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by Olivia Kate Violet

Why do certain objects leave a stain in our lives?

Tuesday 28th October 2014

Since looking at the Renegade collection, (situated within the Pavilion museum) in particular the Teddy boy outfit, I have been thinking about how I could move this project forward and develop it into one of substance.

In addition to reflecting on how the little necktie caught my attention from the outfit, in class we started discussing this idea of stain and how there is a double meaning to it. We considered how the literal meaning of spilling some dye on a bit of cloth is not the only definition of stain; there is such thing as an emotional stain.

Thus I am going to look into the concept of attachment and how we grow fond of the items we possess and in particular why not all of them.

To start off initially I have just been experimenting with illustrator both to give me practice using the software and also portray a couple of items important to me.

 

by Olivia Kate Violet

Project Development

Monday 20th October 2014

Today we all had our practise presentations on the garment we chose from the Renegade collection. The presenations were meant to last 4-5 minutes, mine however ended up dragging out for an entire 45 minutes (the feedback section lasted a good half an hour of that time)!

From the collection I had chosen to focus on the Teddy Boy outfit as the little saxophone broach around the collar of the shirt, caught my eye. I have always been one to appreciate the smaller, more detailed things in life and so I decided that was something i’d be really interested in researching and also drawing!

The feedback I received today has really helped me to focus my project in a direction i’m happy with. We talked about objects and the attachment you can form to them (I am a hoarder and so keep most things and thus am attached to quite a few objects already at the age of 20 years old). Furthermore we linked this idea of people possessing an emotional connection to objects to the branding essence of a business and then talked about theoretical stains and scars. Due to this session I have decided to look into this area of attachment in more depth and in particular, linking it the vintage subculture evident in Brighton.