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Who, What, When, Where, Why, How? 2.0

So now that I've laid down the ground work for why I want to do what I'm doing, here's the logistics:  Who? Like I said in my earlier post, there are women in New Zealand looking for garments that provide a sense of complete individuality and difference from their peers. I aim to look at a target market that includes young women looking for a unique garment that they can wear to represent themselves. This may also include older women too, from middle-age to... who love a beautiful garment. I aim to create garments that can be worn to events such as weddings, red carpet events, races, etc.  What? Taking influences from bridal and haute couture as a base starting point for previous prototypes of what has been done, I want to draw on these along with ideas and techniques that I have learnt and produced to create gowns for women in New Zealand.  When? Where? These garments have the aim of being worn in a situation where a woman wants to look and feel her best. I aim to...

Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?

I decided blogging would be the best way to let all my thoughts and ideas tumble out and form a sort of idea base for all of the thoughts and ideas I come up with when going through the design process for my 4th year projects!  We are currently in week 2 of the semester, and I've been stuck on a plateau for where to start making my ideas manifest in regards to the process of realising where I want to go with my final outcome of my last year at university.  I'm the kind of person who will think and think and think about her ideas, and not necessarily do anything until I'm sure of where I'm heading. At that point I jump straight into it and bust the work out- which is great! I'm not necessarily procrastinating, just mulling over exactly what I want to do until I do it. However, this project requires action along with thinking.  First, I need to set up the ground structure of my project. Who, what, when, where, why and how?  I decided for this year, I want to f...