Garment Technology - Rever Collars

The next area in Garment Technology that I researched into was Rever Collars. This gave me a better idea of what exactly I would be making in that lesson. Rever collars are made up of two pieces, the lapel (or rever) is separate to the main collar which gives more variety in shape and how it sits against the body that many one-piece collars. The board shows a variety of rever collars in knit, coats and jackets as well as flat drawings of them. Below this is the example of the rever collar I made. If I was re-doing this sample, I would change the shape and style of my rever, making it narrower and wider.

Images are of my own work and are taken from my camera. Thankyou to Nathan Whitehouse for modelling my final garment.

We're with Stupid

Diesel's latest advertising campaign is really quite interesting. Opening the front page of February's GQ, the first thing I saw was "BE STUPID", opening out the ad further explains that "only the stupid can be truly brilliant". This got me thinking, what could this mean? Is it that their customers are stupid and buy their jeans because they're brilliant? Probably not their intentions. I looked into it further and actually Diesel have a point. After watching the video on their website, I kind of understand where they're coming from. Smart people think about what they're doing, planning their next move and making something of themselves, whereas the "stupid people" are brave, live life to the full and are spontaneous. Who are Diesel aiming this advert towards? The people who find life a bit boring, the same thing day-in day-out. The want people to believe that being "stupid" can actually enhance their lives, make it more fun and adventurous. Diesel are selling a lifestyle to the consumer, and it's the lifestyle everyone wants to live.

Image from www.diesel.com

Best Dressed Men

When I returned back to Leeds after the Christmas holidays, I found the latest issue of GQ had arrived in the post, and with this months issue is the GQ Annual Best-Dressed List 2010. This is a list of Britain's 60 best dressed men, including Ronnie Corbett, James Nesbitt, Prince Charles, Bill Nighy, David Walliams and Jude Law.

The top 10 consists of: 10. Dizzee Rascal (New Entrant)9. David Beckham (Last Year's 10.)
8. David Cameron (Last Year's 8.)
7. David Furnish (Last Year's 7.)6. Daniel Craig (Last Year's 4.)
5. Tom Ford (Last Year's 3.)4. Fantastic Mr Fox (New Entrant)3. Alex Turner (Last Year's 13.)
2. Take That (Re-Entry)
1. Robert Pattinson (Last Year's 39.)
These top entrants range from animated to sporty and political to actors and singers. The number one, Robert Pattinson, has moved 38 places to reach first place, which has probably been influenced by the Twilight films. Dizzee Rascal is well known for his hip-hop style and is quoted as "the most stylish rapper this country has ever produced" by Andy Morris at GQ.

Images from GQ