SASKIA ROTURIER

First of all I want to say thanks to all my teachers for guiding me through this new experience. 

Looking back at Hypercraft, I really learned so much. Discovering this whole new digital world and all of its infinite possibilities really gave me a whole new perspective on the fashion industry. 

I have a passion for the digital world. I feel that I can express myself and experiment as a growing designer. It is also a great way to make experimenting more sustainable. 

When I started Hypercraft one of my goals was to learn my signature as a designer and I think I found it. Making this collection made me realize how I want to use fashion to let my voice be heard. I made a collection about mental health problems caused by social media among youth, this was a subject that was close to my heart and it felt so good to act on this. I have found that using garments as my voice is how I want to continue in this industry. 

A second goal I had this semester was to learn and improve my pattern making skills and even though my patterns aren’t perfect, I have grown so much compared to September. 

Here are the finishes I used for my design. So I had no acces to a overlock machine so I got creative with the finishes. 

- sleeves/ shoulder is flat felled seam

- Back/ sides is a french seam 

- for the front closure I did a polo closure

Hypercraft really made me think about waste. Using digital fashion to experiment with clothes without having to waste fabric is the perfect solution for me as a starting designer. 

During this “lockdown” I also was really aware that sometimes less is more. First I wanted to experiment with prints also in real life. But why? I mean this project means a lot to me but eventually the boiler suit will just sit in my closet for a really long time. So why buy paint that I am never going to use again? Why buy stamps that I can throw away in a month. 

Because of this mindset switch I decided before winter break that I was not going to experiment with prints on fabric in real life, just online. 

Here you can see the result of my final design. This Boiler suit is made with the cotton canvas from Ecotex. The fabric is not as thick as I wanted it to be but it looked amazing. I am really happy with the results. 

Sadly making an AR SCAN is harder than I thought. With help of Emma I tried making one but apparently Spark AR finds it hard to track my logo. So sadly I cannot show my AR scan but I can show what I wanted to make. 

As you can see I did not make a DAZ avatar or a specific avatar for my collection. Why not? For me it was not important to focus on the creation of an avatar. For my concept I didn’t need a tailor made avatar. I wanted to focus on the creation of the garment, the video and the ar scan. 

Here you can see my test in CLO using a 3D cylinder object. This so I can show how the heavy canvas drapes around the cylinder. 

- The fabric is stiff and thick.