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Yalie and Klara are working together on creating a tunic dress and a headpiece. Klara is working mainly on the dress, which acts as more of a cover slip. The dress is made out of yellow and black geometric shapes. Currently, Klara is thinking about putting a leotard underneath the dress because it is the least obtrusive. Yalie is making a headpiece that compliments the dress, and she intends for it to have many abstract shapes and colors. Her last step will be to attach a veil to the front of the headpiece. Yalie and Klara found their inspiration from a shirt for a man. However, when they translated it to a womans body, they found that it showed too much skin, and that is why the two girls decided to put something underneath the dress. So far, Klara and Yalie have created their design on Processing and Illustrator, printed their fabric with an iron, and sewed it all together. Their next step is to keep putting pieces together and finalizing the look.
Max has been working hard on making a pair of American flag pants. His process so far has contained a large amount of intricate work: once Max bought his test pants from Goodwill on Friday, he had to cut up the stitches on the seams. Once all the seams were cut apart and the pants in four pieces, he pinned the parts down, traced them onto another fabric, and cut out the shapes on that fabric. Maxs next step is to make a pattern on processing to put on the real pants. Max says that his favorite part was brainstorming about ideas and learning how people make clothes!
For the past week and a half, Sam has been making a blazer that has embroidered designs on the seams. This week, he bought a blazer from Goodwill, cut it up, translated the images to Photoshop, and made a pattern on the blazer using Photoshop. Sam is currently working on perfecting the measurements of the blazer in order to make it trim and tailored to a persons body. So far, Sams favorite part has been seeing his ideas and digital images come to life and become tangible. Sam has learned that making clothing is challenging because hes never seen anyone make clothes before and he has never done it himself. But, Sam also says that this experience is teaching him not to take clothes for granted; hes realizing that clothes are very difficult to make, and its a part of our lives that we dont know much about. So far, Sam is doing a great job on his blazer!
John and Eli have been working extremely hard on a dress made entirely out of wood. They have been making rows of wood and fabric cutouts for their dress. They created their design entirely on Processing, and their coach, Jennifer, made a program that took the outline of their dress and made all the cutouts to make the dress. So far, the hardest part for the two has been setting up the wood panels on the computer, and they think the hardest part will be to put everything together. Their final step will be to sew all the cutouts onto the dress. John and Eli got their idea for this dress from an image of Samurai armor. So far, their favorite part has been creating the pattern on Photoshop! We look forward to seeing John and Elis final result.
Lastly, Patrick and Oliver are creating a vest and jacket set that is inspired by disease. The pattern on the clothing looks like it is coming up from the sides and engulfing the rest of the outfit. What is unique about this project is that the two boys have been using solely technology for their article of clothing. They have been using just the laser cutter and programming for the past week and a half. The inspiration for this virus jacket comes from the juxtaposition of good vs. evil. Both Patrick and Oliver are hoping that the final result has a big contrast in order to accomplish their original idea.
We are starting to see things come together, and everything looks great! The students will continue to iterate, adjust, and sew until their clothing is exactly how they want it. Keep checking back for more updates on the Super Fashion studio!