Today was our presentation day, we all met up as a group and practice just a few more times before actually presenting because i think we were all a bit nervouse. I dont really mind talking in front of people and i found it a lot better when we were stood up there as a group. People seemed interested in our idea, and im think it went pretty well. The link to our group blog is below if you want to have a look.
http://fdafashiongroup.blogspot.com/

Jacket pattern cutting

Getting back into pattern cutting after not doing it for soo long was definitely a struggle on the first day, but as we got more into it i started to pick up and remember things quickly again. Just needed a little re-fresh.

PPRD - Group project.

For our first PPRD project we got into groups of 6 and each group got given an object from the modip museum. Our object was a hat made from fine cardboard which was in the honeycombe form, it pretty hard to explain so there are some images to show you. When we were first given the object we had no idea what it was because before it is expanded into a hat its doesnt really look like anything. We decided to keep a group blog to upload all our research to instead of a sketchbook because that way everyone can access it when they want, we also decided to stick to accessories with a theme of tribal and incorperating origami into it as well.
At the moment im not entirely sure about this project and how well its going to go working in a group but i hope it does, because it will be interesting to see how other people work.

Draping

Soo over the summer we got set a projct to research and create a mood board on draping, i found it really interesting because i have never done any form of draping before and it got me back into uni mode before actually coming back to uni. These are the pictures i found that stood out to me the most.

Vintage at Goodwood Festival

So over the summer i was lucky enough to go the the first Vintage at Goodwood festival. Vintage and second hand shopping has been around for years and has become more and more popular and 'fahionable' as the years have gone on. Vintage at Goodwood is a truly unique annual event which celebrates 5 decades of British Cool. It brings together and celebrates the music, fashion, film, art, dance and design from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s, that has made Britain the world’s creative and cultural hot bed. Vintage explores this rich cultural history and the extraordinary influence that it has had on the modern world.
Below are some of my own photos and a couple of videos to show you exactly what went on.

Back to uni, back to reality.

After having roughly four months off uni and working full time in a call centre, i can say its nice to be back. I am happy with my overall 2:2 mark for my first year, but looking back over my work i cant say im pleased with the final outcomes of my projects. This year im going to aim to keep on track with my work, turn up to lessons on time and generaly just make a lot more effort. Now i know that i want to go more into the construction side of fashionm, and i also feel like im more comfortable in Bournemouth and at uni, its going to be a much better year.

Easter is over and im sad because i had too much fun and now back to reality. The first week i went skiing with my family and went and saw my sister, who is doing a season, for the first time in months which made my year!! The second week i ate way too much chocolate and saw as many friends as i could. I had our first day back today. I was reeally tired and didnt feel so great but even though it may not have seemed like it i really enjoyed the lesson. we discussed about different fabrics which i dont really no a lot about and its an area i need to be stronger in so i found it helped a lot. I wasnt so keen on the exercise we did were we had to ask random people about the clothes they were wearing because many people weren't around the the canteen was shut, but other than that it was fun.