Cath Rose Surface Pattern Design

Zandra Rhodes is my main influence in 1970's punk. Zandra’s designs show a courageous style with materials. I have chosen Zandra Rhodes as she is creative uniquely in her own work. Zandra Rhodes punk dresses have an individual look for any personalities. I love her choice in the punk design that shows a strong outcome to punk. My most favourite aspect to her design piece towards her dresses is the tear wholes, safety pins connected with straps. My view toward to Zandra punk designs show off a revealing side to it, but not as male attention perspective therefore as old decay outlook. Both dresses show contrasting and tonal colours, signs from passion and strong of the performance to the dresses. I see how Zandra works designing with construction, as she uses the safety pins for support not a needle and thread. The wholes  repentant that Zandra Rhodes design was the decayed outlook   

My 1970's style hand-embroidery with graduated brightly colours, represent the true look to the 1970's retro patterns. I used different sewing techniques from French knot and Straight stitch. I design the surface pattern in a variety of scale of flowers from the inspiration  in the 1970's. The background colour and the thread shows a contrast that I wanted to express both patterns to the 1970's flower power theme.    

      I started designing variety of shapes and forms, I got my creative design idea was from France Hotel Bedroom wallpaper. I used a collective colour slips for decoration I use complimentary colours to show them contrasting together. My influence was on my wallpaper from Paris as it showed the true aspect on the 1970's 

Vivienne Westwood and Zandra Rhodes are my most influence design to my 'Nostalgia Decade 70's' project. Vivienne Westwood shows a strong outcome to her designs in the 70's punk fashion to a statement in her clothes.  I personally love the contrast on both designers from Vivienne Westwood and Zandra Rhodes. Their work has giving me influence into the designs and ideas of work that inspired to design my own repentant the 1970's fashion wear from the Punk. 

These are pictures of myself in punk inspired clothes from the 1970's punk fashion. My homage to the punk fashion that I was influenced by was the studs, band T- shirts and Dr Martin boots. I am exploring through my own clothes the different punk fashion looks. I have similarities in my clothes that represent the punk fashion.  

My artists research for my homage project wereKatharine Hamnett and Vivienne Westwood. I was much inspired with their homage with words. Katherine Hamnett designs clothes showing  bold text. Katherine Hamnett expresses her designs visually not as a verbal speech. Vivienne Westwood's design collection shows a political statement such as 'Climate Revolution'.