Siluni Wickramasuriya

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Summer 22 x Patchwork Moodboard

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Sunset inspired croqui design patchwork.

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Patchwork Cutouts

I collected bits and pieces of fabric that goes with my colour palette inside the Studio and made two patchworks sheets in my sketchbook following the lines which shows the textures of different fabric pieces. One is quite neater texture while the other is crazy sheer-ish vaious textured. I loved how it turned out even though I wasn't happy at the start because it took long to make it .And after I took few of the summer trends 2022 and did few cutouts to piece the cutouts with the use of the patchwork sheets.

This is the final look of my version of Patchworked summer 22 trends.

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Colour Inspiration.

SUNSETS

Because it's all about bringing the sunshine to sunset with the trends in bright hues such as the vibrant sunset colours.

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Summer 22 Fashion Trends

These are my favourite Key Summer 2022 Trends. After the period of Covid that killed the fashion trends, summer 22 has comeback with the spice of all missed fashion times. As I see there's huge affect on Colour and Sheer in this summer trend, this can be see in local clothing shops as well.

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Looking at the Patchwork prints I found African fabrics are a good example for Patchwork though its printed.

African Fabric (African Wax Prints)

African wax prints, Dutch wax prints or Ankara, are omnipresent and common materials for clothing in West Africa and Central Africa. They were introduced to West and Central Africans by Dutch merchants during the 19th century, who took inspiration from native Indonesian designs. They are industrially produced colorful cotton cloths with batik-inspired printing. One feature of these materials is the lack of difference in the color intensity of the front and back sides. The wax fabric can be sorted into categories of quality due to the processes of manufacturing.

The costly produced wax fabrics are increasingly imitated by alternative ways of manufacturing. The so-called "fancy fabrics" are produced in a printing procedure. Costly designs are printed digitally.

Fancy fabrics in general are cheap, industrially produced imitations of the wax prints and are based on industry print. Fancy fabrics are also called imi wax, Java print, roller print, le fancy or le légos. These fabrics are produced for mass consumption and stand for ephemerality and caducity. Fancy Fabrics are more intense and rich in colors than wax prints and are printed on only one side.

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Fall 2021 Fashion Trend: Patchwork

One of the biggest messages of the fall season is the revival of patchworking, offering both a nostalgic, personal feel and optimism through vibrant, lively designs. Moschino and Marine Serre opted for a more high-fashion take, mixing unexpected prints, while Studio 189 and Etro displayed more traditional yet chic interpretations.

Alaanui RTW Fall 2021

Antonio Marras RTW Fall 2021

Chloé RTW Fall 2021

Claudia Li RTW Fall 2021

Coach RTW Fall 2021

Colin Locascio RTW Fall 2021

Cool TM Men’s Fall 2021

Collina Strada RTW Fall 2021

Duro Olowu RTW Fall 2021

Kiko Kostadinov RTW Fall 2021

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Photography in Print (elective)

Most of the patchworks are now printed on the fabric itself to make it easier.

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Patchwork in Photography (Elective)

Photography patchwork quilts of faces. Amazing! Wish we had much time for me to work on a Photography patchwork piece.

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Patchwork in Random things

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Patchwork on Mannequin

These are few patchwork pinning I did on the mannequin by also using one of my patchwork piece I did during the last semester and with the use of Sunset inspired fabric scraps.

I wanted to show the Summer 22 Vogue trends from these that was interesting and which got my favour,

=Between the lines =Drama at the back =Micro mania =Colour me free =Millennium bug

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Patchwork

When looking into patchwork history it is lovely to see how this craft began and all the wonderful blocks that can be made.  Bits and piece of leftover fabric are joined to make a brand new design and look.

Patchwork originated from early settlers travelling to America from Britain and the Netherlands.  They carried household fabric as part of their luggage. Over the years clothes and other household linen began to wear out and the settlers wanted to keep some reminders of their home land. They  set about reusing the better pieces of fabric, from the worn out items, to create new cloth.

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Final look.

I made the black wear to be wearable in any different inner tops that I want. So I made two tops which is a striped bralette and a tie back top. Both of them looks similar but there are differences. My favourite is the chain that I made using the frills which I attached it to the sleeve. Also you can work the chain in different ways you want. I attached safety pins to detail my dress piece.

These are my two looks with one outer piece and two different tops.

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Reconstruction (Sketchbook work)

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DECONSTRUCTION ARTIST RESEARCH

LAIA CANALES

Laia Canales is a recent fashion graduate from Westminster based in Barcelona. Her designs show an exceptional knowledge for deconstruction, with Mugler and Margiela-esc elements.

Stand-out pieces from her latest collection include a crop top that defies all conventions, experimenting with structure, shape, and the overall silhouette, as well as a breathtaking trench coat. Speaking about her recent project Act 1, Laia experiments with concepts of objectification stating that “objectifying means treating someone as an object without any regard to its personality/dignity”. She goes on to write “I don’t want to objectify clothes but give them personality.”

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DECONSTRUCTION ARTIST RESEARCH

BALMUNG

Designer Hachi Balmung is the brains behind the Japanese cult brand BALMUNG. The brand grabbed the attention of the Tokyo fashion community with its first installation show which was performed using 8 dolls made of garbage bags, adorned with the brand's debut collection.

Inspired by the city of Tokyo itself, with its abstract, chaotic atmosphere, BALMUNG's clothes experiment with texture, colour and proportions, shown through oversized, asymmetrical fits, combined with layering and avant-garde stitching.

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DECONSTRUCTION ARTIST RESEARCH

DRAGOS CONSTANTINE

Dragos is a fashion designer who deconstruct and upcycle old clothes into new clothes based in Romania. I found his work from instagram while I was researching for upcycle artists, he has a quite big collection of deconstructed outfits that he has made it in his own brand as per his name.