a finished garment. after exploring different uses of colour and texture i did decide to change the colour of one of my wools, which is now the skirt colour. i felt like i needed a colour which reflected the orginal colour that i intended to use and now my garment feels like it ties together from top to bottom. i would say one of my main inspirations for this design would definitely be dry seaweed as you can see from the burnt red colour i have used. The shapes that are created within my knitting also reflect a net-like shape would was orginately inspired from the netting on fish cages found in lyme regis. i also think the top layer of netting reflects bits and bobs trapped inside a net. as flotsam and jetsam is all about things being washed up on the beach i wasnt entirely happy with my desgin being soo neat, which then made me think i needed to destrought the fabric further. i found more images of seaweed and used string which i then dyed to the same colour as the seaweed. i threaded this through the bottom layer of knitting created textured straw-like string hanging from the dress in different directions. this definitely made the design look more destrought. automatically my design is seen as a womens dress which is what i orginally intended it to be, but now my garment is finished i do believe it could also be considered to be menswear. i played around with the length of the garment on my male model and found that if you garment is folded under to a desired length it can be worn as a mens jumper. i like the idea of it being unisex but if this garment was to be styled then i would prefer to style it in a womens collection where i could be more elaborate with the accessories.
