BFTA Competition

As the competition states that you can use any design work so I have adapted some of my existing designs from this year to enter this competition, this also means I will be use some of the initial research that I have done for this project also moodboards and my client profile.


I created this Inspiration Board from the Autumn/Winter 2012/13 trend predictions, this includes images, fabrics and design ideas for the 'Desire Without Frills' trend.

After creating an Inspiration Board, I looked at the relevant colourways for the trend that I was designing for and found some images that would inspire my collection.

I have decided to follow the Autumn/Winter 2012/13 'Desire Without Frills' trend for this collection. This consists of very natural whites, beige's and grey colours going into darker browns and blacks.

My Client believes strongly in the quote 'Luxury must be comfortable otherwise it is not luxury' from Coco Chanel.

After establishing my client I was able to conduct some market research around the shops that she would shop in. This helped me with my design ideas and the level of market that I was designing for. 

Design 1
Design one is a shaved mink skirt, along with a sheer chiffon shirt under a long fur mink jacket.

Design 2
Design two is a mid-length coat, made from leather with a mink fur detail on the button stand, pockets and waistband with a cape style top.

Design 3
Design 3 is a pencil skirt made of leather and fir off cuts sewn together and appliqued over the top, along with a chiffon blouse.

Design 4
Design four is a dress, again made up of off cuts of leather, knit and fur which had been appliqued over, with short finely pleated silk cuffs and bottom.

Design 5
Design five us a long dress made up of strips of leather, fur, knit and feathers, which is tight fitting at the top which moves down into a long dress which becomes loose fitting with lots of movement at the bottom.

Design 6
Design six is a mid-length dress made of mink fur with a cut out at the top which is filled with pleated silk chiffon.

Final Designs With Fabric Swatches