J'Adore

I want to go back please! :)

Coco

I recently watched Coco Before Chanel and thought it was an amazingly inspiring film. The costumes throughout were gorgeous and I instantly warmed to Tautou's character, Gabrielle. I absolutely love period dramas and this has become one of my favourite! Anne Fontaine really created a world into which the audience is pulled... The world of Coco Chanel.....I wish I could be there!

I Heart Lanvin...

While on my trip to Paris I visited the Lanvin store......and fell in love! The clothes were just beautiful.

Stéphane Rolland

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I think these dresses from Stéphane Rolland's Winter 09/10 collection are stunning. The grey dress above was among my favourites. The use of light, flowing fabrics combined with tough, structured detailing on the cuff, waist and shoulder creates a modern look.

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Wearing a dress as dramatic yet elegant as this would just make you feel amazing and after paying around £30,000 it would be expected.............

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Has Privé gone Gaga?

I think that the outfits worn by Lady Gaga to the Grammy Awards deserve to be called works of art rather than pieces of clothing. All of her outfits were designed by Giorgio Armani who gave her an "out of this world", extreme modern look. Fashion has helped Gaga to create her image as an unconventional, unique music artist. Clothing can easily shape the public perception of celebrities. This is a fact that Gaga has used to her advantage, quickly gaining a place in the spotlight due to her outlandish, daring outfits. They may not be to everyone's taste but they definately draw attention whether it be positive or negative.

Hidden Composition

For the second assignment in my Design Theory 2 module I was set the task of designing and writing a two page article for a fictitious magazine called 'Visual Analysis and Synthesis'. The article was to be an informative visual analysis of a piece of art of my choice. I chose to analyse the painting, Las Meninas, by Diego Velazquez. I looked at the underlying stucture of the painting, fitting 'the golden ratio' and 'golden rectangle' into the composition. I explored how the use of the 'golden ratio' produced an aesthetically pleasing scene.

Junya Watanabe, Molten Vintage

For one my modules at level 2, Research and Design Development I was set the task to design an autumn/winter collection for the Japanese conceptual designer, Junya Watanabe. For the first part of the project, I worked within a team to research the designer and his typical customer. We put together the customer board below to give us an overall view of the 'Watanabe customer'.

We then researched the trend predictions for autumn/winter 2010/11, to gain an insight on the up and coming trends. We kept these trends in mind when designing our mood board (shown below), however, didn't stick to them completely as throughout our research we found that Watanabe's style was not completely led by current trend.

We then chose a range of fabrics and components to use within our collections and designed a fabric board to display them.


The team work ended here and we split off to design our own collections. A few of my initial ideas pages are shown below.

I then went on to choose a range of garments for my final collection. I was to design 10 outfits and show them as fashion sketches illustrating the feel of the collection. I first drew my illustrations by hand, then scanned them into the p.c and used Photoshop to add colour. I am pleased with how they turned out, as this was my first attempt at fashion illustration.



We then had to show each of the garments as professional flat drawings. I used the software, Lectra, Kaledo Style to draw my flats. I enjoyed experimenting with this new programme although it crashed too many times! The stress was kind of worth it though because I think the flats look really professional. Here is one of my flat drawing boards: