16th November

Tailoring!

So after getting the brief I did some shop report research and took about 200 photos of different pockets, piping, button holes and jacket linings (thrilling!). I'm not overly inspired by my research as yet, but let's see. In the session on Wednesday, I hadn't quite got my shop report together, which turned out well, as everyone who had done it seemed to have the wrong idea about what Angie was expecting from us. She said that she wants really technical and analytical drawings, instead of artistic interpretations. Better get on with that then!

The rest of the week we had workshops, with Hugo being taught how to use the machinery that can be used for tailoring techniques. If really enjoyed Andrew's workshop demonstrating how to set a jacket sleeve for menswear, tailoring and how to pad it. From both these workshops I have got some good samples, especially my set sleeve, which is rather good! However, doing a buttonhole by hand is something i hope never to do again... disaster.

We had a visit to the West Yorkshire Playhouse costume department on Thursday. I absolutely love it in there, there's so many shoes. Unfortunately the point of the trip was not to try on period shoes, but to take photos of and draw from the costumes that involved tailoring techniques.

I am looking forward to starting to design from some of our samples and to start making some more creative samples of tailoring techniques after learning the basic technique.