Performance Luxe

Follow my journey through my Final Major Project called "Performance Luxe". My aim is to create a futuristic,urban inspired sports luxe garments for women to improve our body's flexibility and movement through engineered fabric placement.

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Constructing garment No3- Lightweight

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Trim detail for Garment No1- Thermal comfort bomber jacket

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Garment No3 -lightweight and water repellent in progress

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Spacer fabric sample

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Fabric dyeing

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Lightweight fabric sample

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Garment No2 in progress- Breathable and lightweight bomber jacket

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Placement and construction

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Garment No1 in progress

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Garment calculations and construction

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new samples

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Stretch test

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Proportions and scale

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Proud to feature on Bucks New University’s front page, and so grateful for The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters for awarding me the Hill Osborne Bursary. Couldn't be happier! You can read about the story on my Twitter account, or follow this link below:

http://bucks.ac.uk/content/newsroom/2017/knitters_bursary

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I've had a great time presenting my work and representing my university at NADFAS Charity 's Annual Spring Area meeting, what a great opportunity to practice public speaking.

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Sampling time

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A day spent in the Dye Lab, dyeing yak fibres to achieve a different,darker colour.