Deconstruction Reconstruction

Deconstruction=  The term to me explores the breakdown of a garment, which also implies exploring the process of how the garment was put together and the making process.

To the left are my designs for the de-constructed garment, I focused on layering and detailing with pockets. My main inspiration came from Vivienne Westwood's Red Label collection F2010 RTW.  Some of the garments in this collection played a huge part on how I placed my reconstructed pieces, as I wanted a unique and grungy look for this design.
I mainly looked at reconstructing jeans +shirts as I considered that these were the garments I could do most with, I was most keen about the fact that the jeans would be darker on the inside so once I unpicked the legs and layed them on the stand the two tone effect immediately changed the whole look of my poncho style jacket.

From this project I have learnt, the key term that old clothes can be transformed to create something new + stylish + unique to yourself and that is the potential of this project.

Even though this is a good way of restoring clothes, there are limitations, such as not enough supply of fabric as there is only so much you can get from a pair of jeans, I also came across finding it hard matching pieces together as some weren't big enough to create what I wanted, as shown to the left, above in another garment I produced.

I would consider using this technique as a starting point for a future project as it is a fun way to produce something unique and bold, as you aren't limited with time because clothes with ready embellishment can be used to produce a garment with heavy or intricate detailing, without the time put in!