I first wanted to create a mood board inspired on the Tudor era which was one of the themes for my pattern cutting project. After I researched online for some mood board ideas I chose the ones that I thought suited more to the theme, which colours and style (use of a mix of text, some models, jewellery, accessories, patterns and textiles) would allow me to transmit my idea.
After I created these two mood boards I changed my idea because although I liked the layout, the colours and images used and how everything was coming together I found that I was struggling to create a good mood board because I wasn’t inspired by the theme that I chose.
I then decided to create a mood board about sustainable Fashion which is a theme that I am more passionate about and it is a subject I want to pursue on my further studies as a Fashion Designer.
I decided to create a mood board about sustainable fashion because I think that the future of fashion resides on sustainability, and the ability to create good quality garments and products (accessories, etc) without harming the environment. I think anyone working in the Fashion industry (including future designers and the public) should be aware on how fast fashion and other processes of making Fashion is causing a lot of harm on the planet and that it is important to find other ways to make fashion that doesn’t only benefits the clothing companies but the communities and the planet as a whole. Most of the times the companies put their profits above the welfare of people that produce, make and sells their products and the public should be aware of that. In order to make better decisions we must learn about other options like slow fashion, new (eco-friendly) materials and ethical fashion.
To create my mood board on sustainable fashion, I got inspired by the mood boards above, and I chose these mood boards because of the colour palette (that remembers nature), the way that the images and text are harmoniously layered, the use of text with words that related to my theme, the use of natural and urban motifs put together to create the idea of unity and harmony between them (like progress and sustainability together), the images of nature and the way they used images and words together to communicate their ideas.
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