Christian Wears Short Shorts

The shorts are all stiched up and ready to go.
This is the first try on.
Bit of a tight squeeze what with the trousers being on, but at least we know they will definately fit.
Not long until a picture with the blazer too.
Fly.

To Dry!!!

Obviously this is still a bit of a mess, but it isn't half as bad as when it was disasterous.
The effect that we decided we would achieve is one similar to the old school adidas jackets that would have a worn, coloured back panel.
I think we did pretty damn well.

From Wet...

We're back on track now.

Ohhhh yes!

We aquired an ink that was extremely thick, normally to be mixed with water, and slapped it on the back panel of the blazer.

This special ink is normally to be mixed one part ink, two parts water, but as the blazer doesn't take to water based inks, we used the ink in it's initial state and found great success.

The thick ink was painted onto the blazer and dried with a hair dryer.

Bollocks!

As a group we decided to dip-dye some of our garments in the collection so that there is a consecutive similarity throughout. Doing this will achieve a two-tone yet simplistic look, just as Jill Sanders' SS11 Menswear collection.

Obviously things did not go to plan.

The pink blazer has a waterproof coating over it due to it previously being a raincoat, meaning that it doesn't take to conventional inks so instead we had to heat press the inks to get a blocked look.

We taped a line with masking tape evenly around the jacket two thirds up to ensure our dyed line was straight. Little did we know that when we put the masking tape in the heat press it would stick right into the jacket and stain. 

I might have also accidentally printed over the line.

Bollocks.

I Doubt He'll Be Game For This

These are the styles of make-up that I hope can be achieved on my model. They are so artistic and creative, colourful, vibrant and unusual.

The first image is more or less exactly what I'd pictured in my head. Colourful and original. To top it off, the hair is exactly what I'd like too.

The eye lashes in my second image are amazing, I would definitely love to use this idea on my model.

Image three caught my eye through the way that the colour from the eyebrow grows around to the cheeks.

The colours in my final image grabbed me by having two neutral colours on the face then a striking green on the eye lids. This has got to be something to consider.

I doubt my model will be game for any of this.

He Has Long Hair

The thoughts are to slick my model's hair back into a bun because he has long hair.
This is also handy as the outfit is very summer chic and in the summer hair is always tied back.



He's A Size Ten

Im thinking a contrasting jelly shoe, possibly with rolled down ankle socks. This idea will create a summer look, and with a contrasting shoe the entire outfit will stand out. Jelly shoes are on their way back in and I want to speed up that process.

Or some plimsolls with ankle socks. Only white plims though, they will look clean against the rest of the outfit, compliment the colours and keep the summer look.

The only slight hick in these shoe ideas are that most jelly shoes are for children or women.

My model isn't a child or a woman. And he's a size ten...

Who Wears Short Shorts?

So we have progress on the blazer situation and have started on the shorts.
As a first time for me, I think I did pretty well on the pattern cutting front. It didn't prove to be as hard as I had in mind.
We cut four pieces and pinned them together to create a pair of shorts.
Big, beautiful, yellow, MC Hammer shorts. They have a low crotch and will have some thick turn ups at the bottom and a matching thick waistband.
These have been sent to the technicians to be sewn together.
Thanks guys!

Now Some More Pinning

 

 

 



Yes, pinning.

We knew that the back of the blazer was boring. It was beyond boring.

So some pins here and there and VOILA! the back has turned into the fabulous catwalk hunny that we were looking for.

We started this by just simply pinning one side as shown in the first three images, then we just tested the other side along with it and found that it worked.

The blazer is now a masculine lion with oomph and a tidy behind?

Something like that.

But it works, so after oodles of pinning and trimming the blazer has been sent to some very lovely machinists to sew.

Fingers crossed!

We Then Started To Experiment With The Collar

 

Yes, the collar.

Pinning, un-pinning, re-pinning, de-pinning. Whatever kind of pinning, I'm sure we did it.

From Snow Queen chic to tamed lion to, lets say, tamed lion with a bit of oomph?

At least I know what I'm talking about.

Maybe some more pinning is needed and some more ways tried, but personally my thoughts lie with the last two images.

Now some more pinning.

You're Not A Wizard Anymore

We nearly made a modern invisibility cloak which yes, maybe Harry Potter would have loved, but it just wasn't going to be catwalk worthy.

Our new garment, a pink blazer style jacket.

We rolled the sleeves up as a very simplistic starting point to reveal a very tasteful pink polka dot lining. This will make a good cuff.

We then started to experiment with the collar...

A Little Boost Of Inspiration

So Kate and I are styling for a man.
Great, yeah, mhmm.
Sure.
After we'd got worked up about the possibilities of making a beautiful long flowing gown or some sexy, Katy Perry style, high waisted hot pants, and gotten ourselves so overly excited with all of these small yet fantastic ideas well, our parade got well and truely rained on to say the least.
Yes, men.
Contrary to the obvious devastation that we suffered, it isn't actually that bad.
This collaboration of images from the Colour Block trend for men proves that not high waisted shorts - but not average waisted shorts - are in? OH YES!
And we can still make a blazer? OH YES!
What can I say, our model is going to look a treat.

A Quick Sketch Of Ideas

The garments that we chose WERE one of two yellow curtains and a purple blouse, little did we know that the purple blouse would turn into a pink blazer type jacket.
The sketch demonstrates different rough ideas for each garment.
The blouse was to be transformed into a blazer with yellow lapelles and cuffs, which would then be starched to sharpen the look.
The curtains to be turned into a very flash pair of shorts with purple turn ups.
Layers of different top shapes in different colours inbetween.
Observe...

Garments Photographed Separately

Just a sneaky peek at the garments without any alterations.

These are all displayed in the same condition of which they were recieved.

To be continued...