I tried to incorporate a humorous approach, creating inside jokes and gimmicks within the clothes and designs that would make the consumer laugh. This idea of using humour in my design process stems from looking into Duchamp’s readymade series and his attitude towards his work, one which I can relate to. Following on from this hand in collection, I created a concept collection based solely on Duchamp’s Fountain, using the shape of the urinal to create exaggerated silhouettes and designs. Each pattern piece of this collection was the same shape, in different sizes and on different grains, draped on the body and fused to create volume. I figured that this one shape could create a whole variety of silhouettes. The initial stage of this design process was draping with pattern paper on my mannequin for hours until I achieved something different, then came marking in the stitch lines, button positions and grain lines. Once the pattern was copied and refined, I’d toile with different fusing’s until the shape and structure was correct. The prints we’re a collaboration between me and an LCF print student in here final year also and was very much a collaboration working in both directions. Sharing mood boards for both silhouettes and colour but also choosing the fabrics together and how best to work them.
