Designs!

I have been experimenting with some 'silhouettes' for my final designs, it has really helped me with the design development process! Check it out! . . .

Jodhpurs . . .






Cape . . .

My Customer Profile

I also had to decide on a customer for my collection ;

She is between the ages of 17 and 25.

She is fashion conscious and a confident individual.

High maintanace.

Well polished.

Spends her free time;

• Clubbing


• Shopping


• Going out for meals


• Going to the theatre

She is middle to upper class.

Works as a buyer.

My Collection!

For the second year of my degree I have been set the challenge of creating my own collection, which I am really excited about! I have been researching into ‘military’ for inspiration, collecting old photos, buttons and badges is really interesting! Here are a few pages from my sketch book.







I would love to hear what you think?!

Fashion Show

This summer my university put on an amazing fashion show to display all of the students hard work to the paying public! I was lucky enough to get to photograph the work as it came down the catwalk. The show was so succesful that we have decided to put on another one this year , only it is set to be bigger and better than last year! More details to come but for now, here are a few highlights from this years show . . .

Work by Becky Dodman






Work by Robert Tarasek






Work by Sarah Bird

Prom Dress

As promised her are the pictures of my sister on her prom day, wearing the dress I made her . . .free of charge may I add!! she loved it and i was happy to hear that lots of peoply commented on how beautiful her dress was :) She also had her hair and makeup done by a professional who has worked with a lot of big hollywood stars! jelous . . me?

OMG!

OMG! I cannot believe it has been almost a month since I last blogged, but I have been soo busy time has just flown by! So I will just give your a brief update on what I have been up too!

I am in the process of making my little sisters prom dress! We have designed it together and it is gorgeous, a very Grecian floor length number in chiffon, all is going well so far and she has picked out the most beautiful accessories! I will post pictures and design drawings after her prom.

On top of that I have just got home from a whole day of fashion show rehearsals in preparation for the show tomorrow. It is in a stunning building that looks quite . . well Roman! Ill have to take lots of pictures to show you as its hard to describe! and there are some gorgeous models volunteering their time for us, so ill take pictures of them too!

Thats all for now

x

Karen Millen Underwear

My concept was to launch a new range of Karen Millen underwear to co-inside with the current range in store. So here are a few of my very rough ideas and also my little swing tag to go with! hope you like them . . . comments please!

New Line for Karen Millen

For my fashion marketing project I had to choose a brand to research into and find a new direction for it to go in. So I chose Karen Millen to look at and I found that they didn't sell underwear or men's wear. So I decided to 'introduce' a line of underwear to the Karen Millen brand. . . Here are my research boards

Karen Millen

This is the mood board that I created for my fashion marketing project on Karen Millen , It represents what the company is about and commont traits of the collections . . enjoy . . .

Who am I?

For my fashion marketing project I was asked to create a mood board representing myself, so I thought instead of using magazine tear-outs I would just take pictures of things that I own.

Sex And The City 2

Spoiler Alert!

Sex and the City Trailer

Ahhhh! . . . I finally got tickets to see the greatly anticipated Sex And The City 2 with my BFF! I was just as excited to see what the girls were wearing as I was to see the film. It was just as fabulous and flamboyant as the first film, if not more so! Opening with an over-the-top, elegant, gay wedding scene, you can tell from the start that the film that it will be effortlessly stylish throughout. My favourite bit has to be when Samantha has a nervous breakdown in a market place in Abu Dhabi. A man breaks her Hermes Berkin handbag, spilling all of the contents onto the floor including a ton of condoms, which in Abu Dhabi you can be arrested for! But instead of hiding them away, she waves them in the men's faces screaming YES!! I HAVE SEX!! SEXXX!!!! Haha! comedy genius!

Anyy way . . . back to the fashion . . .So here are some of my favourite clothes from the film!

One the first glimpses of the fashion to come was the Promotional poster featuring Carrie in Emilio Pucci. I absolutely love the print . . . very Abu dhabi!

Ooh what do we have here?! Miranda in Chrisitan Louboutin Heels and Bottega Venetta dress. Carrie wearing a Halston Heritage dress teamed with a Chanel clutch and Christian Louboutin heels. Samantha working her look around the $1,300 VBH Palm clutch! and finally Charlotte in a Christian Dior suit and matching bag! Yummy!

Kate Moss for Topshop

First of all i will give you the bad news . . The kate moss for Topshop collection has been downsized . . from four collections two just two a year, the good news . . this summers collection is fab-u-lous! Just take a look for yourself . . .

Street Style: Summer Dress

Dress from Topshop

I really love this cute summer dress and the was she has teamed it with a tan leather belt. Personaly I would have worn this look with some yummy studded sandles to give it a bit of edge.

That is all x

Blogging

I have been researching into the world of blogging so that I can gain inspiration on how to better my own blog and also to discover other great blogs to follow and share with you. Here are my findings . . .

One of the very first blogs that I came across was that of Tavi Gevinson who is the genius behind the well known blog , style rookie. She started writing her blog at the age of just 11 and started in the same way as many other bloggers, with a simple introduction. She wrote. . . "Well I am new here.... Lately I've been really interested in fashion, and I like to make binders and slide shows of "high-fashion" modeling and designs. I'd like to know of neat websites and magazines, so comments are welcome. I plan on posting pictures in the future, but for now, I'm just getting started. Yours truly, Tavi" At this point there was no indication of what was to come for her! she posts many pictures of herself dressed up in kooky outfits and also a lot of images that she likes and wants to share with her followers. Now just two years on she has become internationally known for her inspirational style and must-read blog. She has managed to make a career out of blogging,The fashionista sat on front row at New York Fashion week and even sells her own T-shirts!


Although she is not the only one to have invaded the front row! Fashion blogger BryanBoy was one of the first. He sat on front row at Dolce & Gabbana last September, next to Anna Wintour (US vogue editor-in-chief) who was reported to be not very happy about it! His blog is really good fun and light - hearted, he seems to travel a lot which makes his blog all the more interesting to read.

Another male blogger that caught my attention was Dan Hasby-Oliver who writes men's fashion blog Last Style of Defense. His blog mainly introduces new photographers and designers to his readers, he has made his way into the fashion world through blogging and has already attended Paris fashion week. so needless to say, he has achieved quite a lot since starting his blog just under a year ago, in July 2009!

Although I have to say my favourite blog for all the celeb goss, pics and 'you were thinking it we are just saying it' commentary has to be The Style Bitches. The Blog is written by Blanaid Hennessy and Laura Cunningham who started the blog in January 2009 and they cast their opinion on all the latest fashion trends and the celebs who are wearing it. Their style of writing and knowledge has made the bloggers really successful in such a short space of time! This blog is a must-click!

Comments please! :) x x x

Street Style: Sandals

Its sooo hot today, the sun has finally decided to make an appearance, but probably not for long :( so it is a perfect excuse for getting your sandals on! This season the must-wear pairs are pretty much like gladiator sandals but just smaller! so while out shopping I have taken a few snaps of my favourite pairs to give you some inspiration!