For my pre collection before my final collection, I have looked at Leonardo Da Vinci's Anatomy sketches as inspiration for the construction and design of my garments. I wanted to produce a fashion design and prints within my outfits. I have also looked at other fashion designers as a source of inspiration, the designer sI have looked at Givenchy, Couture Dior, Valentino and Iris Van Herpen.

My inspirational board at uni with all the primary and secondary images that I have been inspired by...

Using Da Vinci as inspiration for the construction of my collection, I wanted to create something that created structural and 3D silhouettes within my outfits. So I began experimenting using paper to create forms and shapes in relation to what I have seen. Pining these paper structures onto the stand and began looking at placement, scale and silhouette. Here I have created a 3D paper shape using a strip of paper and cutting small long scale triangles equally the same size and same length apart, then inverting the cut triangle away from the paper to create the 3D affect. 

Doing the same as above with a bigger piece of paper to create a bigger structural shape and placed onto the hip of the stand.

Again here I have used a similar technique, however using a strip of paper folding it in half and cutting straight lines to the edge making sure not to cut all the way... continue to cut along the entire strip of paper to create a row of triangles attached to one piece of paper. Using the same technique but using leather, I folded the leather in half and cut straight lines all the way along the strip of leather, however with the leather it created a barrel of circles, very much like the spine rows of bones.

Working on the stand for floor length skirt ideas, I had one large piece of fabric and began to play around with it pining and positioning the fabric on the stand to create different shapes and generate ideas that I could take further for my design ideas.

Added in a different weight fabric, the green fabric is like a velvet so it is quite heavy and drapes very nicely, however I though it would make a nice contrast to use two different weight fabrics together.