Steampunk Project Evaluation

When the class handed in the Steampunk project, Jackie who works for

Phaze clothing, who gave the brief to us, came in and viewed the portfolios and shirts,

and initially she was taken aback from the wide range of different styles that were created but was very impressed.

Before she left, i asked for feedback on the shirt, and her advice was that even though

she loved the originality of the fan effect collar and all the ideas and aspects

were in the shirt, she thought that the buckles were too heavy for the fabric,

which could have changed the look of the shirt from making them thinner and using a different fabric

to create them, which i initially thought could be a problem.

She also suggested that the corset could have been moved to the front of the

shirt to make it more of a Victorian style as the corsets wouldn't

have necessarily be seen, the frill could have been in lace to match the shoulder heads

and the frill currently looks too 'soft', which she thought could be

improved from making the frill angular to match the collar.

Overall, i was pleased with the outcome of the project and feel that i have learnt alot.

Strengths -

• What strengths did I have that others don't? - My strengths were my enthusiasm for the topic, starting a new project and wanting to get the best out of it.
• What do people see as my strengths? - After talking to Jackie, who works for Phaze clothing, she seemed to think my strengths were the originality of the collar I created and parts of my portfolio. Also my time keeping was one of my strengths, finishing the project days before hand in.
• Which of my achievements am I most proud of? - I am most proud of completing the garment on time and was pleased with the end result of it, after weeks working on it and changing aspects of it.
• Which section of the work did I complete well? - I feel I created the
  shirt pattern well with little help and completed the shirt well, as the toile wasn't of a very good standard, and managed to turn it around and create a good final piece.

Weaknesses -

• What tasks did I avoid? - I mostly avoided the essay part of the project, as I feel I am more confident in my portfolio and garment constructing skills.
• What do others see as my weaknesses? - My weakness was again applying colour to the final flat sheets and feeling as though I had a good idea of what I was doing when making the garment, and still managing to sew parts wrong.
• What holds me back? - What held me back was the confidence to ask for help when creating the toile, which I overcame when constructing the final shirt.
• What are my negative work habits? - My negative work habits were not asking for help as much when creating the garment.