A-Level Textiles
The course encourages a creative approach to Textile Design allowing you to specialise in Fashion, Textiles, Interiors, Fine Art Textiles, Art, sustainability and Costume design. These resources give you a starting point to explore the different areas within the subject.
Read:
Your starting point for any design project will be research and recording ideas. Read and watch the blog post Zandra Rhodes: Processes, Practices and the Importance of Sketching
Journals - Also available online
Art Monthly Art Review https://www.artmonthly.co.uk/
Contemporary Crafts Magazine https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/
Creative Review https://www.creativereview.co.uk/
Design Magazine https://www.dezeen.com/
Drapers https://www.drapersonline.com/
Elle Decoration https://www.elledecoration.co.uk/
GQ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/?international
Selvedge – Selvedge Ltd https://www.selvedge.org/
Vogue Web https://www.vogue.co.uk/
Online:
Textile & Fibre Artists https://www.textileartist.org/
Collate inspiration in folders https://www.pinterest.co.uk/
British Fashion Council https://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/
Crafts Council www.craftscouncil.org.uk
Design Council www.designcouncil.org.uk
Design Museum www.designmuseum.org
Drapers Magazine www.drapersonline.com/fashion/index.html
Costume timelines www.fashion-era.com/C20th_costume_history
www.manchestergalleries.org/our-other-venues/platthall-gallery-of-costume/the-collection
Victoria and Albert Museum www.vam.ac.uk
Vogue Magazine www.vogue.co.uk
Listen:
https://www.fashionrevolution.org/resources/listen-to-the-fashion-revolution-podcast/ Interested in sustainablity and working towards making change.++
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-dressed-the-history-of-fas-29000690/- Dressed: The History of Fashion explores both social and cultural histories of clothing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds listen to interviews with some of the world’s greatest designers, including Vivienne Westwood, Zandra Rhodes, Celia Birtwell and Anya Hindmarch on Desert Island Discs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/ Look for Podcasts on textile designers, fabrics and the history of Textiles.
Watch:
Now is a great time to see what is happening in the virtual world of museums and galleries. Here is a selection:
DESIGN MUSEUM - Stella McCartney and Sir David Adjaye, in an exciting discussion on sustainable fashion and architecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLKhYJkIoA-
V & A - The V&A museum has launched a series of five films on YouTube that takes viewers on a personal, 30-minute behind-the-scenes tour of its Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=99&v=oEf0iFNTVGw&feat
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6UVZexmc8
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyC_pqYhvwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz1AzscxHjk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSgNdkcg9To
Royal Academy of Arts- Picasso & Paper exhibition https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/picasso-and-paper-virtual-exhibition-tou