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ISOBEL LAUREN CREW
FASHION DESIGNER
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Illustration Progress
Progress on the Illustration took place this weekend. I feel that it's keeping my style of drawing but adding more to the collection when...


Colour Revisit
The problem in the end was that my colours weren't linking back to what my mood board as showing and instead came from David Hockney...


Starting the Illustration
This illustration isn't completely finished but so far this took me a good afternoons work and I love it! I needed to slightly change the...


Testing Colour Ways
I knew for this project that colour was going to be important for it to fully suit my customer and to truly express the chosen...


Sample 2: Hood
Shortly after finding out the problems I needed to get onto the next sample for the hood, so it would be sorted and out the way. I...


Sample: Hood
Last project I did I fully focus on creating the perfect hood for a jacket. I want to expand this idea to all my projects now, as I feel...


Toile 3: Tennis Dress (Unfinished)
This toile isn't completely finished but will be the week. These are the things that need to be done for it to be completed: - Cover Seam...


Sample: Elasticated Waist Band
I knew this would be an area I would need to practice, as I am someone who always seems to twist a waistband somehow. I think this sample...


Range Plan: Base Layers
This is the start of what my range plan will become. I will focus each page on the different layers of the outfits and show references...


Sample: Flat Seam Curve
After finding that the sports top was too baggy around the shoulder to bust line. I changed my pattern to remove the 3cm dart into the...


CAD Day
I've completed a rough CAD for outfit 1 and 2 of the collection to look more into range planning the collection cohesively and...


Saturday Work
I decided to go into the studio on Saturday, so that my patterns were prepared for an intense cut out and construct day on Monday. The...


Toile 2: Tennis Dress
So last time the dress did what I wanted (jumper part could be wrapped around the waist) but wasn't perfect and a lot had to be changed:...


Toile 3: Sports Top
As the sports bra turned into a complete disaster, I knew I needed to redesign and go for more of a sports top. Taking into consideration...


Sandals For Tennis: Development
I am in love with most shoes. Like I own too many and I still want to get more. After deciding to design some I knew I needed to think...
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