My online portfolio

I forgot to post this on here but when i was emailing with a stylist in Paris for a possible placement she requested i make an online portfolio so she could see my work.

so here it is

Click here to go to my online Portfolio

also my placement is really soon! Im really excited! but i have to finish my Critical studies essay before then!

Applied fashion feedback and mark

I have my feedback with Gemma and i was very pleased with what she had to say... my feedback form was positive too, it said i that i have a excellent body of work and i had effective and evaluative understanding of research. which i was pleased to hear and that i must carry this forward to other projects. my own photography was successful. my only down fall was that in my trend book when it was projected onto slides for my presentation the writing was blurry and too difficult to read but that i had spoke well ad kept good eye contact with the viewer. which is a shame otherwise it would have been better!

my mark was 71% which i am very pleased about!

Final line up - Presentation - finished

Here are my final line ups without the fabric on, i have used photoshop and scanned in the blank images to add the fabrics to the designs. most of the fabrics i have used are upholstery, thick wools, or thick cotton mixes. I am quite happy with my line up but i would quite like on the next project to try something different with the line up. perhaps the way i present it, so its no just on a A3 piece of paper, or even on photoshop.

All in all im quite happy with this project i have kept to a strict time limit and this has helped me to be less stressed and have the need to rush thing. It does feel odd though not having to stay up late the night before a hand in to get everything finished. I will defiantly try and work to this standard and organisation every-time.

I was really worried about the presentation, i dont think my visuals were the best they could be, but i think i spoke quite well and kept good eye contact with gemma and ian so so hopefully this wont bring my grade down.

critical studies - i made a start!

An analysis of the phenomena and status of Haute Couture

Investigating the Phenomena of Haute Couture, looking into the history of the possible art form, its origins and how it has evolved over time. Examining Couture in the terms of a commodity, it’s social status in correspondence to hierarchy and class. Whilst examining Marx’s theories surrounding Capitalism in relation to Couture, alongside looking to Adorno’s theories in correlation to Couture as a potential art form.

so this is my opening paragraph for my critical studies essay, im quite glad i've chosen a subject now, im looking into haute couture and its possibilities of it being used as an art form, also looking at its purpose it apposed to make for the brand. looking the Marxs and Adornos theories with capitalism. Im quite nervous about this essay its quite hard to write an academic essay when all we have done since i left gcse is 1 essay a year and its normally on something to do with fashion. im finding it hard to incorporate the critical theorists. I also think i need to read more, it can only help with my dissertation. actually id rather not think about that right now! but i should make a good start to my dissertation in the summer and not leave it too late like i have this essay!

Trend book

I decided to call my trend demure bloom these are some of my pages from my tend book i choose to do it in a wallpaper style book and add my pages to it myself its more like a file. im quite pleased with it, i would perhaps have thought of a better way to try and do my illustrations if i were to do it again. I think the colours of the pages work well with the trend and the fabrics in the picture frames is fitting with the trend also. I tried to make it more touchy feely kind of trend book. I would perhaps have liked more time to do the trend book also but i need to get on with designing.

Critical studies

The essay is looming over me, i really need to start doing some more reading i was really influenced by the seminar talk we had with Tom about communism, and Marx left and right wing. Also on aesthetics... im really confused right now and it just dousnt seem like im getting anywere i really need to start reading!

Applied fashion research

through my research for applied fashion design i have looked to future trends for AW 10/11 and there is a strong influence from victorian times, be it fashion, decor, fabrics or wallpaper. I have keyed in on wallpaper as influence for my garment flats for the trend book. I also went to temple newsam which currently had a wallpaper exhibition on and the decor inside this place was amazing! all the furniture was really influencical and the colours of the decor were amazing too. I have used these images in my research too. Another source of colour influence came from the group of painters the glasgow boys especially Charles Anastase's work.

I feel this project is going pretty well so far, i am managing to keep on track with work and the research seems to be successful hopefully this will feed into my trend book.