This collection is a merging of Brandon Six's passions for sport and fashion. It draws inspiration from team uniforms and kits as well as the runway. The fabrics combine natural fibers like wool with synthetics like neoprene and faux fur. Some pieces feature couture hand embroidery to add detail. The collection aims to blend athletic influences with high fashion silhouettes and fabrics.
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This collection is a tribute and a merging of two of my greatest
passions: Sport and Fashion. It will draw its inspiration from both
the courts, rinks, and fields of play and the runways of Europe and
beyond. Drawing on colour inspiration from the kits and uniforms of the
various teams and taking inspirsation for shape from thier jerseys
as well as from the runway allows for the collection to take shape.
The fabrics are a combination, beginning with wools and combining the
natural fibres with synthetics such as neoprene and faux fur. The collec-
tion is then topped off by adding couture hand embroidered
panels to some of the pieces to add a missing element.
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The research for this collection began in August
2015 as I watched one of the opening Manchester
United matches of the season. I thought too my-
self this is one of my greatest passions and then
I realized that if I combine the two and
merge sport with high fashion that the results
could be endless. Initially as I
am from Canada I focused on Ice Hockey
and the gear worn to protect the players,
and how those shapes would translate to gar-
ments. Once, I arrived back a Istituto Marangoni,
my tutors, although liking my
initial concept pointed out that it might be to nar-
row and that I should expand my
research. Over the next two semesters I added
and subtracted many different ideas and con-
cepts into and out of this project. The other item
that was agreed upon fairly early was that since
my shapes and designs were very basic and lack-
ing in manipulations, that there was an element
that needed to be added to the collection. It was
decided that hand done couture embroidery was
the way to go. Once this was decided on I dove
even deeper into my research on fabrics and em-
broidery. This was simultaneous to the research
and at this point more
development of my actual garments. By the time
the collection was ready to
submit it had transfromed into a
collection that was inspired by over-sized Ice
hockey sweaters, basketball jerseys, Football
kits, high fashion, and couture embroidery
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The fabrics for this collec-
tion come from three
different areas of inspira-
tion, each different from
the next and when fused
together form a fun and
unique fabric selection.
The fabrics are a com-
bination of natural and
synthetics, that are not
normally seen together.
Firstly, the faux fur’s that
feature heavily in this
collection are so very
simillar to the furs that
are found on so many of
the sports teams mascots.
The wools that are used
pay homage to the fabrics
that were used in jersey’s
and kits of the past era’s
of sport. Finally the
neoprene is used as a nod
towards the future and
where fashion and textile
developments may be
taking us.
Sport Kits
Colour Chart Fabric Chart
Colour Chart
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Faux Fur
Faux Fur
100% Wool
100% Wool
35% Polyester, 32% Polyamide,
25% Cotton, 8% Elastine
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Pantone P 112-5 C
Pantone P 24-6 C
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Black
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Pantone P Process
Black
The colour palette for this
collection, draws its
inspiration from the kits
and uniforms of various
professional sports teams
from around the world; as
well as from the balls and
other items used to play
the actual games. The fact
that both Black and White
feature heavily in this
collection is very much
due to the fact that almost
every sports team in the
world has either one or
both of these colours used
for the their uniforms. It is
also a nod to the fact that
these are the colours
usually worn by referees
and officals. The two other
colours that feature in this
collection come from two
very distinct paths the or-
ange comes from the third
kit of Manchester United
and the blue comes from
the trim on the Minnesota
Timberwolves jersey.
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This is a sample of the
embroidery that was
selected and ultimatley
used in my graduate
collection. The ribbon
work on the embroidery
consists of two differ-
ent styles, one, the black
ribbed ribbon is folded on
45 degree angles to
create a triangle pattern;
secondly, the silk-satin
ribbon, which appears in
both blue and orange is
folded back on itself to
create a looping snake
effect. The beadwork
features two distinct
types of beads, one a
diamante crystal style
bead and the other a
smaller smooth round
bead. All of the elements,
the ribbon and beads were
sewn on by hand and sit
on a base of neoprene
fabric
Ribbon and Beadwork
Embroidery
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The sketches and designs shown here are a selection
of some of the inital concepts that I came up with for
the collection as well as a group of inital drawings of
outfits that actually became pieces in the final collec-
tion. As explained before they all take there inspiration
and shape from the sporting world in some way, be it
shape, style lines, or the big number panels, all was
borrowed from the sporting world.
Hand Drawings
Sketchs & Designs
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This is a mid-thigh length oversized raglan
dress. Taking its inspiration from the
Manchester United Third kit and featuring
a large embroidered panel on the front of the
bodice.
This is a short dress/long shirt featuring a
raglan sleeve. The bodice features a large
embroidered panel taking its inspiration from
the logo on the Manchester United Kit.
This is a mid-thigh length dress featuring a
raglan style sleeve. The bodice features a em-
broidered panel taking its inspiration from the
grooves on a basketball.
This outfit features a mid length t-shirt style
top with a two piece sleeve. It also features a
large number panel over the chest in
refernece to my last name. The trousers are
a basic three-quarter length pant.
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The Illustration work is a culmination of all of the
aspects above coming together and putting the vision
that I had in my head on to paper or a computer. This
shows how the colours, the fabrics, the embroideries,
all work together with the shapes; and how they
portray both the high fashion concepts and the sport
influences that I wanted to achieve in this collection.
The style of these illustrations was achieved by
converting my hand drawings into bitmap and then
using the lines and dots to create a sort of
watercoloring book, look to the illustrations.
Illustrator
Illustrations
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Technicals
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Garments
These are the images of the actual garments that were
made for this collection. This is the best example of
how everything came together and how it all worked in
actual pieces of clothing.
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Autumn/Winter 2015-2016
Personal Style
Country Festival
This collection was a tribute to my roots and the culture of my town and area of Canada.
Being from western Canada I chose to make this collection a fusion of traditional
western wear and music festivals. The colours are a combination of neutrals like beige
and brown and bright explosive colours like yellows and pink, taking inspiration from the
fields and animals, as well as from the bright colours from festivals. The fabrics were a
combination of natural fibres and leather.
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Research And Development
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The research and development for
this project started when I decided
that I wanted to do a collection in
tribute to my roots and where I come
from. Being from western Canada and
living in the country the natural
answer was to do a collection based
off of traditional western wear. The
idea to add the music festival angle
to the collection came once I began
consulting on the collection with my
tutors and they suggested adding
another element to project to make
it a little more diverse and exciting.
From this I began looking at what
the cowboys wear during the rodeos,
as well as the actual animals. At the
same time I was also looking at all
sorts of music festivals, from
Coachella to the country festivals like
Big Valley Jamboree. By the time I
had finished the research the
start point for the collection was
something that I was very excited
about.
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Fabric Chart
Western Festivals
Colour Chart
The colour palette for
this collection is derived
from the natural co-
lours that can be found
in western Canada, the
browns, beiges all take
their inspiration from
the hay fields and
horses that dominate
the landscape. The oth-
er half of the colour
palette that provides
contrast to the neutrals
is the bright pinks,
oranges, and yellows.
They represent the
music festival side of
the research and pro-
vide a nice contrast.
The fabrics for this col-
lection, like the colours,
work on the basis of pro-
vide contrast between
two distinct styles.
The natural fibre based
fabrics that represent
the western side of the
project and the leathers
and lace that represent
the festival side of the
project.
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Aritzia Menswear
Brand Extension
Spring/Summer 2017
This is the Final project that we had to at school. For this project we were
instructed to pick a Brand and create an extension for them of something
that they currently were not offering and that we thought filled a void in the
market. The brand that I chose was the Canadian company Aritzia and I de-
cided to create a menswear line for them. The reason that i decided on this
was that I saw a gap in the Canadian market for solid mid market options for
the male 15-30 age group.
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Research And Development
For the research into this project I started by looking at what Aritzia was current-
ly doing for their womenswear, and identitfying their stlye and design ethos. Then
I began looking at who the competitors would be (sandro,joseph,cos,whistles) and
what they where doing with their menswear and what there style and identity was.
Next, I created a range plan for what i needed for the collection, After I did this I
looked at all of the pieces from Arizia and the competitors and I picked key pieces
that were either present in all the collections or there were very close variations of
the pieces and I used those silhouette as a springboard to launch my design
process.
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