“(Broken) Hearts” Cargo Pant

(Dec. 2020) This was my first project created after learning Adobe Illustrator. Made in Illustrator, The “(Broken) Hearts cargo pant” was created as my interpretation of where I would like to see the cargo pant head at the time. Known for its durability and comfort, I wanted to see cargo pants incorporate more design changes to the garment that would complement the existing design features cargo pants already offer. At the time, I was inspired by the concept of love and the various forms it takes within our lives and felt that the qualities people like about cargo pants are the same qualities we like about love. As a result, I created three different colorways that the pant would be created in: army camo, desert camo, and black. The camo designs incorporate an all-over enlarged asymmetrical heart design that are the same color as the pants themselves. The black design incorporates a similar design with the main difference being the “crack” effect down the center of the heart as well as the enlarged asymmetrical heart design being red and smaller white, accent asymmetrical hearts. All the designs would incorporate custom asymmetrical heart pockets with silver buttons.

As a technical sketch there was a lot of room for improvement, but this was also made before I even knew what a technical sketch was. Stitch lines missing and the garment itself being asymmetrical are two of the major things I noticed amongst other details that could be seen upon closer inspection. Nevertheless, this was the design that sparked a fire in me to seriously pursue this career.