Awkward.

George mostly wore white shirts with black blazers, so I decided to use these items of clothing which distinctly remind me of him for a basis of my designs. I wanted to create pieces which symbolised his identity using elements of his personal style and his awkward ghost icon. 

He often wore printed shirts so i decided to use the awkward ghost to create a print. I chose to make the quite randomly positioned and sized to make them look free and floating. I also added my 'creepy heart' logo to the collar as I really liked this idea and wanted to incorporate it into my design. I decided to also paint an awkward ghost in white onto a black blazer with the work 'dark' above it. This loosely inspired by the concept of painted customised jackets that I explored earlier in the the project, almost painting on your back a way to express your identity.  I feel that this jacket is supposed to embody George Watson's identity. 

I created some samples to help me work out how I would go about making these pieces. I practised embroidering, painting a drawing to experiment with which application method worker best for what material. In the end I decided to hand draw the ghost print print onto the white shirt, which I think actually worked better than printing as it gave a rougher and more random effect which is what I wanted. I appliqued the hearts onto the collar ad stitched the writing on in black tread to add a different medium and texture. With the blazer, I decided to go back to the punk roots of this project and hand paint the ghost and text on using white acrylic paint. I was surprised how difficult and time consuming it was to get a thick even line. The jacket to many layers of paint, different sized brushes and several hours. 

Onto the pocket of both garments I added an embroidered ghost as I though this was a nice finishing touch which emphasised my theme and made them look like they were part of the same collection.