Made

March has been my 'Project Runway' month, because I've sewn myself a record of 3 dresses this month.

I've been going crazy over prints, and it was love at first sight when I saw this paneled fabric. Its somehow reminiscent of the prints that were seen at Mary Katrantzou's S/S 2012 show and I was inspired to pair another printed fabric with this one to create an effect like that of Mary K's dresses, but that didn't quite materialize because I couldn't find a good enough printed cloth to go with this one. 

My initial sketch

The finished work

I decided to experiment with a solid coloured fabric. My choice of fabric -  a royal blue linen material. This piece is so versatile - I went a little crazy with the accessories.

Necklaces: Marni x H&M, Clutch: Korea, Leopard print flats: H&M

Here's another piece that I made from this gorgeous cotton fabric that I got from Arab Street. I like the way the prints look like waves + denim mixed together. I wanted to do a dress that was not overly sophisticated, so I decided to do a sportswear inspired racer neck + A-line skirt.

The sketch

Heels: Korea

The dress

♥,
Fal

Fashion on paper

Before great designs materialise into something tangible, come the fashion illustrations. With some paper, pencil, watercolour (or some other medium) and of course a little imagination, these drawings have never failed to amaze me.

Last year, I took up a part time fashion illustration course to learn how to draw a perfect body, poses and of course the clothes. Armed with my 2B pencil, colour pencil and a layout pad, I learnt the art of translating my ideas into illustrations and designs.

While I'm still exploring and learning, I like to turn to these books that I bought a few years back when I was in Barcelona. These reference books and art cards show the illustrations and designs of the past. Though dated, its still inspiring to just flip through them.

The other source of inspiration is none other than the Internet. Google 'fashion illustration' and so many images and blogs will come up. The first of my favorite fashion illustration blogs is none other than Garance Dore, a fashion blog peppered with street style and fashion illustrations. Garance, who with her cute captions and pretty drawings, manages to capture carefree and stylish women around the world.

Paper Fashion is another recent blog that I found which has gorgeous illustrations using mainly watercolour. Katie Rodgers, the lady behind the illustrations transforms runway inspiration to whimsical art.

I hope these sources will inspire you to pick up a pencil and start drawing away too!


Images by myself, Garance Dore and Paper Fashion



♥,
Fal