In preparation for this week's session we had to purchase a men's tailored jacket (preferably second-hand). The aim of the session was to explore the make of a jacket by de-constructing it and to re-assembling it's pattern pieces into a new garment on a mannequin.
The first steps of the exercise were to explore all sides of the jackets.
All seam lines, pockets, details, buttons etc..
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| Front View |
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| Side view |
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| Back view |
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| Inside lining view |
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| Collar view |
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| Sleeve view |
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| Inside view of buttons, button holes, inside pocket and care label |
The first stage of the deconstruction was to fully remove the lining from the jacket, leaving all seams joined except the seams which holds the jacket on to the lining.
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| Front of lining |
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| Sleeve seams in detail. As we can see, the seams are not matching each other which shows its poor quality . |
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| Side view of lining |
The next stage of the exercise was to experiment with the lining and the top half of the jacket in order to create new designs and shapes. I decided to use only the lining because it drapes well and had a beautiful colour which i wanted to experiment with.
I firstly started by pleating the bottom end of the lining upside down along the shoulder line creating two big knife pleats which covered the whole shoulder.
The next stage was to drape the lining from the left side of the mannequin onto the right side, positioning it under the pleatin of the shoulder.
The bottom back of the lining was situated at the front, creating a wide ''V'' neckline.
After draping and pinning all the lining around the front of the mannequin I ended up with the sleeves hanging down. I hid them by tucking them into one of the pockets which was situated at the side, creating beautiful volume at the bottom of the design.
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| Final look of the lining. |
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