Working out now my Vanners fabric has arrived

My strike offs from Vanners Silk Mills have arrived I can now really work out how my collection is going to look. The strike offs are amazing I never imagined they would be so fabulous. I have so much choice this is the hard bit choosing my favourites, and the ones that fit into the rest of my collection. Yipee so excited.

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"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity" Plato

Circle Circle Circle

This is outfit 1. A circle in a circle in a circle in fact 6 circles, each with a different print. This process was inspired by the work of Shingo Sato's vortex dress. I wanted to take the inspiration of the sixties mod symbol and create a dress. It requires a lot of ease while sewing, but eventually it comes together I hope this will create some drama in my collection and it really allows me to tell the story of goblin market with the 6 different prints.

1960s Coats

The shape of the coats of the 1960s have influenced my garment shapes, the collars and sleeves, translate well into all types of garments.

Miu Miu Contextualisation

Miu  Miu A/W 12/13 Gorgeous woven fabric suits. They are so exciting this gives me a insight to how my fabric might look. Love the styling too make up looks incredible. Thanks Miucca

Secondary Inspiration

Moving forward, making decisions the slow realisation of my final major project.

Vanners Silk Mills

Colours which Vanners are going to use for spring/summer on my designed fabric from the second year. A whole new experience I designed my own woven fabric design. I was blown away by the technical information required to achieve a woven fabric its all about the warp and weft, threads, width of the design and the mix of silks and lurex. I was asked to pick out 20 colourways. How daunting it usually takes me days sometimes weeks to finalise a colour palette, but here with the amazing choice I was putting colours together with their expertise guiding me. I am so excited to see how they come out. These woven fabrics are gorgeous and I feel so lucky to have been part of the process to create my own unique design. This will add another dimension to my final major project. This journey is the best thing, I just can't wait.

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"We live not according to reason, but according to fashion" Seneca

Fabric fabric fabric

Rolls and rolls and rolls of fabric choice, what to buy. If I love it regardless its coming home with me.

Fabric shopping

Sac le coeur in Paris the view is amazing................................................................
Fabric shops here always are exciting, just what I need to help create my final collection