“I thought everyone must know that a short jacket is always worn with a silk hat at a private view in the morning.” — King Edward VII
In the journey of this creation, the ambition was to explore all segments of hand-made tailoring. The excitement took form in a multi-discipline of hand-crafted artistic expressions.
Hence, the project flourished to be a freeing artistic expression throughout the process.
Hand-Crafted Tailored Coat
Canvasing &Pad Stitching
The process of achieving sharp and stable shaping in a tailored coat requires a deep understanding of its traditional roots.
This can be the most challenging part of achieving the desired fit, which needs extensive training and experience. However, for me it became possible to understand and execute the project with detailed research on forums/blogs, YouTube, social media platforms of European tailor shops, and borrowing old tailoring books.
This led to gathering multiple techniques and with combining them to create the garment in a shorter time frame.
The Hand-Crafted ART
As the project went on, I felt a sense of experimentation growing deeper. So It was time to level things up by incorporating other artistic disciplines that were inline with the hand-crafted mentality.
This gave rise to the hand-painted leather panel at the front and the hand-embroidered panel on the back of the coat.
True Foot Print of History is Concealed Within Art
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True Foot Print of History is Concealed Within Art |
Pattern Placement Test
Laser etched onto wool fabric
Multi-color Hand embroidery
Leather painted panel - Start
Leather Panel- Finish
Dandy-Rockstar Collection
(2014)This collection was designed with intention of merging the worlds of sophistication of classic tailoring and Rock & Roll aesthetics.
This project was my initial endeavor into tailoring techniques and many challenges to overcome. Some are are follow:
-working with fine suiting fabric, learning to use fusible Hair Canvas, incorporating lamb’s leather in collar and lapel, creating a balance with multiple fabric patterns.
