Organic Structures

These are the illustrations for my graduate fashion collection, Organic Structures. I wanted to show how versatile a simple organic cotton canvas can be and the best way to do that was by manipulating the fabric to create different structures, to achieve that bas-relief feel. I kept the silhouette simple (in my drawings and actual pattern construction) and insisted on the clothes. I love how a simple module creates a stucture when repeated.
For this collection I was inspired by Carl Andre's minimalist work and used different fabric manipulation techniques. The color palette was reduced to some beige and pale green - this is how cotton was once grown: in shades of cream and green and white, but over time breeders selected it to be just white - and added a turquoise to spice up the collection.

 Inspiration: Carl Andre's work (photos via carlandre.net)