Final Flats
The chosen designs have been scanned and manipulated in Illustrator to give the final design flats.....
Metal weave structure with a fabric base and separate ruffle attachment tied through. The ruffle attachment can be removed and the design can be worn as just the weave headband as shown below
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Lace imprinted aluminium petal clips with scrap nuts used for beading detail
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Lace wedding dress material forming a headband with veil covering the face
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Two tiered ruffle headband with elasticated back
Back Views
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Or the ruffle attachment can be worn as its own headband
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Here a 3D structure has been bulit using Betty Bolt's reclaimed nuts and connected together using craft wire
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Large lace bow headband made from unwanted wedding dress fabric
Lace imprinted aluminium petal clips with scrap nuts used for beading detail
Ring pull headband made from weaving lace fabric though recycled ring pulls
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Lace wedding dress material forming a headband with veil covering the face
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Two tiered ruffle headband with elasticated back
Aluminium leaf shapes cut from recycled cans and attached to a elasticated lace headband
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Twisted wire headband connected to an elasticated back to fit all sizes
3D nut clusters this time attached to a lace headband
Sample Toiles
In order to visualise the designs some relevant samples were made up & photographed on the mannequin
This headband uses strips of recycled aluminium cans woven together to give a more textured effect to the metal
The fabric rescued from the wedding dresses suited the ruffle effect pictured on the headband above
This headband uses strips of recycled aluminium cans woven together to give a more textured effect to the metal
The fabric rescued from the wedding dresses suited the ruffle effect pictured on the headband above
Designer Inspiration
Fred Butler & Tomihiro Kono are just two of the designers I have taken inspiration from.
Chosen Accessory
As part of the Betty Bolt collection I have chosen to make an ethically sound, recycled headband. Taking inspiration and materials from the concept of combining unloved wedding dresses and reclaimed scrap metal to produce unique and exciting accessories.
Fast Fashion and Landfill
In the UK around 1.5 million tonnes of clothing and textiles are thrown away each year.
Of these items more than half of them could be recycled, yet only a very small percentage actually are. This throw away attitude towards fashion is not healthy for our environment nor for our society!
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