To inspire trend predictions

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Black Britain

As a part of my final major project I have decided to look at british minorities such as the Black and Asian communities, how they have struggled to survive and prosper in a Keep Britain White Society and where we are at now. I thought it would be interesting to see how it was when these races first started to enter britain on a large scale and the problems they explored, but overall I think that the imagery will help to show a sense of style, fashion, culture and give an insight to the unknown about what these people were really like and not their stereotype.

As i am going to be paying particular attention to the younger generations of these classes in britain today I thought it would also be good to have a insight about their older generations who were most likely born in the the caribbean, Africa, or Asia.
The yonger Generations are more likely to be born in Britain and so therefore by comparing different eras and environments i wanted to see what the fashion of these young black and asian youths are inspired by or do they stilll hold onto their mother roots or culture , values and morals to influence the way they dress.

Ref:Anti-Immigration campaign 1970s Britain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE62ABclyf0&feature=endscreen&NR=1. 27/4/2012


Racial Tensions in Multi-Cultural Britain.
        Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUODVXIIKwQ&feature=related. 27/04/2012

This is Britain now. Before Asian and Black used to walk shoulder to shoulder as they were going through the same circumstances. Now that these races are established within britain they now need to establish there identity in Britain.    

Portrait Of Handsworth, Birmingham riots in 1985 by Pogus Ceasar. Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey7ijaXv6UQ 27/04/2012

A video insight to a photographer take on the Handsworth Riots.

A place where West Indians settled in the 50's and later in the 70's people from the India Sub-continent. A place described as being "vibrant and a colourful mix of cultures", a "warm and thriving community", which these immigrants found a nice place to be until the National Front more popularly known as the NF had a problem.

The video has some interesting photo documentatin of this event. Please Watch.

survival

Just like the neanderthal tribes of today use their surroundings to get by in life and make beautiful body adornments.
Ref: http://robergewritingvisual.blogspot.com/
 

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human nature.

My trend has looked at all aspects of nature and its natural elements such as animals and their skins and natural structures of the earth. As i would like to include human hair within my trend it leads me to look into ourselves, human nature, our hair and how we can manipulate it into many of styles, and how we developed from the ape. The following pictures will help me to create a page within my trend book.

Ref: photoshopcreative.co.uk

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These artsy trees capture the colour essence of autumn browns. Keeping the original colours of nature is a key part of my trend to portray that nature is beautiful.

Ref: zingerbug.com

This lamp is inspires by the nature of snow drops. I like this contemporary piece of art / design because not only is it inspired by nature but the glass is a natural material and it also resembles to me as snow drops melt into water droplets.

Ref; www.unitedlights.net/result.php?search=drops

work by others that i can relate to.

Over the last couple of seasons I’ve noticed a lot of old-world crafts and handiwork incorporated into fashion. I appreciate that designers are leaning in the direction of clothing which appears to have been touched and delicately cared for by human hands. Do you incorporate any crafts into sewing? Like beading, crochet, or applique? Read on to see some beautiful examples of these techniques…

Above: Applique and Lace. Alexander McQueen used laser cut lace for a black floor length gown, Stella McCartney makes sheer black lace T’s with lace applique, DVF beaded shorts, Alexis Bittar necklace with hands and silk floral applique, Issac Mizrahi floral clutch.

By Alison Dahl

Ref: www.burdastyle.com/blog/departments/a-young-designers-diary.

These garments show how nature can be interpreted into adornment for fashion pieces created by the human hand which is what my predicted trend is all about.

This next piece i found very interesting as it imitates nature with the use of other materials which is what i am also trying to achieve. e.g using glamorous buttons to imitate semi precious gems and hair to imitate the flower petals.



"LovePods" is an exclusive collection of jewelry in 18k gold with gemstones and brilliant-cut diamonds, inspired by nature’s delicate plant structures and seed pods. Flowers on the verge of blooming hold a promise of beauty. 
Unique, simple and EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL !!!!

Ref: thelookofarose.blogspot.com/2011/06/pandora-springsummer-2011-lovepods.




This is the work of Isabelle Reaves. I was particularly intrested as she likes to juxtapose the more harsh and subtle elements of nature against eachother. Which is similiar to my trend prediction where I have chosen to select more harsh and subtle fabrics to reflect these elements of nature. I just loved the idea of using mixed media.

"Isabelle works in pâte de verre, meaning crushed glass. This material allows her to explore fragility, which is inspired by nature’s vulnerability. She juxtaposes the delicate glass in her work with natural materials, such as wood and slate. These materials show the solidity of nature against the fragility of the pâte de verre. Her techniques are delicate and because each piece is unique it is time intensive. Recently graduating, in June 2007, the artist was immediately selected to exhibit her work at the prestigious New Designers in London followed by the Haworth Art Gallery, in Accrington, which is known for its large Tiffany glass collection".

Ref: http://www.visualforbusiness.com/

relating to my work

My Trend prediction is all about using natural materials in a more natural way that shows of the uniqueness of garments. I am currently in the process of  making flowers out of hair to adorn my garments. I first came up with the idea when I looked at the Neanderthal and how they used their natural environment in order to survive. In their time they used animal furs / hides and made clothing. The Fabrics that my research has lead me to choose shows that nothing has changed and humans today do exactly the same things it just that we have much more technology now that we can change the whole character of a materials original state. Which is why my Trend prediction is inspired by nature and natural fabrics different parts of the world.


Below is the Work of Marna Bernades Who also uses hair and other unusual materials to produce contemporary jewellery such as toothpicks, hair grips, phone cards to name a few.

Ref:greenupgrader.com


This is a picture of Music artist Jessie J taken from her music video "Nobody's Perfect". I am interested in this picture as it reflects what I am doing at the moment ( recycling jewellery to make embellishments for garments). In this case the designer has used Gold Watches to embellish her jacket. Her theme is Alice in Wonderland. I got to this point by looking at natural elements such as gold and other semi precious stones and then sourcing and recycling jewellery which would imitate that, but would still be precious in the sense of the hidden memories and stories behind the pieces.

Ref: feedlimmy.wordpress.com