So as I have now completed my HND our Business class and the creative students of the course had an end of term Fashion show just last Thursday, where all of us students got to show of our designs that we had been working on for the last few months.
My Jacket and Skirt creation was adapted from my Designing and producing fashion garments project that I had been working on since the start of my second year. I named my project/collection "Noble Savage" as my collection was influenced by the amazon Rainforest and the indigenous tribes that lived within the amazon that have been completely unconnected to modern civilization. One of the main influences was the book "Noble Savages: my life among two dangerous tribes the Yanomamo and the anthropologists" by Naopoleon A. Chagnon, who disproved the theory, after spending over 30 years with the yanomamo tribe, that indigenous tribes live in peace and also raised questions about our own humanity. The book itself is a fascinating read and for those who are not familiar with Napoleon and the controversies that surrounded his work, this book provides brilliant insight into his work with the Yanomamo tribe and also the controversy that surrounded his work.
To represent the "Natural" theme of the amazonian rain forest, I used a load of natural man made fabrics. As you can see from my Jacket and Skirt creation I my two main fabrics that I have used are Leather and Army print cotton. In Particular the leather was used to represent the oil spillage within the amazon and other rainforests, which is threatening all life force within these beautiful areas.
Overall I was extremely proud of the way my design turned out and see it modeled in my Graduate fashion show was a brilliant ending to an extremely educating and fabulous two years that I spent at my college.
Coloured/Working Drawing
Final Jacket & Skirt Design
Much love, Rachel Couture xoxo
