For our fashion project we had to come up with a disaster and make a piece of clothing to protect you from that disaster. My disaster was that the rain had turned poisonous so I wanted to make a coat with a hood to defect the poison, but it ended up being a dress with a hood.
After doing some research on what materials to use and making three mood boards, I drew out some sketches of design ideas. I decided to use a bin bag to make the dress as it’s waterproof and seemed suitable for my project. I first cut arm and head holes in the bin bag then used another bin bag to cut two strips for the sleeves. I then did some research to see how I could attach plastic together and got the idea of fusing the bin bags together. I used an iron to attach the sleeves and melt the plastic together.
I then made the hood by sewing two pieces of fabric together and I used a glue gun to stick on the plastic bill on the hood, which is meant to stop the rain getting in the face. I wanted the bill to be see through plastic so it was easy to see. I cut two holes in the hood and stuck white straws through them, then glued a small plastic bag inside the hood. This was supposed to act as a filter for the rain so that the rain in the plastic bag is clean and no longer poisonous. This meant that the filtered rain is drinkable to keep the person hydrated since all the rivers will be contaminated with poisonous rain.
After stapling the hood to the dress, I then decided to make a belt for the dress so that it wasn’t too baggy so that rain would drip inside it. I made it with some wire material and attached it to the dress using a long strip of black material to add a futuristic effect.
Overall this week studying fashion has definitely been my favorite week as it is my passion and is the type of career I want to go down. I enjoyed experimenting with new techniques and materials and the final outcome was better than I expected.
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