Back to School

This summer i went back to my old secondary school to help out with the end of year fashion show. It showcases work from the whole of year 9 and the GCSE textiles group who are in the picture. Their task was to design and make a corset based on the Surrealism movement, whilst the year 9 pupils had to make a whole outfit to reflect their chosen art movement. The emphasis each year is on 'Radical Fashion' and some of the ideas were amazing! Since starting my uni course i have realised that sewing is really not my strong point, but going back and helping the class made me realise i have come such a long way since i was at school. For example i must have fitted about 30 zips throughout the day, something which i struggled to do in the first year of uni, infact i seem to rememeber taking a whole day just to do 1!

Summer Project

Our summer project is all about marketing yourself and developing your own personal design philosophy - which im finding easier said than done! Although i know what interests me, its difficult to translate this into a design philosophy. As a starting point i have made a small sketchbook containing little scraps of fabric, magazine cuttings and pictures etc which inspire me. I am making a conscious effort to not be too neat about it as this is something which slows me down all the time!

Key inspirations/words: lomography, vintage, layering, illustration, graphics mixed witth hand drawings, ecclectic, embelishment, texture, prints, femininity, magazines - Amelias, Oh Comely, Lula - florals, bohemian, romance, clutter....