Draft 1 and 2 in brief
After discussion in class today, I have finally refined my ideas and these are to make two manuals…
One of the manuals is an actual garment (a top that I am in the process of making) that will transform completely into a shopping bag or handbag. The top will have the guide of how to transform it, its composition and care requirements, all printed onto it. The print will hence not only be a part of the fashionable appearance of the top, but also a key functional feature.
As I am designing a collection of 10 transformable garments like this one, I will also make a hand held guide that one can purchase. It will give them a step by step (written and with technical drawings) process on how to transform certain garments into new, usable objects/things. However not all 10 that I am designing will be in there, but instead a select three or four different styled garments.
These are a few of the different mechanisms I am looking at in relation to transforming the garments:
Knots, buttons, pleats/slits, folds, velcro, zips, drawstrings…
Here is an initial and second mock up of the t-shirt idea:
