skirt with bigger motives. I'm satisfied with this dress because it turned out to be exactly like how I had imagined it.

IFW '14

Indonesia Fashion Week 2014 was held from the 20th to the 23rd of February and I was asking here and there whether or not any of my family members could to give me the invitation to go there. I could go from the 21st but I was still pretty exhausted from working, so I decided to go home instead and go there for the last two days.

I can't really go into the details because in the middle of the show my camera died, so I'm just going to put random pictures from the fashion shows and the exhibition.

Ukranian Kitch

The Ukranian-based fashion designer, Masha Reva, collaborated once again with Syndicate and created another aesthetic prints.

Masha Reva x SNDCT: Odessa Series

The 60s Housewives

Held at Somerset House, fashion duo and identical twins  Tamara and Natasha Surguladze or known as Tata Naka, presented their SS13 collection during London Fashion Week on a stage made out of fake pool completed with the water-effect lining which I think really fits the whole 60s look. This collection is strikingly bold yet very feminine but remains elegant. The whole designs were based on the 60s era where most women wear big hair and box shaped dresses. Tata Naka SS13 really reminds me of barbie dolls, as the models are styled as a resemblance to barbie. Also, the prints and the whole bright colors which gives off a playful vibe in this collection reminds me a lot of Meadham Kirchhoff (Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff), one of my favorite fashion duos as well. The color palette consists a lot of lime green and pastel hues. Loafers were specifically printed heavily to match the pastel-shaded collection and the retro cuttings. My favorite is the yellow dress with a picture of a woman with a big hair in a red dress. J'adore.

Click here to watch Tata Naka SS13 presentation video

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