Deconstructed Tailor Jacket
In this workshop, we had to deconstruct a man's tailored jacket to create other garments.
The jacket i got is from a charity shop in canning town.
To start this I have taken photographs of the jacket inside and out to get the details and its original state.
I also looked at the buttons, collar, pockets and the way it has been lined.
I have then started to unpick the lining of the jacket, by doing this it helps me to understand the way the garment was constructed. It shows the different materials they have used such as felt and interfacing.
After unlining the tailored jacket, the other fabrics and paddings can now be seen clearly. It is interesting to the inside of it.
I then took the lining completely and ironed it using the industrial irons.
Using the lining I used to create garment ideas directly onto the stand.
Here are some more ideas which are more draped and compliment the garments.
I also used the actual jacket to create interesting garment ideas and structures. By doing this deconstruction it helps to create unusual silhouettes.
To develop this even further, I combined the lining and the jacket to create more style and ideas.
After playing around on the stand, I have unstitched a seam and try to arrange them one by one. This way I can improve it by having different pieces to work at.
I have taken another seam off to have more variety into the garments ideas.
Overall, I found this workshop very beneficial and interesting. This deconstruction reminds of Yohji Yamamotos work which is about minamalism and asymetric shapes.
The Japanese minimalist movement, which radicalised and democratised the fashion world in the 1980s, is poised to make a comeback this year.
When the designers Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons, became the toast of Paris fashion week in the early 1980s, their relentlessly monochrome, asymmetric and intellectual vision of clothing was a revelation.
(Mark C O'Flaherty guardian.co.uk,
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