Empirical Menswear

My chosen community for this project is Amish people. This is where I have sought my inspiration from when designing my garment. They are a extremely traditional group of people, who do not use any modern technologies, eg electricity and cars. They do a lot of farming and have a very uniform like wardrobe. They are very concealed and traditional in there style.

When visually researching Amish people a common occurrence in their clothing was the little exposure of any skin, braces, hats, ties around the hats and the segments of the structure. I used these aspects to inform my designs.