During this project, an opportunity was brought about to attend a styling workshop, given by one of the tutors at Ravensbourne. Knowing that I was going to be preparing and completing my photoshoot very soon, I knew that this was an opportunity that I couldn't miss.
I was asked to bring in any scrap fabric that I had, unfortunately I didn't have much in the way of interesting fabrics, however a friend that was also taking part in the workshop had a lot of different fabrics that represented cultures from all over the globe. Fortunately she was kind enough to share her amazing fabrics with me and we could work together to make some really interesting styles. I was actually very pleased that we worked together as it meant that I could see how someone else thought about things, and whether they could see things that I couldn't, or whether I could in fact see things that they couldn't. I had a total of 6 fabrics and I started with one fabric on a mannequin, pinning it to different areas and manipulating it to create different looks on the stand. After working with single fabrics for a while I began combining fabrics, starting with two and progressing to as many that I could pin without the pins working too hard to keep the the fabrics attached. I thought about twisting single pieces and then I thought about what would happen if I intertwined several pieces. After a while I even started cutting into the fabrics and seeing what would happen then.
I really enjoyed this workshop and it was very helpful as it helped me a lot to think about how I will style my receipts on my model when it comes to my photoshoot. I have previously thought about covering my model in single receipts however after working with 1mx1m pieces of fabric I have thought about the possibility of joining all my receipts together to create a large piece material that can either be draped or pinned to fit my model.
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