Coco Chanel project (continued)

This is my interpretation of the classic little black dress. I took Coco’s ‘peacock’ effect to a more literal way. Applying a peacock feathered detailing to the neck gives the dress a more  strong and structured look, making the dress an eye catching statement. The dress has a fitted bodice and a gathered skirt, creating an unusual silhouette. 

- Navneet Virk

Coco Chanel project (continued)

I firstly started with making a classic black dress inspired by Coco. The effect of her dress was to create a ‘peacock’ effect which is what the effect of the little black dress was in the 1930’s. Before Coco had released her little black dress, the colour black was seen as a colour of mourning and was not worn otherwise. Women also used to dress in tight corsets with highly decorative dresses. Coco aimed to create a flattering but comfortable silhouette for women.  Now black is seen as one of the most stylist and chic colours, and the little black dress is a must have in every bodies wardrobe. Coco put the colour black on the map.

- Navneet Virk

Burning sunset

Disjointed abstract art - painted with a knife and oil paints

-Navneet Virk 

Coco Chanel project - April 2012

Researching the inspiration designer, and her amazing life, a real life story of rags to riches. Work in progress of my own interpretation of the famous little black dress. -Navneet Virk

The Bridesmaids Dress

2012 Textiles project - Navneet Virk

The Wedding Dress

Textiles A2 coursework project 2012

Theme : Modern woman wedding, inspired by Alexander McQueen controversial designs.

“The concept of my dress is to cause controversy. Normally when designers are coming up with ideas they base it around a subject or opinions which they feel strongly about and they reflect this in their work. I decided to take this method on in the process of designing my garment.

My garment was based around marriage which is taken place in a church before God. I researched into why the dress was white, the results showed that the dress had symbolised purity and innocence of the bride. The white is portraying a virgin bride. It is meant to represent that the bride has never had sex before the wedding day or with anyone else, showing purity. But as I am designing a dress for modern women, society has changed from that tradition and now most women have already had sexual relations before their wedding. 

I felt strongly about this as representing yourself in front of the church imitating a virgin which they are not therefore lying to God.  I wanted to communicate this in my design which resulted in the use of colour in my dress. I dip dyed the edges of the skirt because this method is in trend which is what the modern woman is look for. The red represents the bleeding which is caused when virginity is loss, it also represent sin as red is the colour of sin. 

I used this colour scheme in my bridal collection and dip dyed the feathers of the garter and the bridesmaids dress. In the industry designers would also use a reoccurring theme in their collections.”

- Navneet Virk