About Me
Hello! I'm Imogen, a Leeds Arts University Fashion BA Design graduate
Imogen-Jade is predominately a womanswear designer, however a majority of her work can be worn by all genders. Their work is motivated by art and pragmatic ideas that can both empower the wearer and open conversations about interpretation. Their purposeful and conscientious designing, shows a sustainable thread throughout with quality-driven results.
They are currently based in the North of England, expanding their knowledge of tailoring and improving their sewing skills wherever possible through alterations and constant practice. Imogen-Jade is open to new experiences wherever possible and believes in maintaining a fresh and open-minded perspective.
INSPIRATION
'Figured It Out', pushing the ideas of tailoring using origami and creative pattern cutting.
What began as a love letter to craftsmanship ended as a breath of fresh air for tailoring. The inspiration stemmed from wanting to coin a new form of tailoring, after gaining experience in the industry and noticing the traditional pattern pieces that are frequently similar. ‘Figured It out’ symbolises pioneering methods that are completely unique and complex in understanding how the garment is constructed. This is reflected within the innovative theory dubbed 'The Folding Jacket'.
The beautiful Cashmere, Super 120’s wool, and textured Mohair fabric was all donated dead-stock from a local mill. As well as being beautiful luxury fabric, it also sees a sustainable thread throughout the designs, especially as the mill’s close proximity greatly reduces the environmental travel impact of the fabric. Furthermore, fresh technologies such as laser cut, two toned origami flowers scatter the garments, whilst hidden zips and magnetic clasps maintain the mysterious complexity of the pieces.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
'Figured It Out' - Colour and Fabrics.
'Figured It Out' - 'The Folded Jacket' theory.
'Figured It Out' - Theory variations.
'Figured It Out' - Design Development.
'Figured It Out' - Pattern print development.
'Figured It Out' - Press piece favourites.
'FIgured It Out' - Illustrated line up.
'FIgured It Out' - Press piece line up and CAD
'Figured It Out' - Second Piece and Pattern layout
Clothsurgeon Live Brief - Inspiration board.
Clothsurgeon Live Brief - Colour palette.
Clothsurgeon Live Brief - Details board.
Clothsurgeon Live Brief - Design development
Clothsurgeon Live Brief - Illustrated line up.
Clothsurgeon Live Brief - CADs and technical flats
Adidas x Eczema - Layering explanation.
Adidas x Eczema - First layer explanation.
Adidas x Eczema - Second layer explantion.
Adidas x Eczema - Third layer explantion.
DETAIL
Showcasing pattern pieces so multifaceted, that with easy wearability comes endless possibilities.
‘The Folded Jacket’ is the result of pushing the development of a basic box jacket block, in which Imogen-Jade created a new origami, tailored jacket which has a continuous number of alternative theories such as hem variations, collar styles and neckline choices. Each of these adaptations stem from traditional styles but with a fresh, contemporary twist. An example of this intricate development is the elegant shawl lapel, which transforms into a more complex notch lapel at the simple fold of material. The origami nature of the jacket also means that it is completely bagged out, thus the outside panels also act as lining panels. In addition to the jacket theory, a new technique for the sleeves showcases large, meter-sized origami flowers that are used as the foundation block for a slash-and-spread sleeve pattern. The folds and gaps in the sleeve are then filled with smaller, laser cut origami flowers to create a beautiful and detailed aesthetic throughout the collection.
'Folding a new outlook on the tailoring industry, I finally 'Figured It Out''
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