Evaluation

The processes and toiles we carried out before constructing the final garment gave us a good understanding of subtraction cutting techniques and the ability to translate the techniques into a desired silhouette on our tailored jacket. Overall I think the jacket was successful in what we were trying to communicate.

First I will look at the successful elements of the jacket:

• The tailored section of the jacket and sleeves.
  
• The fabric choice worked well together.
  
• French seams on the chiffon created a nice effect.
  
• The transparency of the chiffon increased the effectiveness of the tunnels on the jacket.
  
  The following elements I feel were unsuccessful:
  
• The manufacturing of the lining front where the chiffon meets the silk – the shape meant we were unable to use French seams, instead they had to be overlocked.
  
• The ‘inside-out’ effect created from using French seams on the tunnels. While I feel that it created an effective outcome we were unaware that it would happen. Therefore it would have been useful to make a toile using french seams so that we would be aware of how the final jacket would turn out.
  
• The absence of photochromic printed design – as a strong element in our concept it is unfortunate that we were not able to demonstrate it on our jacket. However this is something that we explored deeply, it was just not possible for us to do with the time scale and cost restrictions.
  
  If we were to make the jacket again, with a larger time scale and budget the changes I would make would be:
  
• Spend more time working out the lining of the jacket to avoid the difficult area.
  
• Make a toile using french seams to see if there was any way to use french seams while keeping the jacket the same as previous toiles.
  
• Purchase the photochromic dyes and carry out sample testing to develop a dye which will work effectively which we could then apply to the jacket.