Summer Internship: Day 38

As of last night, I had finished my Avant Garde piece for the collection.  This is supposed to be the finale or "show stopper" piece cuing the audience to clap and know the show is complete.  However, I feel that the collection is not quite finished yet.  There are some finishing touches as well as possible garments I would like to add; especially after having gone to S.R. Harris today on a little field trip.  It was independent time for me to learn.  This is good experience for me because eventually I will no longer have my incredible mentor to guide me.  I will have to take what I learn and carry it forward the best I can.  However, I still have four weeks to go in my internship and in that time, I know I have plenty more to learn before it is back to school!

Anyways, as I said before, I went to S.R. Harris today.  I brought along with me my sketch book so I could refer to the different looks and prints I had created in the collection.  I knew I was not going to find the exact print I had created but I at least wanted to come close or be inspired by something better.  My key theme was obviously the black and white.  I looked through nearly every aisle looking up and down the bolts of fabric.

I found plaids...

Small polka dots...

Big polka dots...

These just were not quite right for the collection; however.  Plaid did not fit the theme and polka dots were too literal for my taste.  

I kept looking and ended up finding a couple great, classic looking materials.

Now this one here I imagine being used for the "mod" style dress as well as the leggings.

The material is a medium weight knit that will wear well from fall into winter.  I can add black leggings to the dress as the temps get cooler.  Although, I would rather NOT even think about snow yet!!!!

The next material I found follows this kind of diamond shape of the last.  

I love the sophistication of it but it also has the silver coloring I was hoping to pull through the collection as well.  It does not have a place yet with a specific piece but I will be doing more sketching to find it a home!

I also bought a light knit black material for the cocoon sweater pictured above with the leggings.

All together the prints look like this (including the jacquard print from last week):

Of course these would not all be placed on a single garment together; rather spaced out to make a smooth transition from one look to the next.  It should read well and make sense.  I had also utilized actual black and white pearls for the finale piece so with if all prints were used, I really need to analyze how the pieces will all work.  I am looking forward to work ahead.  I am going to try to make three of the looks as of yet:)