Yanghuan Hu was tasked with creating a fashion surface pattern piece for Alexander McQueen's upcoming spring/summer collection. The pattern is inspired by Hu's trip to Kilve, where they drew nature forms and structures using various media like ink, watercolor, and fine liner. Hu researched textile designer Lesley Richmond's style and created their own surface pattern to emulate Richmond's texture and showcase nature. The prototype combines trees and pebbles from Kilve to represent the scenery.

1. Yanghuan Hu

2.  My brief is to create a fashion surface pattern piece for Alexander McQueen’s
upcoming S/S collection.
 My pattern piece is based on the form and structure in nature and is inspired by
the trip to Kilve.

3.  These are some of the
pieces I drew whilst I
was at Kilve. I used
variety of media
including ink & bleach,
watercolour and fine
liner.

4.  From researching into
Lesley Richmond, I
then wanted to create
my own surface
pattern in her style
and try to create that
texture look as well as
bring out the nature
itself.
 Over layered
with P.V.C
which makes
this piece
waterproof.
 This pattern design
combines the trees in
the woodland and
pebbles at the beach.
This prototype creates
a scenery to represent
Kilve.
Work by Lesley
Richmond
 The embroidery work
was based on the
observational drawings
I done on the trip.

5.  This prototype is inspired by
pebbles at the Kilve beach.
 For this prototype I
decided to look at a
different textile
designer. These are
some examples of
work by Marit
Fujiwara.
 I like how the
designer creates the
textured surface by
layering and
combining materials.

6.  My third prototype will be a laser cut pattern piece which could be used anywhere
on a garment.