Bag Prototype

 

 As well as designing a two piece men’s outfit, I also have to design a man’s bag but I also had to think about my sport I had chosen which is car racing to make sure the bag was suitable.

I decided to design a bowler bag as when I was researching car racing bags they were mainly big and simple designs.

I took into consideration what the owner of the bag would carry round if they were using the bag and driving and thought they would have things such as driving gloves, a coat, an iPad, phone, phone charger, wallet and sunglasses. Therefore, the bag had to be reasonable big to fit everything inside.

I also added a pocket to the front of the bag with quilting. I done this because I assumed the driver of the car would place things that they would want easily accessible in the pocket such as a phone or sunglasses so then I also thought these types of items are valuable and fragile which is why I incorporated the quilting to give this type of items protection.  

I have chosen to use two smaller handles rather than larger ones as the smaller the handles the easier the bag is to control. For example, I know from personal experience when getting out of my car and pulling out my bag that when I have long straps, they have a tendency to wrap around the handbrake, so I thought smaller straps would be a lot more appropriate. To attach the handles to the bag I am going to use D rings as they let the handles move easily and I am using a zip to close the bag.

Below are images from the prototype that I designed of the bag.

 

I found making the prototype quite difficult to put together as the card was too stiff and wouldn’t go exactly how I wanted. It was a good idea to design the prototype first, as after it was completed I decided to change the side panels, so instead of having one big piece, I have changed them into separated pieces which can be seen on my accessory specification sheet below. This change also made the pattern piece simpler and hopefully will help the construction of the bag to look better. However, if I was to do this process again of creating a prototype for a bag, I would prefer to use a fabric such as calico as it is much easier to work with than card.