Author Archives: mollyhopeashby

To create my flat drawing of my final design I used Illustrator. Using this first time was quite tricky at first as it was very different to Photoshop. However, having lectures to teach us how to use it correctly really helped as it made me more confident to use the digital option rather than drawingContinue reading “CAD/FLAT drawing of design”

once finalising my design, I started to create my pattern pieces of the shirt-dress. Whilst making these I came across a few errors which meant I had to change the pieces to fit the design. One of the errors was the collar as firstly I wanted a fly away collar, but it didn’t seem toContinue reading “Creating Toile”

After developing my designs and research I started to create my Digital line up. For the line up I wanted to use the same silhouette shirt, whilst tweaking each design so each one had their own individuality. Again, looking at the line up you can see the inspiration from Off-White and the conservative look fromContinue reading “Line up”

Deciding on the right Muse is important as I want the person to sell the shirt but also be suitable for the age range. For my muse I chose Kendall Jenner as she portrays that streetwear style but also the conservative style which Whistles is more focused on. She is also very popular in theContinue reading “Muse”

Before deciding on my final design, I created several designs which incorporated the theme of streetwear/casual. All designs were different to each other but included the text ‘WHISTLES’ logo, big pockets and a shirt dress. I wanted the silhouette to be a straight cut  with exaggerated sleeves and cuffs, so the text and colour ofContinue reading “Final design of shirt”

After looking into the brief, and researching whistles, I decided I wanted to create a shirt that was quite different to what they normally make. As my style is more street wear, casual vibe, I wanted to incorporate that into the design which meant my inspiration, theme was going to be based on streetwear, baggyContinue reading “Developing book/Inspiration”

During the past 2 weeks we have been creating a shirt out of calico for our next Tech Dem test. Firstly we were shown how to create collar pattern pieces and shirt pattern pieces before creating the actual shirt. I found creating the collar pieces much more difficult to make than the shirt pieces asContinue reading “Creating 3rd Tech Dem- Shirt”

The final project of first year is based on creating a shirt made out of recycled fabrics for a specific brand. Within this project we were put into groups with some of the other Fashion Designers and others from Fashion Marketing. The first thing we had to do individually was to find information about ourContinue reading “Beginning of final brief- Looking into brand Whistles”

Once we had finished the process of making the bag, we filmed the final bag and its uses.   Overall, I am very pleased with the outcome of the design as it is what we hoped for. Even though there were some difficulties with the bag, I think it met the targets we wanted. TheContinue reading “Brief 2- Evaluation of bag”

After creating the cardboard version of our bag, we got our fabrics and began the process of making the actual bag. Before making the bag we had to create the screen prints which would be on the main bag to create the ombre, pastel finish. This part was mainly done by Aanya as it wasContinue reading “Brief 2- Making bag”