Friday 16 December 2011

Student Rep Responsibilities

So my role as student rep was put to the test this week my first meeting, held in the fashion and textile office with all tutors technicians library staff and a rep from each year. A new discovery about myself surfaced during this process, it is my job to pass on good and bad things that surface during the first semester. So this is what i tried to do i'm pretty good at the complimentary stuff i am a half full kinda girl always focusing on the good, but this job is about the bad as well so i have to pass on the groups frustrations. I couldn't explain myself well enough and felt really bad about the negatives even though these weren't personal. What!!! whats wrong with me it played on my mind so much i couldn't sleep that night. So next time if they let me in again i will read from a script to make sure i get the point across clearly without being a bumbling fool.

Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat

Or should I say my final major project is coming and the workload is getting fat..................................
Edeline Lee S/S 2012
Love this collection styling (great hair) photography, prints, construction, gorgeous is this something i could achieve i want to achieve. The idea is to focus on finishing Indigo, once i start on my FMP i won't be able to go back. So write the list work through it knowing that when i get to the end i can start on the really exciting stuff but in the mean time focus focus focus. At the moment though the list feels enormous, my mantra must be 'less haste more speed'.

Digital Prints for Indigo

So here is a taster of my idea for Indigo Paris Trade show, also prints for my 12 piece collection, taking inspiration from the Vorticist's, Art Deco and Marimekko florals. Spring Summer collections for 2012 that have also inspired this collection comes from...........................................

 
MARNI
KENZO
DRIES VAN NOTEN
Marni for its unusual colour combination and the simple floral print. Kenzo for its geometric all over repeats and Dries Van Noten for the way in which he has sliced up his prints to make interesting construction shapes all these items have influenced my own collection.




Sunday 4 December 2011

Dissertation Draft Hand in

So after what feels like an epic research and writing project I handed in my draft i was glad it was handed in but still realised the amount of work i still needed to do. I have not only given it to Gill to read but also Max my husband and my Mum they both enjoyed it but the layout the repetition were the things that they both said my mum is so motivated and was desperate to give me her feedback today. O.K. i thought i'm so glad she read it but was i ready to look at it so soon after hand in but yes i was, she was brutal but that is what i need i want to improve, on the years past. Grammar grammar not my strong point but she helped so much, i was really into it i fell back in love with my subject suddenly there is no dread of completing this task the biggest academic essay i have ever written. Obviously for me the creative process is my strength the thing i adore the most but i am really enjoying the dissertation process, it does help that i love the subject i'm writing about though. Be great to hand it in completed and happy with it.

Designing a Fashion Collection

So my plan for my designs for a twelve outfit collection was to put in every print idea into each outfit as I have a final of twelve print ideas and twelve outfits i have managed to produce 144 different prints into the twelve outfits. Even though they are the same prints i have changed the scale of each print and as each print has three different print ideas in one this gave me so many options. The purpose of this was to produce the best possible collection and to show as many different options. This really matters to me as i need to show how each garment would work with every print to give myself the best possible chance of achieving a refined cohesive fashion collection. This process has been very beneficial and will help with the development of my final major project. It has challenged me and this is the type of thing that keeps me motivated at this crucial stage of my learning. I am getting really excited about next year and anything i can do to improve the processes i need to achieve my ultimate goal are paramount.

Collecting Sky

To show us some variety Jem put Sky's brother in the cage for us to look at as a kind of comparison. Well we saw him and he was so unusual white but with pale grey markings a yellow beak and the blue bit on his nose a beautiful colour story. Well we wanted him as well Jem looked worried he obviously had a soft spot for this bird and there was a moment of hesitation, I completely understood he was so beautiful, but then you could see his brain working well i don't breed this type for shows so well ok you can take him. This was great news Sky would have his brother with him and they would have company we named him Cloud. Now we have these two beautiful budgies hanging in their cage in perfect view of everyone Ruby and I couldn't be more happy we will give them a great home and they are so loved already.

Budgie Fair


 
My daughter is about to turn ten, so we were chatting about what she would like for her birthday, a few weeks previous i had been telling her about our pet budgies when i was a child she was fascinated, and decided she would like a budgie for her birthday.  Nanny wanted to buy the budgie for her and became budgie detective, looking for a breeder over the internet to see if she could find a baby. She came across a few but most babies wouldn't be ready till early next year not great when the birthday is in a few weeks. Through her investigation and chatting to some of the breeders she discovered a show in Stanway Village Hall, the perfect place to introduce Ruby to these feathered beauties. So off we went it was a small affair but a great collection of all types of birds, I fell in love with budgies all over again as did Nanny we found ourselves wondering around with big smiles on our faces cooing and talking to the birds as if they were babies how daft but how exciting. Ruby was a bit overwhelmed but found herself attached to a turquoise spangle budgie, we got chatting to one of the breeders Jem a lovely friendly man, he was telling us that he would have babies available around Jan, Feb time, ok we thought we can wait but then he said pointing to the turquoise spangle if you want one now you can have that one, well Ruby's face lit up this couldn't have been more perfect. We arranged to visit him at home to collect our new budgie. We all were very excited, what did we need a cage to start and all the other bits but really we couldn't wait to collect our bird.