Fuck the police

I designed two outfits inspired  using the the basic structures of the rough designs in my sketchbook inspired by the layered and panelled structure of police uniforms. I also took a lot of details from the uniforms such as the pockets, collars, badges, straps and the shapes of the walkie-talkies and guns and incorporated them into my designs. My navy blue, black and grey colour scheme was lifted from the stereotypical colour palette of uniforms and the grey tartan and blue camouflage prints were lifted from other uniforms which share this colour palette- school uniforms and Navy uniforms (hence the colour's name is Navy Blue). 

In opposition I designed 3 tracksuits inspired by aggressive 'hoodies'. I really liked the Anarchy logo embroidered  hoodie dress that I designed previously so I experimented with designing a full tracksuit in this style as I think continuation of a theme throughout different pieces is essential to design a successful collection. This tracksuit also highlights how I think that 'hoodies' are the 21st century equivalent of punks, as in this design I have combined the shape of a modern day tracksuit with a logo typically associated with punk culture.

The next tracksuit is really baggy, oversized and draped. It is meant to symbolise how tracksuits are also often worn by slobs who are are overweight and don't care about their physical appearance therefore wear comfortable clothes that conceal their bodies. The draped structure and grey jersey was inspired by an image from my research book of a young man in a very loose grey tracksuit. Essentially, this piece is an "anti-fashion" statement.

My last tracksuit has a roughly drawn council estate print. I made a rough sketch of a council estate in my sketchbook and thought it would be a good idea to experiment with emblazoning it across a tracksuit, as the image is a symbol of what the item of clothing represents.

I have now decided that because my collection is starting to look very androgynous, it is a unisex collection.