What a productive morning!
So many wonderful things started coming together. I met with Sophia and Franc this morning to do a little individual crit and we made lots of decisions:
Sophia had started playing around with having two strips of polartec fleece being inserted into the inner edges of the coat-- We do these strips of fabric do to the garment? For one, it made it the jacket look a little more elaborate, a little more embellished.
Second, it added some volume to the front if you were to clasp the jacket shut.
Sophia tried it on, to see what would happen if we would use these strips of fabric as a scarf. I.e. changing the neckline! If I cut the pieces of fabric just right, (and also make it longer), then it can work pretty darn successfully.
It also had the potential to be an inner-garment-- some sort of v-neck shirt. Although I’m not as fond of this usage as I think it could be too much work to have it be both a scarf AND a top. We’ll see. OK BUT HERE’S A COOL PART-- If we make the strips of fabric detachable, I don’t want this garment to be modular-- I.e. I don’t want my wearers to feel like they still have to bring a bunch of clothes with them to change presentation! I want my wearers to feel like they can have the opportunity to present however they want-- with a single garment.
So we thought about using snaps on the strips of fabric, allowing them to be snapped to the garment’s inner lining, as well as snapped to the back-- creating a type of tailcoat.
Something that has historically been on menswear, but can be really femme too.
SO, WE’RE REALLY INTO SNAPS AND CINCHES And sleeves. Go sleeves.
Sophia suggested making the sleeves partially separated so you can roll them up and reveal more wrist.
The sleeve could be snapped back together-- similar to cuff links!
And now these cinches. These beautiful beautiful cinches. Honestly, I want to just put cinches in everything I have. Is that bad? Can I just make some cinches right now and then install them in my bed, my sheets, my underwear, my socks??? THEY ARE TRENDING SO Anyways! These cinches can be placed on the sleeve in two parts-- Somewhere along the bicep and then along the forearm.
When cinched, you can tie the ties into a bow -- hi baby femme~~~ When not cinched, the ties will hang down and be pretty neutral-- they’ll just look pretty cool and be a little reminiscent of Japanese fashion.
Hiiii cinch x cuffed combo
Now-- back-cinching?
Wild, right? Here’s why I think this is transformation is cool. This will add more of a cinched, tailored look-- while also taking away some bulk from the front.
And when it works in tandem with the tailcoat-look, it looks much more elaborate than the transformations really are.
Ok, so more on snaps-- Sophia likes blazers a lot. She suggested that if we attach snaps the corners of the jacket front bodice, we can allow people to snap the jacket back to make it into a “snappy blazer”. What does this mean? Wearers can snap these corners back, revealing more of their own body-- waist, hips, legs. Sophia also was thinking about something similar happening with the collar itself. Something like snapping the collar back to make a sort of lapel? See:: reference to menswear, anyone???
Ok so this particular post ends here, but wow I’m really excited about my progress. I’m really tired and a little stressed, obvs. But shit, I can’t wait to go to China for spring break and get a bit of a break from my IP stress. Until next time~~