Designer Series, Fashion: Colour Sketches

Update: Clare has secured herself a placement which is required in the second year at Northumbria (congrats, Clare!). But she'll be updating us with projects she's working on, so we'll continue with Clare when she has something for us!

Last week in the Designer Series with fashion design student Clare Marshall (catch up here if you missed it), we saw Clare's sketches for the Boden project - a collection of feminine, forties-inspired mix and match pieces that had me asking excitedly "what colours? what fabrics?" at first glance. Now we can see the sketches with the colour ways and fabric choices that include a raspberry tweed, brown chunky wools, silk chiffon, silk cotton, wool meltons and wool marls. For the skinny pant Clare used a raw denim, and the coats are finished with gold buttons. This is like playing paper dolls in your mind figuring out all the possible combinations!

The cape and the dress have been produced, and we'll get to see those next week. The cape was done in a heavy brown wool, with a silk velvet trim for the bow and contrasting raspberry tweed for the pocket detail. (I can't wait to see this, I must try it on.) The dress was cut on the bias using the raspberry tweed with silk voile for the skirt. How gorgeous do these sound?

This image inspired Clare's colour story for the project, which could certainly influence my own wardrobe choices:

Check in next week to see the cape and the dress and to hear what's next for Clare...