BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology (Surface Textiles)
This collection is about innocence and purity within childhood. As I'm a mother I see certain aspects within children's fashion which isn't obviously noticeable to everyone. The clothing of today for children is looking more and more "adultish" its like mini adult clothes made with less fabric. I wanted to bring back the fun factor and bring out a child's personality within clothing. I decided to do a project based on a child's innocence; their playfulness and coy ways. These elements are my main influences within my sample making. I played around with certain fabrics once knitted and manipulated them with using different colours and textures. I was influenced by dolls, past photos and the late 19th century children's photos. My colours came from research and some were personal preferences which complimented one an other.