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School Diary: Design Studio 3 Finals

My finals for Design Studio 3 last semester. This is luxury wear inspired by Fashion Intimates

To complete the look i made a purse/bag from scratch. Decided to use rubber place mats that is usually used in the kitchen and in the bathroom. A play on the mix of fabric was done by pairing the unconventional material with leather trimmings. 

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School Diary: Philippine Airlines Uniform Design Proposal

Tbh this is a long overdue post but anyway, for our Design Studio 2 finals last semester we were tasked to design a flight attendant uniform for Philippine Airlines. 

I like how every airline, especially international ones put a twist onto their flight attendant uniforms. I think it's a great way to kick off someone's perception of a country's story before they even step foot onto it. As of now, my favorite one was the one from Singapore Airlines.

This was my quick sketch of the design via CAD before all the changes.  

I have a friend (Hi Jonalee!) who's currently working for PAL as a flight attendant, so i did had some ideas what the current uniform looked like. 

Trying to stay away from the typical corporate wear look (blazer-pencil skirt? you know it!), i went with something more modern and a bit more casual looking, but still presentable and sophisticated. The design was a bit of a risk as i honestly was pretty skeptical how to execute it in a week! 

To make it more patriotic, i mixed and match the colors from the flag of the Philippines. Blue, red, white…you know the drill. 

To add a modern twist the colors were divided differently in different panels. 

Added a tribal looking mini scarf to compliment PAL uniforms trademark which is their scarves. 

For the skirt, i went with a white one because i think that it looks brighter and it goes well with the white panels on the top. 

Gotta thank my friend PIA for modelling the design for me during the defense! Glad how everything turned out. 

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School Diary: Shirt Designing

Few days ago i blogged about 2 exhibits that we had to visit for Trends class and for our homework, we had to design 2 shirts inspired by it. So that weekend, i did the shirt and this is what i came up with. To know more about the two exhibits, i blogged about it here : http://katrinetriestoblog.tumblr.com/post/60076795004/school-diary-art-exhibits

For Art Wearable Exhibit, the one held at Yuchengco Museum, this is what i came up with. 

Honestly speaking, when i went into the Art Wearable Exhibit i expected to see CLOTHES. Surprisingly, there was not one bit of it. What i saw were beautifully crafted accessories and some sculptures. So when i was about to design my shirt, i swear i had no idea where to begin. 

But i looked at the pictures i took again and realized one thing. The very reason why it was called ART WEARABLE in the first place.All the artists used things that may come unusual to us, but they were able to create something beautiful out of it. 

That is why i decided to use the back of the CDs to decorate my shirt. Not only because it's something that's unusual for a shirt decor but also because it's reflective=which for me symbolizes that it reflects how talented all the designers from the exhibit are. I did not choose just one or two designers as inspiration for my shirt, because i think that they're equally talented in their own craft. So i chose to design a shirt, inspired by all of them :) 

My second shirt was for the Kusama exhibit held at Ayala Museum. If you guys don't know who the artist behind the exhibit is, her name is Yayoi Kusama. Famous for her "Polka Dots" 

I never really heard about her till now. When i went into the exhibit with my friend Aya, i was pretty blatant about the fact that i did not get why she was so famous. Cause all i saw was polka dots. So doing the shirt was a bit of a challenge since my professor clearly told us "no polka dots allowed" YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. hahaha

So i had no choice but to research more about her and the stories about her polka dots, if ever there really is a story behind it...And infact, there is! Turns out, Yayoi Kusama had a pretty rough childhood. She even had hallucinations on polka dots. Her art was more on showing her obsessions to things like polka dots, and SEX.

 So for my shirt design i decided to paint an abstract. Because i think that abstract painting is a way of an artist to really express himself or herself. Abstract art gives you freedom. You can freely stroke and paint whatever and still call it art. That is how i wanted to interpret Yayoi Kusama. Because for me, Her Art is EXPRESSION. She had the freedom to express herself through her paintings not caring what people think about it. People like me who judged her art at first by saying "what the heck, they're just polka dots". But instead of using dark colors, i used Glow in the Dark Paints because i wanted to dwelt away from her dark side. I am obsessed with anything that brings happiness to people. Well let's just say, Bright and Fun Colors does that to me. 

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School Diary: 13 Days Collage Challenge

I didn't have much to work with, i was mostly indoors that week so most of the things i had was from the condo. I didn't want the collage to look like crap so i decided to paste it all together in one day and make it look like ma-icollage lang but rather make it look coherent, like a 3D artwork. 

Here are the list of things that's in this artpiece. Let's play spot where i am shall we? hahaha!

1. scented candles

2. Fake roses

3. berries

4. Fake Lavender

5. Post-it notes

6. Surgical Gloves

7. Lace #1

8. Lace #2

9. Brown Paper bag (painted gold)

10. Mini Forks

11. Leaves

12. Snowflakes

13. Ice Cube Trays

And lastly, Gold Chain as my interpretation to the pork barrel issue. It's funny even politics played a part in this one. We also designed 2 shirts over that weekend as homework too which i will be blogging about soon! 

The homework doesn't end there, from all the 14 items in total, we had to incorporate everything in one design. Here's what i came up with. No more, no less. It was a fun homework over all, just takes a lot of your time you know. 

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School Diary: Paper Doll

For History Class, we had to make a gown for a paper doll inspired by either Baroque or Rococo Period. I liked the silhouette from the Rococo better so i based the design from their costumes. 

Instead of doing the usual paper doll made out of paper... i decided to actually use fabric. Because i wanted to show that their garments had 3 layers, it would be kind of harder to interpret that with just paper. I had no idea it's gonna be quite tricky sewing a garment this small. I originally thought it would be easier since it's really small and it will take less time to make. BUT, hell no. The fact that it's smaller, actually makes it much harder. I handstitched the fabric instead of running it in the machine because i was afraid i might ruin it. It took me about 3-4 hours to finish it and i'm really happy how it turned out. 

I present to you, my very first haute couture. CHOS!

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School Diary: Art Exhibits

Last Thursday, i went to 2 art exhibits in Makati. It was the I love Kusama exhibit at Ayala Museum and the Art Wearable at Yuchengco Museum. 

We had to do this for our Trends Class Project. I had mixed emotions about it because this past week i had to focus all my time on studying for the board exam and giving away few hours for this 2 exhibits didn't sound appealing to my ears. But after actually here, i'm glad i did. 

Sadly, camera's were not allowed in the I love Kusama exhibit :( If you guys are not familiar with the person named Yayoi Kusama, there's this thing called Google. Her style of Art is not exactly my style. It's a little bit too weird for me but it's her ART and seeing how much work she has put into every piece is something worth our attentions.

Our next stop was the exhibit at the Yuchengco Museum at RCBC plaza. What actually caught my eye was the work of Botong Francisco. There's just stones but it's such a beauty.   

I went there with my friend Aya and i swear we were laughing 75% of the time that we were there. We had our personal favorites at the Kusama exhibit and we still laugh everytime we talk about it. My friend Iza was there too! 

This was probably my favorite from the Art Wearable Exhibit and i swear this photo does no justice to how beautiful it was!!!! 

I think that all the designers exerted effort on their craft and no doubt all their hardworks had paid off. I think the exhibit is still open for few more days so go visit while you still can!