Influences

Myself with the shop assistant at Vivienne Westwood’s World’s End, 430 King’s Road, London.

Vivienne Westwood is one of my key influences. Above is sketchbook work, a double-page spread from Claire Wilcox’s ‘Vivienne Westwood’ and part of the lookbooks I received from World’s End. All images in my sketchbook seen here are from 'Vivienne Westwood' by Claire Wilcox.

I find Malcolm McLaren’s partnership with Westwood inspirational in terms of combining music with fashion. Above is the ‘WITCHES’ A/W 1983-4 collection from ‘Vivienne Westwood’ by Claire Wilcox. Below it is my double-page about Malcolm McLaren and his impact on the designs. 

Content source: ‘Subculture: The Meaning of Style’ by Dick Hebdige. 
Known image sources (from top left of sketchbook): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

I am strongly influenced by bold colours, whether they be fluorescent or in a Pop Art style. I also like the idea of using one striking colour amongst a more neutral colour, for example, electric blue with black. The top left is my own Pop Art piece. All other images on this board are works by Andy Warhol sourced from the internet.

Specific sources known (from top right): 1, 2 

I am influenced by how experimental Zandra Rhodes can be with her designs. Alexander McQueen and Jean Paul Gaultier influence me likewise. The examples of Rhodes’ work included above reflect this as well as her experimental work with Queen as observed on the BBC’s ‘Oh, You Pretty Things’.

Image sources: 'Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair With Textiles' by Zandra Rhodes and http://www.zandrarhodes.com/collections

Development

Image sources included on these boards: Vivienne Westwood SS14 lookbooks and my photographs taken whilst at her stores in London.  

Sketchbook image sources (top left to bottom right): 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 = ELLE Magazine Sept 2013.

The mood board image sources shown here were found from Pinterest, WGSN, style.com and various blogger fashion blogs whilst on my work experience at Next Plc. The work I developed through the mood boards was based on a Kaleidoscope: Casual/Going Out Fashion 'story'. It includes my print designs with CAD, garment designs, fabric sourcing and fashion illustrations.

Image source (left hand side): http://info.vassar.edu/news/2005-2006/060125-rembrandt.html

Image sources (small sketchbook left to right): Meadham Kirchoff AW14 from Pinterest and http://wgsn.tumblr.com/post/78002990292/mirrored-conceptual-surfaces-for-aw14-from-gareth

Any image source links in my above sketchbook work have been annotated below each image.

Finished pieces

Image sources via Google and Pinterest image searches on '1950's icons' (no record of specific sites)

Magazine images collaged into background are sourced from VOGUE