Decon Recon

Deconstruction Reconstruction.......The title is pretty much self explanatory. This project required me to bring in some old clothes, take them apart AT THE SEAMS and then put them together but creating completely new and different garments. To start this project, I had to take apart all the old clothes that I had brought in at the seams and construct them into new garment ideas on the mannequin. Each idea was photographed so that I could refer back to them when it came to developing them. Once 20 my constructions had been done, the parts cut up and used on the mannequin were then photocopied and used to create five muses as pictured below.

Each of my muses depicted a specific mood/ character. I purposely did this as a means of identifying who my particular target market would be for the final reconstructed outcome.
I found this collating excercising really useful as it was a new way of generating design ideas as well as a new way of presenting design ideas in my sketchbook.








The following Tuesday I used to design and put together my final reconstructed outcome! Sheer panels, PVC patches....this was definitely a garment do the daring and not the faint-hearted - age had no bearing on this particular final outcome. 

& this was the photshoot for my final outcome. Photography, styling and makeup done by moi. 






Project Deconstruction and Reconstruction taught me the values of recycling when it comes to clothing. It showed me that you can achieve new and fresh items of dress from simply taking apart and restitching old clothes to one another.