Coat design and silhouette development

after sewing my initial toile for my coat design I have decided to simplify it.. It's quite late at this stage but I think it will make my work more successful and developed.


I don't feel as though I am currently making the most of my woven designs. My woven designs are very 3 dimensional and bold. They are all about extending the body, playing with the bodies boundaries and edges, adding to the body in chunky materials and 3d weave structures. The coat at the moment has lots of drapery and seeing it in the flesh has made me realise that using my woven designs in this way wouldn't really work.. I would like to use my weave in more ways then just in panels across the arms which is what I was initially planning to do with this coat


I have decided to continue with a coat design and try to maintain the silhouette - dropped shoulders etc but without the folding. The weave has enough bold detail, texture and complex structure. In the end I want the weave to stand out not get lost in a garment design that doesn't compliment it.

the coat will only have draping details at the back, and my woven fabric on the arms.