Week 6

This week I started with looking at the DNA of the world, looking into the haplogroups, population and cultures, I researched this due to my interest in how many different cultures there are and how combining these create uniqueness and someone who represents not just one country or culture. I created a response, and although this is a really interesting part of my research, I want to remain the focus on my family. Looking into my research so far, I have noticed the recurrence of the focus on the males in my family, I have enjoyed comparing and finding the traits that have been carried through the years from 1879-now. I value the family members I never met, and want to symbolise this through my garment.

I have decided to look into the fashion sense in the eras of the photos. I have focused on menswear, looking at the 1930s and 40s for inspiration to create a lounge, business suit. I took a strong liking to the loose fitted, rolled up bottoms and unfitted suit, but still smart and presentable. I have been designing menswear with the influence of the 40s, but with a slight influence from todays business menswear to combine the love I have for all the men in my family, to combine this and make a collaborative of styles. I found a book in the library called ‘A tailors bible’ which had front to back, how a suit is made, inside an out, it gave me a very clear idea of how to make a suit, with images all the way through showing different types and how menswear has evolved over time, which in my designs I combined with how my family has evolved over time, I wanted to carry this concept through my garment, therefore I started to design, with the menswear I was designing I wanted to portray the evolving concept, by doing this I combined styles from the 1940s all the way up until now, for me this is like adding traits of my family from the 1940s up until influence from my brothers, due to in the photos they are all in suits, which I how influential and inspiring to create my own menswear possibly for future family members.