worthy surfing

http://www.fashion-templates.com/about/storyboards

sth abt Nicolas Ghesquière

Nicolas Ghesquière (born 1971, in Comines, Nord-Pas de Calais, France, raised in Loudun, Poitou-Charentes, France) is a globally recognized fashion designer and is currently creative director for the house of Balenciaga owned by the Gucci Group (Pinault-Printemps-Redoute).

Nicolas Ghesquière is a big fan of US movie director Brian De Palma, whose films include Carrie and Scarface.

Raised in the small town of Loudun in western France (in the Poitevin-speaking part), Ghesquière announced at the age of 12 that he wanted to be a designer, though he now admits this was partly from an adolescent desire to do something different from his parents and to alleviate country boredom.

After completing his studies, Nicolas worked from 1990-1992 as an assistant to designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. He then worked at Pôles, designing their knit wear line followed by a series of inauspicious assignments with different companies including the Italian house of Callaghan.

*summary from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Ghesquière

Q&A of Nicolas Ghesquière:

http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/q-a-nicolas-ghesquiere/

dont know if these can help to analyse his color system... just keep a record right now

class exercise no.3

color for more space

cool colors are used in the interior design of the store

my aim is that can make customers feel more relaxing

as warm color may give them a sense of stress

the deep blue and purple in the middle can help to give a elegant feeling to the products

complementary colors are avoided to use in the store so as to create harmony feeling

history of BALENCIAGA

after i read the history of BALENCIAGA, i've known the basic things of the brand

here's the summary

Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga who is a Spanish designer. His bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern shapes were trademarks of the house.

The designer house is now run by Nicolas Ghesquière.

1914
Cristóbal Balenciaga opened the House of Balenciaga in San Sebastian

1937 August
Cristóbal Balenciaga opened his Paris couture house

1968
Cristóbal Balenciaga left the house

1972
Balenciaga was owned by Groupe Jacques Bogart, in bad shape

1997
Nicolas Ghesquiere promoted to creative director of Balenciaga, he turned the brand completely around

1937-1968, when Cristobal Balenciaga made his name during Paris's golden age of fashion; and 1996-2006, charting the dramatic revival of the House of Balenciaga under Nicolas Ghesquière, one of the most widely admired and celebrated new designers in contemporary fashion.

*described in "Balenciaga Paris" by Pamela Golbin (Author), Fabien Baron (Author)

brand audit - BALENCIAGA

before having brand audit, we must know something basic abt BALENCIAGA
the following links help to give us a general idea of the brand

http://www.balenciaga.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balenciaga
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/BALENCIA/seasons/
http://supermodels.nl/brands/balenciaga
http://www.thinkfashion.com/designer-brands/womens-wear/balenciaga.aspx

analyse of color scheme

i love these 2 photos

although many colors are existed in the pictures

but u dont have odd feeling about it

the color are surprisingly match

class exercise no.1

this is the class exercise did before and after lecture3


BEFORE

i just colored what i want that time without using any color plan
it may make the whole collection doesnt look "collection" at all


AFTER

this time, i hv used the aboved color scheme
it made me can follow a "plan" that make a collection more coherent


comparing these 2 collections, i like the previous one more
the 2nd one is coloring with the 6-box color scheme
i think it's a quite good method
but in this practice i didnt do well
the 6 boxes are actually not harmony
i must spend more time on the color plan next time

the plaid pattern

plaid is the national color of Scotland.


and i m now going to investigate the color theory applid on it


other than black and white color, that's the primary color, pure red, yellow and blue

in this case, this is applied triad color system


let's see how it will be if i change the three hues in another set of triad colors...

it's possible!!

but i certainly love the original one much more!

the secret of BURBERRY

↑ This is the "Burberry classic check".

And I am now going to discover the color theories applied in this plaid pattern.

beside the black and white color, this two color is used....

and i believe the secret of the classic check must be inside this two hues.

the two colors are analogous on the color wheel

and yea, the little stripes in black and white colors of the check pattern help creating the two hues (PANTONE 155 C, PANTONE 7419 C) in different value

i'm now confident at trying new color for the burberry classic check

using color that are analogous to each other...

haha! i can now create any hues of burberry classic check!

about me

WONG Mei Yi
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