ETHICAL & SUSTAINABLE FASHION

TASK 01 - FASHION ETHIC: CODE OF PRACTICE 

INITIAL ROUGH IDEAS : 

PANEL 1: 

1. Cutting up a piece of white denim to test the manipulation. Then iron out the denim a create a crumpled effect to replicate the whale skin texture. 

Figure 1: Cutting a test piece of fabric of measurements 23x23 cm.

Figure 2: Iron scrap fabric. 

Figure 3: Crumpled the fabric then ironed it to create an uneven texture. 

2.  Tie up the crumpled fabric and paint strokes along the folded ends. Do 2 lawyers of paint to be able to stain the fabric. Then sew straight down the painted lines to create the texture of the skin. 

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Figure 6: Double coated the jeans with blue paint

Figure 7: Stitched straight lines across the blue paint. 

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION: 

1. As I wasn’t satisfied with the outcome, I decided to take a different approach. I had used a shade of dark blue denim to create pintucks as my texture. 

Figure 8: cut out a piece of jeans with measurements 23x35 cm. 

2. I cut out the measurement required which was 24 x 35cm for the sampling and continued with the pintucks method. 

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PANEL 2: 

(WAVE PATTERN) 

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1. Bleach a section of the jeans to get a lighter tone for the gradient of blue of the waves. 

2. Then, I had cut strips of the jeans and sewn them together wrong sides together with the rough edge on the right side. 

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3. To maintain the gradients of blue, I replaced the black jeans with a different shade of blue jeans which was the wrong side of the blue jeans initially used.

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PANEL 3: 

(SEALION FUR) 

1. For this section, I had thrifted a soft and fluffy fabric to replicate the fur. I had bleached the fabric to get the desired color multiple times. 

Figure 15: Original color of fabric(dark blue)

Figure 16: bleached with 100 % concentrated bleach 

The color was too white. I wanted an alternate greyish tone.

Figure 17: Spray painted but the fluffs became hard and didn't have the texture that I had intended. 

Figure 18: failed attempt

Figure 19: Finally, I had found the right way to get the grey tone that I had intended. I reduced the bleach amount slightly and diluted it with hot water and left it in the pail for 2 nights.

PANEL 4: 

(TURTLE SHELL) 

1. To create the turtle panel, I roughly drew with a green chalk the shape of the turtle shell. Then with a white thread, I sewed the outline of the shell o make it clearer.

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Sewing along the patterns that I drew

Figure 21: To help make an illusion of the hell texture, I pintucked the outline of the shape of the shell. I did this in uneven patches across the manipulation  

Figure 22: Finally using bleach, I went over the outline all the way to the center of the shell in patches too to finish up the panel.

PANEL 5: 

(CORAL REEFS)

For this section, I had just cut out strips of various fabric and sewed it together in wavelike patterns.

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PANEL 6: 

(BIRD FEATHERS) 

1. Cutting denim in feather like patterns and layering them on top of each other than sewing it in layers. 

Figure 27: Cutting certain denim with slits(to create a feather-like pattern). Pinning the denim in place and the sewing it by layers to make it stay in place. 

COMPILATION: 

Sewing all 6 panels together. 

Figure 28: Pinned the panels together.

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CONSULTATION WITH MR. DANIEL:

1. Fill in the spaces for panel 5 by adding the brown denim

2. Trim up all the threads that is hanging for panel 1.

3. make it more reinforced by adding jacket interfacing to the back of the textures. 

4. Sew on the feathers so that it would stay in place. (panel 6) 

MY TAKE ON THE MANIPULATION: 

I wasn't very satisfied with the outcome as it wasn't what I had intended and asked Mr. Daniel for advice. 

1. Detach the panels and sew it back together with the sems facing outwards. 

2. Add additional wave patterns facing different directions on the manipulation. 

CHANGES MADE: 

1. Sewing the feathers so that it would stay in place. 

2. Unpicking the panels to add wave-like patterns in different direction and sewing it back together with the seams facing outwards. 

Unpicking the panels.

Sewing the panels together with wrong side facing the right side making the seam outwards.

Figure 32: Cutting strips of denim for the additional pattern onto the manipulation.

Figure 33: Sewing it into the panels

Figure 34: After adjustments.

I wasn't satisfied with the final outcome as it wasn't portraying the message that I had intended. After much thought, I decided to take apart the panels again and apply some modifications to the sample. 

Figure 35: taking apart the first layer to fix the coral manipulation by adding brown denim strips in the empty spaces.

Cutting brown denim strips.

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Sewing the brown denim strips into the panel.

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Including fishing net manipulations into the sample. 

Cutting thin strips of denim then using the knotting method to manipulate fishing nets.

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Figure 39: Sewing the net in place then attaching it with the other panels with the seams facing out.

Figure 40: FINAL OUTCOME.

To reinforce the sample, I was advised to add a layer of jacket interfacing. For further finishing, I had added lining to the back of the sample to give it a cleaner finishing. 

Figure 41: Jacket interfacing.

Figure 42: Cutting lining with measurements 72x72cm.

Figure 43: Pinning the sides of the lining and sewing a straight line across the sides

Trim the sides with excess and flip the lining inside out. Top stitch the edges and iron the sample.

FINAL OUTCOME: