Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad inspired designs.

These pieces are my final two pieces for my Fashion Illustration module. I love couture gowns and heavy detailed embellishments so I chose two of my favourite couture designers - Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad to base my pieces on as we had to pick garments from the Fashion Weeks to 'copy'. I chose these two as they are very detailed, there is a lot of movement in the fabric, and they both have hints of gold so originally I wasn't going to colour them and just keep it with ink, however I thought if I just slightly highlighted parts in a watered down gold it would tie them together very nicely.

Pencil/Pen sketch.

This isnt my usual way of sketching. However, I tried to push myself out of my, small, pretty, elegant, comfort zone and do a big, angular design. 

I didnt want to add colour in the end incase it ruined it as you cant get one block colour using watercolours and its like primary school felt tips how it gets darker in certain places. I wanted to focus on the detail of the face, figure, and movement of the fabric. I really enjoyed doing this so hopefully I'll end up doing more big sketches like this in the future.

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Pencil Sketch.

Taken from Glamours July 2012 edition.

 I didn't want to fill this in colour as I didn't want to take away the deatils of the drape in the fabric and her face. Nor did I want to end up adding too much colour and ruining it with big black eyes or clown lips.

I wanted to focus getting the angles of the bent arm right and the movement of the fabric. Also the face, which is a big weakness of mine when drawing!! I always will try and avoid it. 

I know its very faint, it didn't look it on the photo I took, so you might want to tilt your screen back ever so slightly.

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Flamenco inspired bridal collection!

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This weeks brief was 30 designs on a Culture. I chose to do 15 on Flamenco dancers (Spanish) and 15 on Africa, however i'm really unhappy with those designs so I dont think ill be putting them up!
I chose to do Flamenco as 'fishtail/mermaid' dresses are very trend at the moment, especially in bridal and I absolutely LOVE them!!!

A - This dress is a laser cut neckline, one sleeved floor length gown. With a white bodice, gradually going into a red skirt, revealing black netting underneath.

B - This is a sleeved dress with knee length tassels from each sleeve. Also with subtle tiering down the skirt.

C - I love this. A fitted sleeved dress with a mesh fishtail skirt and placements of lace on the mesh and up the bodice 'connecting it'. A long train too.

D - A very thin strappy, backless dress with a fitted bodice and tiered skirt in a red and dark red stiff (to hold the ruffles) fabric.

E - Halter neck dress, with a fitted bodice and very full skirt made up of panels that are slightly frayed, squares of fabric.

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Pop Art Collection

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Pop Art Collection - 

I normally try and relate my collections back to bridal if possible as that is what pathway I am taking but as the theme this week was Pop Art it was quite impossible to put this into a bridal collection as no traditional bride would wear a Pop Art wedding dress, as it is heavily influenced by digital print.

A - This is a blue body suit with yellow digital print, and a yellow mesh gathered skirt.

B - A blue shift dress with a icon image of two hands and a ring.

C - White t-shirt dress with icon digital print words on and bright colours.

D - Paneled dress with very bright multi coloured clashing fabric, seperated by thick black lines.

E - Crop top and matching shorts in clashing colours with opposite coloured hems and digital print words.

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'Summer luvin' and 'Little bitty pretty one' by Hayden Williams.

I have loved doing Hayden Williams drawings. He is my main inspiration. He has such good imagination on hair, poses, colours and the actual garments! I love them!

Bridal collection on Architecture.

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The next brief had the theme of Architecture. We had to pick a style of buildings or just one building to build a collection of 20 designs. I chose St. Pauls Cathedral in London, I choose this because of the gorgeous detailing, colour and the many steps, and because of Princess Diana's marriage to Prince Charles. Which I thought was very relevant considering I was doing a bridal collection.

A - Mesh draped across a sweetheart bodice with a tiered skirt inspired by the many steps outside.

B - A short low v - veck bodice. A exaggerated peplum over a wired cage. Inspired by the dome.

C - A strapless, boned tiered dress inspired by the steps.

D - This is my favourite. A strapless coloumn dress(inspired by the coloums!) with a wired cage around the waist to the knee, inspired by the dome.

E - A slight fishtail dress with a mesh shawl with embroidered coloured thread inspired by the colours and detailing on the roof. 

My 'Enchanted' collection by Sophie Elizabeth

I know these aren't illustrations but I thought I'd share with you the collection I made in college - July 2012.

We were given an open brief for our FMP (Final Major Project)in our second year for our fashion show garments. Being as girly as I am, I chose Butterflies for my theme. I chose quite girly colours, and very light organza overlaying material with cotton underneath. I chose to do two short dresses with a small butterfly at the back with two flowing organza pieces for the butterflies wings. My main blue dress was a long dress with two wing shaped pieces at the back which attached to the finger and then could be lifted up. Inspired by Victoria's Secret wings.

I love prom/evening dresses so I based my theme around my own criteria. We start from the beginning going through each process.. choosing a theme, creating a sketchbook with tons of research, drawing up 20 designs, choosing 3, making our own dress patterns, toiling (mocking) them up in calico, sourcing our own fabrics and then, sewing them up for real.

 We then look at the business side of a collection, and create our own statement supporting our collection, doing a photoshoot, creating our own swing tags and business cards and doing illustrations of our garments. This all comes together for our end of year exhibition, which is where we have our own space of a room and can bring in props and lights etc which is open to the public. After this is the end of year show, which is a fashion show showcasing BTEC year 1's work, BTEC year 2's collection, Foundation Degree year 1's work and Foundation DEgree year 2's collection. This is an amazing show, where we can pick our own music suitable to our collection and students also help model garments or help dress the models. Here is a link to my collection on the catwalk! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwNk20sAK4

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'Street Style' by Sophie Elizabeth

This is my own design. I have used the fabrics, colours and garments from people I have seen around London to create one outfit. The top is a loose chiffon v - neck, with pleats and hawiiaan colours (blue, yellow and green). Which is tucked into a mustard PVC pencil skirt. With blue nails and shoes.

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Collection taken from a fashion weeks trend.

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This weeks theme, we had to take a trend we have seen off the catwalk this Autumn and choose a high street company and 'diffuse' the trend down to what you think would appear in that chosen store.

I chose the trend 'Blush Pink' with sharp tailoring in the garments. I know I haven't used colour in my designs but I tried and I just couldnt get the right certain Blush colour and I knew I wouldnt be able to do the exact same colour for each design. 

My chosen store was Topshop. Probably at least 3 others in my class will have chosen it too. However, I could really see Topshop having very sharp tailoring yet simple, pink feminine garments and can have some unusual stuff in there.

A - A round neck bodice with simple bust darts with a simple very fitted pencil skirt and a slight split in the leg.

B - A halter neck bodice with simple bust darts again, but with a fitted mini skirt and a flared peplum style hem to it.

C - A white bodice, with a geometric style skirt inspired by flower's petals.

D - A cropped polo neck jumper, teamed with a elegant very fitted pencil skirt.

Couture Bridal inspired by Roses!

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This collection had to be based on Couture Roses this week. As I want to specify as much i can into bridal, I thought this theme would be perfect to do it.

I used the Roses for embellishment, embroidery, detailing, draping and the colour. I tried to step out of my comfort zones (just designing dresses I like) and these photos are the 6/20 of the ones I found the most different. 

A - This dress was inspired by 1950's. Its a short lilac dress with lots of tulle. It has fabric roses embroidered on the bodice, a satin waistband and cascading roses into the skirt.

B - Off the shoulder dress, with a fitted bodice and a rose detailing on the left corner with gathers of the skirt falling away from it.

C - This is my favourite. A vintage feel to it. A boho chic inspired dress. Very thin straps with a slightly gathered skirt with fabric roses all around the hem. Completely backless. 

D - This is a very prom dress inspired one. Very short pink dress, with a big tulle skirt. It has fabric roses on the bodice.

E - Another boho/garden wedding inspired one. Loose cami top to it, with thin straps. A fitted skirt going into a slight fishtail, and forest coloured (blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange) roses around each joining.

F - A high/low pink dress, with very exaggerated hem line. Fabric roses cover the inside of the skirt.

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Spring/summer 2014 forecast!

A very feminine take on Androgynous! Very sharp tailoring and permanent pleats in pastels, looking its best teamed with fluorescent shoes and bags! 

Tudor Rock Bridal Collection

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This collection is based on the theme of mixing Classic Tudor with Heavy Rock. I found this weeks theme quite challenging and it took me all week to create 20 designs. As I am doing bridal it was hard to create elegant dresses with two of the most different topics.

A - This is one of my favourites. A massive tudor neck piece, attached to a very short rock inspired hemline. With heavy pleats and lots of netting underneath.

B - This is another of my favourites. A gold plated neck piece, attached to a very big, structured dress with a wide skirt, and a rocky thigh high split showing off studded thigh boots.

C - A very tudor dress, with a square neckline, wide sleeves, and red hems. A rocky hemline and red hems covered in studs.

D - A a-symmetrical dress with a very small jacket with connecting ruffled neck piece.

E - A fitted midi dress with square neckline, 3/4 sleeves, studded hems, and a neck ruffle used as a peplum.

F - A more simple dress, with a boned corset bodice and a neck ruffle as a peplum.

Floral Fantasy by Sophie Hudson

This is my own design. Inspired by the glamour of Ibiza's beach/club/pool party's, where wearing heels, full makeup and heavy jewellery is acceptable in the blazing sun.

This is a key hole blue swimming costume with halter neck, covered up by a mesh kaftan with tiny floral print held together by a gold belt. Matching gold cuffs, and blue and gold heels.

"A woman of many colours" By Sophie Elizabeth

This is my own design. A very summery dress. A cream, deep V - neck bodice with heavily pleated stripy skirt with concealed pockets!

'Think Pink' Hayden Williams

I absolutely LOVE this one of Hayden Williams illustrations too. I love the faces he puts on them! So glamorous. Again, I tried to work this myself using watercolours and it has come out a lot more vibrant than I was expecting so I am really happy with the result. I would just love to know how he finishes off his illustrations though. They are so clean and neat. I would love to know what media he uses too.

Swim Collection S/S 2013

This is a really old drawing and is really bad, but I've kept it on here to show my progress.

This illustration is based on the glamorous Ibiza beach party's  Hence the shoes. I took inspiration from Victoria's Secret Calender Girls segment with the massive floppy hat which I absolutely love! 

I may do this drawing again to see how much my drawing techniques have changed.

Heart breaker inspired by Hayden Williams

This is one of Hayden Williams Illustrations. Its so gorgeous and one of my favourites so I tried to re-work it, but using only watercolours (I think he using crayons, markers and some editing on photoshop by the look of it) I am quite happy with the outcome and this has helped me to be motivated to carry on drawing as I was really really awful at it. But I am slowly improving.