End of term...phew!

Very glad that this term is over, been a tough one! Don't really want to talk about our final presentation as its really couldn't have been much worse! I will give you a tip though, "I'm sorry, but we really don't know what we are doing" is definitely the worse opening line i have ever heard some one use! Now i know we weren't as prepared as we could have been but its not the the first presentation we've ever done so their really was no need to make us all look stupid! Any who... Its over just hope my work is good enough to survive our disastrous team work! Just about happy with the results and i have to say Kay is a star!!! She is also fantastic at what she does!! She managed to create an amazing print for our jackets and she made each of our fabrics individually designed to match our designs. Below are the prints she created for my jacket. I couldn't have turned out better! Its as if she read my mind!!

I think that although our jackets are very different styles they still look like a collection so the end result is great!

Below: L-R: My jacket, Amy Burns's jacket, Patrick Jaspers Jacket.

Hope you agree but i think that they look fantastic!!

This week we also got our briefs for our Professional project, which are all live competitions too. There were 4 to choose from but i have decided to do the brief based on colour. Its from Society of Dyers and Colourists and the brief is to‘To demonstrate the creative, imaginative and original use of colour in either fashion or textiles’. I am really looking forward to this project and have loads of ideas already!! Time to research!!!

London Trip

Went with my class up to london for the day this week. We went mainly to see the Nick Knight Show Studio exhibition at Sumerset house but also to try and see the Norman Parkinson exhibition.

Show Studio was good but where was the fashion!!Ok, so there were a few garments placed around the exhibition but the main display were mostly about celebrities! However most of the exhibitions were interactive. Your able to colour and draw digitally on to three giant Naomi Campbells! I did think it was an interesting way to display things and the use of technology was great. Plus they have a live studio where you can watch photo shoots! Below is Junya Watanabe and Gareth Pugh.

NaomiCampell X3

Went to see the Norman Parkinson exhibition after lunch. Really love his photography but thought the exhibition was quite small!

Also managed to see the Courtaulds gallery which was amazing!!

Manet

Degas

It was quite a successful day in London!

Exciting news!

Ok so its been a little while but i've been very busy!! But i found out today that myself and Sam have been picked to enter the FAD competition!!! Im really excited and very shocked!! But what was very strange was none of our group were particularly happy about it! It was a bit weird as the tutors had already explained that although they could only put 2 names on the entry form it is a group project so its really the group that got entered. I could understand disappointment but nobody said anything!!!

But then again am i really surprised?! Team work is a concept that i think has alluded our team and unfortunately im starting to think its a lost cause. But work wise it seems to be going well which is the main point so lets just hope we can get to the end of term with out any major downfalls!!!

Some of my Faves this A/W

Alexander Wang

Versace

John Galliano

oh dear...

What a disaster!! We had our first group tutorial and i don't think it could have been any worse. Couldn't seem to get the team together before hand so we could at least all turn up at the same time!! Plus we hadn't had the chance to look at each others work so when we did all get there we had no idea what each other had done and didn't really know what was going on!! No the best impression to give when 20% of our mark is based on team work! It kind of went down hill from there really!

Any who...the project its self seems to be going quite well which is the important thing. I've been doing some research and have found some really inspiring images. Below are images of 1947's new look and verushka the supermodel painted to blend in with the background, 'urban camouflage'. I really love this idea of making our own camouflage. We are going to be able to collaborate with a Textiles student during this project so we could do some really amazing prints.

Team meeting No 1

Ok...so first team meeting could have been better. not so much discussion. But deep breath, all teams have teething problems, don't they? However, not unhappy about the themes chosen. actually have had a few thoughts already so feeling pretty good. The theme put basically is about surviving industrial breakdowns and war, make do and mend and recycling. The main colours will be; oranges, browns, greens, camouflage, greys and gold. Its been decided that it will be a spring/ summer collection, although i kind of think that the themes and colours would be better suited to and autumn/winter collection. Never the less i have started my research and have found some really interesting images already.

New Term, new year, new brief

Got my new brief this week. Its called Traces and is also part of a live FAD competition. The aim is to plan, research, develop, design, cost and create a minimum of 2 outfits which must include 2 jackets. for my assessment i will also have to construct my chosen jacket design. I will be working in a group of 5 including myself. The others in my team are Amy Burns(Designer), Patrick Jasper(Designer), Sam Mason(promoter), and Natalie O'Brian(promoter).

The design brief is all about memories and how in a digital age we may be in danger of losing our memories. Technology has made it to easy to erase or edit our memories. We must include a personal memory and a collective memory

Im quite excited about this brief as their are so many things you could do. Cant wait to meet up with the team and discuss our ideas.