Tribal FASHION DRESS IN TRIBAL

FASHION FOR

SUMMER

2012-13

Fashion designs, Photographs

and art pieces inside by our

very own Author

Nicole Mc Kenna !

Have a look inside and see where the tribal influ-ences come from

ALL SO SOME INTERESTING

FACTS ABOUT AFRICAN

HISTORY IN TRIBAL

CULTURES HAVE A READ ?

Who would you

consider as a

Tribal fashion

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Tribal

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treats are on offer in

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INSIDE: Tribal colour palette for 2012-13

What colours should be in your wardrobe?

~ Volume 1 ~ Edition

1 ~ May 2012 ~

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Inside this issue:

Author 2

Tribal influences 3

history 4

culture 5

Tribal fashion 6

economy 7

Fashion icon 8

technology 9

retail 10

Color palette 11

reference 12

Me

< Hi my Name is Nicole Mc Kenna. I'm the author, illustrator and creator of this magazine and all the images inside.

Theme

< My theme is AFRICAN TRIBAL. I was inspired to do this theme as it interests me and also I liked the different design ideas I could cre-ate with theme.

Research

< I researched different images and tribes I liked one tribe in par-ticular called the Ashanti tribe which originates from Ghana.

Conclusion < I really enjoyed my theme and throughout this magazine you will see different pieces of work that I have created ill describe how I created each piece of work and you will also see the different digi-tal imaging I will use in the maga-zine also.

I hope you enjoy the Tribal treat !!

I created this image from an original image of me and an image from the internet of a tribal inspired jumpsuit by marc Jacobs. I put my head on the body of the model wearing the tribal jumpsuit used www.pixlir.com

Tribal Design nails the hottest

look for your nails this sum-

mer!

Also inside have a

look at the lates t

tribal inspired ear-

rings, LOVE

THEM !!

T RIBAL Influences

Image of bone earrings I solarized the image of the bones they were tribal influ-

ences.

This image is of tribal prints its solarized on pixlir. I was influenced by different tribal prints, I created some of f my own tribal patterns using ink, crayons, markers, block foam printing etc… as you will see on the next page as I’ve left some examples

Tribal tattoo its highlightened using pixlir.

Africian people and cultures inspired me in many ways African people have many beliefs and usually create there clothing from natural products.

What influenced me Weapons, colours, bones, feath-ers, straw, Tatoos, Africia, tribal prints, beads, plants, designers.

Mark making, Block printing and Fabric paint rubbing

h istory

Mark making

and block

printing also

fabric paint

rubbings all

inspired by

African culture!

Made using

crayon, ink ,paint

and fabric.

a FRICAN culture

AFRICIAN WOMAN I created the image of myself on pixlir.com, I used to photo graphs one original of my own and one from the internet. Us-ing www.pixlir I opened the two images and using layers the lasso tool distorting and changing the colouring of the image I was able to create this image. THE AFRICIAN HUTS I used pixlir.com also to create the picture to the right I cut and copied a picture of my friend into a picture of an African per-son in there home.

AFRICIAN CLOTHING

I created the image below by cutting pout an im-age of alan with the lasso tool and then patsing it onto the

Africian

huts

African clothing African inspired clothing I took this picture at the multi-cultural fashion show in our college Belfast metropolitan

t Ribal fashion designs

Zebra inspired leg-gings and 1/2 vest top

Tribal print body con dress 3/4 length sleeves , V-neck

Tribal print dress body con dress low cut back

High waisted floor length fishtail skirt with stiffened frills.

The designs that I came up with from my re-

search into the tribal theme gave me the inspi-

ration and ideas to design some of the clothing

above in the images. I used many African /tribal

aspects like African animals (zebra), tribal

prints and tribal flowers in those designs.

I have done different patterns ones that are

also in-style this season and looked I have at

the recent trends and styles for summer 2012-13.

can see in the picture to the right.

First of all I drew a tribal print onto paper using pro markers when I was done I scanned the print onto the com-puter and used www.pixlir.com to cre-ate an image as if my tribal print is a stylish dance vest top as you

Tribal Fashion summer 2012 ~ 2013

what’s hot and what’s not!!

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A tribal print drew with

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R eferences

Www.thefunkyfashionista.blogspot.com

www.olalablog.co.uk

www.osochic.co.uk

www.tribalartsasia.com

www.bluntedtumbler.com

www.sustainability.com

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