AS Textiles Induction week / Summer tasks 2014
AS Textiles is 50% coursework & 50% exam. The coursework takes the form of a portfolio of
work showing a range of folder & practical work from several different projects.
The tasks you do now will be included in your portfolio.
Task 1
Context – ‘Textiles & the Environment’
Brief – Using a range of resources, techniques & materials, recycle a T shirt into a ‘new’
garment. Record your work on 1-2 sheets of A3 paper & include information relating to the
environmental impact of the Textiles industry & designers / companies which manufacture
products from recycled materials - & photographs of your completed T shirt.
Starting points/ Inspiration;
 People Tree
 Oxfam
 Katharine Hamnett
 Lily Cole
Task 2
Context -‘History of Fashion Research Project’
Research the fashions & iconic styles of each decade of the 20th Century. For each decade you
should collate images of the main fashion silhouettes, information on the work of designers in that
decade & include any technological inventions which affected the fashions eg; the invention of
Nylon / space travel in the 1960s. You should also make brief reference to any events which changed
society & affected the fashions of the day.
This work should be presented on 2 pages of A3 paper. The pages should include images &
text & be carefully presented to go into your portfolio. It could be in the form of a time line.
Starting points/ Inspiration;
1900 – 1920 Edwardian dress ‘bustles & the S line’, ‘Artistic dress’, Arts & Crafts, Liberty
Store, Mariano Fortuny
1920s ‘Bright young things’ ‘flappers’ jazz, Charleston& Gabrielle, ‘Coco’ Chanel (from now til
forever?), Madeleine Vionnet, Paul Poiret
1930s – ‘Hollywood Glamour, Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire’, Elsa Schiaparelli & surrealism
1940s - Wartime rationing, ‘make do & mend’, military style & utility clothing. Lanvin &
Jacques Fath
1947 -‘The New Look’ Christian Dior
1950s - ‘Hour glass’ figures, Marilyn Monroe & James Dean, Rock n Roll & ‘poodle skirts’,
versus Cristobal Balenciaga & Worth
1960s - The decade of the teenager, baby boomers & the ‘space race’, the mini skirt, Mary
Quant, Andre Courreges , Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Pucci, Missoni, Yves St Laurent
1967 - ‘The summer of love’ hippies, Biba, Barbara Hulanicki
1970s - ‘From glam rock to Punk’. Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood, Sonia Rykiel.
1980s - Power dressing, a lack of taste & Japanese clothing. The Americans v Europe v the
Japanese, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein & Donna Karan, Thierry Mugler, Giorgio Armani, Jean
Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix. The Japanese – Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Yuki, Kenzo,
1990s - ‘So what is fashion? Comme Des Garcones, Gianni Versace, Dolce & Gabanna, John
Galliano, , Alexander Mc Queen, Stella McCartney, Hussein Chalayen & Azzedine Alaia
The future??????
Christopher Kane, Gareth Pugh…………you!?
Task 3
Context; ‘Use a commercial pattern to develop a shirt suitable for a chosen celebrity. ‘
Specification; The shirt must be made from 2 different fabrics & at least 2 alterations must
be made to the commercial pattern.
In September you will be working on the ‘Celebrity Shirt Project’. In preparation for this you
need to choose a celebrity, research & collect images of their ‘signature style’ & buy a
commercial pattern ready to use in September to make the shirt. (You do not need to do
anything else for this project yet and please… NO BURDA PATTERNS).
All work must be completed for WB 1st September 2014.
If you do not make these deadlines you may be considered unsuitable for this course and
your place may be jeopardised.
Mrs LJ Abazi