Exquisite Corpse

L3 Fashion Design and Business Diploma Summer Project

Key points to remember:

This is:

● A summer project● A way if staying focussed, inspired and creative● A great way of initially meeting your new class in september● Fun and you are in control - it’s your creative interpretation

Your starting point will be items of clothing, from home or sourced from charity shops (ask first if it’s someone else's!) You will create a series of ‘new looks’ using the method of exquisite corpse

1: Research the term Exquisite Corpse looking at 3 artists influenced by this, and at least 3 Fashion Designers

2: Pick 3 contrasting garments

3: New Looks - Produce 9 new looks and photograph them, test things out and have fun!

4: Deconstruct // Reconstruct - Create 3 new garment looks. Then select the look that is your final garment.

5. Location - Take photos of at least 6 locations, they can be unusual or aesthetic; for example, a car park, beach, meadow, supermarket … it's entirely up to you and your creative direction! Please do you props if you wish!

What is Exquisite Corpse?“Cadavre exquis is similar to the old parlour game consequences – in which players write in turn on a sheet of paper, fold to conceal what they have written, and pass it on to the next player – but adapted so that parts of the body are drawn instead.

It was invented in 1925 in Paris by the surrealists Yves Tanguy, Jacques Prévert, André Bretonand Marcel Duchamp.”

www.tate.org.uk

Image: Jake Chapman, Dinos Chapman

Exquisite Corpse 2000

Fashion design inspired by

Surrealism and Juxtaposition

(things not being in the right place/order)

Bethany Williams

@bethany_williams_london

Bethany Williams believes that

social and environmental

issues go hand in hand and

through exploring the

connection between these

issues we may find innovative

design solutions to

sustainability.

Ecoalf

@ecoalf

Born of frustration with the

excessive use of the world’s

natural resources, and the

amount of waste produced by

industrialized countries,

spanish brand Ecoalf was

founded on the principles of

recycling.

Re;code

@recode_

Re;code are a Korean brand

specialising in upcycling. Each

item in the collection has a story,

and creates a new culture of value

in place of waste. They work with

the mentally handicapped and the

‘Goodwill Store’ to deconstruct

salvaged materials ready for

reinterpretation and redesign

Suave

@suave_ke

Kenyan brand Suave is all about

breathing new life into old,

creating colourful backpacks,

satchels and laptop sleeves made

from recycled fabrics and locally

sourced African fabrics. They source

their material from off cut fabrics

and unwanted leather by working with

second hand traders, factories and

tanneries .

Trendhunter.com

Hussein Chalayan AW00

Maison Martin Margiela SS01 & AW12

Vogue Spain 2017

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