Critical Reflection #5: Metacognition
What have you discovered about your process, your habits?
Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question.

Lucian Figliulo

What is the relationship between concept and execution in fashion?

I have learned a decent amount about myself as a designer. Prior to this project, I had dipped my toe into fashion but never really explored it in a real way. This project was a place to do that and on that level I more than succeeded. I learned that I am someone who planning doesn’t necessarily work for. While I am limited with material, and silhouette, because of my doll, anytime I would do a sketch my final, let alone my initial product would not even resemble my sketch. While this is not to say that as I continue to make fashion that I refuse to sketch, I think of it much more so as my ability to move with a garment. Each piece of fabric or any material or that matter has a way of moving and being placed, and to follow that make the best garment possible. I also learned it’s ok to take a break from particular projects. While I loved the aesthetics of it, I was having trouble finishing the pinecone skirt because I really liked what I had thus far and I didn’t want to mess that up. So I took a break with that piece and I worked on other stuff for about two weeks. Then when I returned to it, I felt invigorated and I really enjoyed working on it again. I think while I am definitely able to give an answer to my essential question, that answer would definitely not be complete, and i’m quite happy about that actually. I went into this project trying to make it so that every piece I made perfectly matched with the image in my head. Sometimes I did and it was great and other times I didn’t, and it turned out better than I could have even imagined. To me, that’s the beauty of fashion, and art in general, to allow you to move the piece as it moves with you. To listen to a garment or a piece of fabric and try to interpret the language of art is one of the most crucial and essential aspects of any kind of creation, and for that I think I have answered my essential question