The O'Hara Designs Portfolio for the Australian Wool Fashion Awards 2010 by Kash O'Hara - HTML preview

The Australian Wool Fashion Awards
Portfolio for Entry 0412

Entry Names: Kash and Clare O’Hara

 

Entry Number: 0412

Entry Section: Section Four- Woven. An outfit for any occasion using woven wool rich fabric, i.e. race wear, day wear, suits.

Judging Criteria

Technical skills - garment assembly and construction- 50% Design Skills - creativity, visual impact 45%
Portfolio - inspiration, presentation suggestions - 5%

Contents

Chapter 1: Inspiration ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Brief ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Theme.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Colours........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Race wear inspiration .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
i) Race wear fashion do’s ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
ii) Race wear fashion dont’s ........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Australian racing style icons in black and white.........................................................................................................................................................................................8
Fashions on the Field entrants .................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Style icon- Coco Chanel ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
Designer inspiration- Catwalks .................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
Boater hats ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
Gloves .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
Chapter 2: Fabric Construction....................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Fabric content...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 3: Garment Construction ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................18
Design sketches........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18

Patterns....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22

 

Cutting......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23

Sewing ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
Chapter 4: Final Design ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Final Design ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27

Chapter 5: Resources used for research......................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Websites...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28

 

Magazines ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29

 

Newspapers..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Books........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29