I plan to carry on with my blog throughout the making process of my collection as i have enjoyed using this method of recording my development and have organised it into my work routine. I Would like to post what happens in my crit, the make-up and styling of models, maybe a photoshoot if i have time and if my collection makes it on to the catwalk.
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Sunday, 11 April 2010
Job Roles Activity
After collecting ome job ads i have been asked to create my own job application for my ideal firt job.
Freelance/Boutiques/Underwear/Monsoon
Location- London (also opportunities to travel)
£14,000 - £22,000(the average starting salery)
The Role
shadowing a senior designer
Design products following seasonal trends.
Ensure latest catwalk influences are interpreted in an appropriate manner for the brand.
Input into consepts.
Review fabrics and sketches and artworks with B&M.
Visiting fashion capitials for shows and fabric sourcing.
Ideal Candidate
BA in Fashion
CAD and general computer skills literate
Work experiance
Technical knowledge
Ability to communicate
To perform under pressure in a highly dynamic, creative and commercial environment.
Freelance/Boutiques/Underwear/Monsoon
Location- London (also opportunities to travel)
£14,000 - £22,000(the average starting salery)
The Role
shadowing a senior designer
Design products following seasonal trends.
Ensure latest catwalk influences are interpreted in an appropriate manner for the brand.
Input into consepts.
Review fabrics and sketches and artworks with B&M.
Visiting fashion capitials for shows and fabric sourcing.
Ideal Candidate
BA in Fashion
CAD and general computer skills literate
Work experiance
Technical knowledge
Ability to communicate
To perform under pressure in a highly dynamic, creative and commercial environment.
Proffessional Project - 5 minute presentation draft
Introduction to my collection
Explain my theme and consept
Where the idea came from and why i like it.
My brand- logo, name, slogan to incapsulate me and my work.
Outfit one- Bloomers, bodice, hood.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit two- Bodice and pencil skirt.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit three- Jacket and layered skirt
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit four-Bodice dress and hood with bustle.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit five- Mini ballgown and hood scarf.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Compare with my learning agreement - have i met all my aims? What have i done differently and why?
styling - make-up, hair and acessories designed and made by me.
Like the jacket project, have the music i would use for the catwalk playing and the models walking to it.
Present my sketchbook, boards, sample book, pattern cutting folder, portfolio.
Explain my theme and consept
Where the idea came from and why i like it.
My brand- logo, name, slogan to incapsulate me and my work.
Outfit one- Bloomers, bodice, hood.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit two- Bodice and pencil skirt.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit three- Jacket and layered skirt
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit four-Bodice dress and hood with bustle.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Outfit five- Mini ballgown and hood scarf.
-Explain each and where its influence came from,how it fit into my collection whether i think it' successful or not.
-Fabric, colour and cut choices.
-Relate it to my particular style and how it fits with my logo and slogan ect.
Compare with my learning agreement - have i met all my aims? What have i done differently and why?
styling - make-up, hair and acessories designed and made by me.
Like the jacket project, have the music i would use for the catwalk playing and the models walking to it.
Present my sketchbook, boards, sample book, pattern cutting folder, portfolio.
Butterfly inspiration
After looking at Luly Yang' dress i thought the shape and colour of this picture could easily be translated into a stunning dress.
Article- Skinny Chicks Step Aside: Hairy Dudes and Bodacious Babes Are Taking Over the Runway By: Hayley Phelan
I loved this article.
I post some of my favourite.
Mark Fast- fuller figure models
Jean-Paul Gaultier-
Tuxedoed children, 51-year-old beauty Inès de la Fressange and size 20 models have all been on his catwalks.
Plus size models.
A Plus Size Model’s Battle with Anorexia toward a Healthier Look and Mind
I Stumbled across this article a the size of models is a subject that interests me.
It discribes how she was told to lose weight from an already healthy size,her battle with her weight and other models giving advice like 'just eat apple peels'. I mean models are people, they display art i would not like to think i would go out of my way as a designer to pick stick like models. How can i claim to be designing for women when i pick figures to dress them in with no relation to what any real female looks like?
Here is part of the article-
'Crystal lost hair, had no energy, her mood sunk to perpetually sullen. By the age of 17 her body rebelled. It did not want to lose any more weight. Other models gave her insane advice like just eating the peels off apples. Her agency chastised her. An agent pulled her aside and told her the only two options she had were plus size modeling or commercial work. Crystal had not even heard of plus size modeling, but it was this backhanded bit of career advice that perhaps saved her life.
Today Crystal appears in the pages of Vogue and starred in ads for Dolce & Gabbana. At a size 12, calling Crystal “plus size” seems ridiculous. '
Past Project - The JACKET
After dying my jacket with a cocktail of tea and coffee in a bath with my housemate i found this site on dying fabric with natural ingrediants and thought it was interesting.I would try to incorporate this in to future designs, as i would rather use natural more ethical ways to dye with.
http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/
http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/
5 Year Plan
Year 1-Carry on from my fda fashion degree to a BA in Fashion
Year 2- Consider where i could live, if i travel, and applying for jobs, money and personal situation. If i have the money i could move out completely and travel where ever a job might be, like London or even abroad. If i have to stay in Bournemouth or move back home it would limit me to freelance or only applying to jobs in those areas or jobs completely unrelated.
Year 3-Pending on my
Year 4 -Pending
Year 5 -Pending
Year 2- Consider where i could live, if i travel, and applying for jobs, money and personal situation. If i have the money i could move out completely and travel where ever a job might be, like London or even abroad. If i have to stay in Bournemouth or move back home it would limit me to freelance or only applying to jobs in those areas or jobs completely unrelated.
Year 3-Pending on my
Year 4 -Pending
Year 5 -Pending
Monday, 8 March 2010
Cameo- How to resin?
http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/resin.html
I stumbled aross this site, how to make resin cameos, another idea for accessories.
Research
I loved the make-up and styling for this photograph.Vintage look corset- an idea for a colour palette.
I simply love these shoes, another idea for accessories.
This is an image from steampunk fashion i loved the vintage feel of these gloves, i am considering making ome for my collection.
This a dress you can colour in, i loved the idea and it reminded me of other peoples work.
Thee most elegant newspaper dress byJolis Paons, it reminded me of the excercise at the beginning of the course.
I have recentley downloaded an add-on for an internet browser and found it amazing for keeping up to date with what going on around the world of fashion. Here are some of the many images i have collected.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
PPRD Questions
Tasks:
Investigate areas of
future fabrics/technology,
Tokyo Fiber 2009: Senseware.
An exhibition in Italy on modern intelligent fibres, including a fabric made of electrically conductive fibres that can detect pressure combined with its ultra light weight has numerous potential applications.
retail environment/the consumer,
climate change/eco-awareness,
This is a company created by the British Fashion Council made up of ethical deisgner fashion labels. These 37 designers have to honour the principals of organic, fair trade or recycled.
globalisation/trade,
British Fur Trade
"The IFTF promotes strict codes of practice that meet or exceed established and accepted animal welfare standards for wild and farmed fur. The BFTA and the IFTF strongly condemn cruelty to animals and their members do not trade in endangered species." (www.britishfur.co.uk)
the computer age/evolving forms of leisure/obesity.
I've posted this picture due to the Mail article -
How can it help you? I can join a mailing list so i can know hints and tips on what trade shows or new designers, fabric and styles are coming into fashion.
Fashion career agencies:
What is it promoting?I can search through types, places and hierachy.
Brief summary of content, what issue of fashion does it best relate to? Aregistration form needs to be completed then a team will search through jobs that relate to your cv and specifications on the form.
How can it help you? They have experiance with what jobs would fit in with my details.
The fashion industry is based on predicting the future, but is there a future for British Fashion?
There will always be a future for British fashion, irregardless of the sucess and influence of other, worldwide designers and materials, as fashion is an integral part of culture - as long as there are people wearing clothes, there is fashion!Investigate areas of
future fabrics/technology,
Tokyo Fiber 2009: Senseware.
An exhibition in Italy on modern intelligent fibres, including a fabric made of electrically conductive fibres that can detect pressure combined with its ultra light weight has numerous potential applications.
climate change/eco-awareness,
This is a company created by the British Fashion Council made up of ethical deisgner fashion labels. These 37 designers have to honour the principals of organic, fair trade or recycled.
globalisation/trade,
British Fur Trade
"The IFTF promotes strict codes of practice that meet or exceed established and accepted animal welfare standards for wild and farmed fur. The BFTA and the IFTF strongly condemn cruelty to animals and their members do not trade in endangered species." (www.britishfur.co.uk)
the computer age/evolving forms of leisure/obesity.
I've posted this picture due to the Mail article -
"The sickening conspiracy that is the fashion industry"
This article discusses the decision that it will not ban very skinny models from being hired for London Fashion Week next month.As a designer myself i would rather have healthy size 12 models for my collection, i find the attitude that models "are just coat hangers" nonsence. Your models display your image, your idea, your work and i would rather have a model that is a real size as a representation of my work with a real womans figure in mind than a gaunt size zero.
Questions
Fashion career websites:
What is it promoting? Jobs
Brief summary of content, what issue of fashion does it best relate to? Celebrity due to adverts on trends and who's wearing what? and where are the places to be.
How can it help you? I can join a mailing list so i can know hints and tips on what trade shows or new designers, fabric and styles are coming into fashion.
Fashion career agencies:
What is it promoting?I can search through types, places and hierachy.
Brief summary of content, what issue of fashion does it best relate to? Aregistration form needs to be completed then a team will search through jobs that relate to your cv and specifications on the form.
How can it help you? They have experiance with what jobs would fit in with my details.
PPRD 5 minute presentation
PPRD 5 min presentation notes.
This is what i wrote down to read out but i ended up not looking at my script at all, everyone seemed to do this, it made the talk more personal.
Where are you?
In the middle of doing a sketchbook.
Looking forwad to completing 100 designs in 2 weeks.
Where i live - Bengal road, with housemates i get on with,inspire me and are around if i need help.
Begining of my career- training.
Who might influence this?
Parents,friends,tutors,me and my placement.
How you got here?
A-levels, FDA Diploma Pathway - Textiles/Fashion.
Placement - Fab Frocks: Customers, sewing beads, general shop tasks.
I found it a little bit boing but I enjoyed the experience. It lead me on to work for Paul, which included going to Trade Shows such as the Autumn Fair and Pure London. Working a lot with customers over the summer helped me not to be so shy.
Where you want to go next?
To study a 3rd year, BA Fashion Degree or preferably the FDA for the work exprience.
I want to work with a designer, set up my own company with graduates.
How will you package yourself?
Widely varied Skillset - more than just design.
A hard worker, honest, polite, caring and passionate.
I have helped set up a shop, can do hair and makeup, draw well etc
Where it might take you?
More experience in a work environment to go on to a sucessful career that I enjoy and am happy in.
Who/What might influence your choices now and in the future?
Me, my partner, parents, friends, tutors, money and where I live.
This is what i wrote down to read out but i ended up not looking at my script at all, everyone seemed to do this, it made the talk more personal.
Where are you?
In the middle of doing a sketchbook.
Looking forwad to completing 100 designs in 2 weeks.
Where i live - Bengal road, with housemates i get on with,inspire me and are around if i need help.
Begining of my career- training.
Who might influence this?
Parents,friends,tutors,me and my placement.
How you got here?
A-levels, FDA Diploma Pathway - Textiles/Fashion.
Placement - Fab Frocks: Customers, sewing beads, general shop tasks.
I found it a little bit boing but I enjoyed the experience. It lead me on to work for Paul, which included going to Trade Shows such as the Autumn Fair and Pure London. Working a lot with customers over the summer helped me not to be so shy.
Where you want to go next?
To study a 3rd year, BA Fashion Degree or preferably the FDA for the work exprience.
I want to work with a designer, set up my own company with graduates.
How will you package yourself?
Widely varied Skillset - more than just design.
A hard worker, honest, polite, caring and passionate.
I have helped set up a shop, can do hair and makeup, draw well etc
Where it might take you?
More experience in a work environment to go on to a sucessful career that I enjoy and am happy in.
Who/What might influence your choices now and in the future?
Me, my partner, parents, friends, tutors, money and where I live.
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