At the beginning of this term because we have finished our illustration lessons we moved onto Buying and Merchandising, i was looking forward to having lessons outside of the studios and learning about a different side of the industry. I've never really thought about the B&M side of the industry but was really impressed by our teacher John Maynard and was really impressed by his experience and knowledge that he had from working and being very successful within buying and merchandising. I didnt think i was going to be interested in the subject but he changed my mind.

christmas is over

Soo because of the amazing amount of snow i couldnt make it back for out first day of term, i dont think many people made it back in so i wasnt the only one. Over christmas i had an amazing time seeing friends and family and it didnt seem long enough. I worked on my black and white project and my melting pot project as the deadline is tomorrow. I also worked on my manifesto project researching 1950's fashion to prepare me for when i came back. Its nice to be back in Bournemouth and it will be good to get myself back into my uni routine.

Goodbye Bournemouth, Hello Woking. Tomorrow i am going home for christmas and i actually can not wait!! Today i handed all my pattern cutting and construction work and it felt good. I was quite stressed today but i finished everything i needed to and i was pleased with my end results. These two lessons i find have been the most difficult and tiring but i have enjoyed them the most

illustration

illustrator is done and complete!!! I've really enjoyed my lessons with steve and jamie, i used to find illustrator impossible to use but they seem to explain it in a way which makes it easy to follow and understand. I've tried to upload my final illustration but for some annoying reason it wont let me, i have had trouble before trying to upload illustrator files but i dont no why. I think now i have a much clearer understanding how to use it i think i will use it much more on future projects.

construction and pattern cutting so far....

Pattern cutting on our own without the teachers help was pretty scary but once i got started and went back through my notes and previous patterns i was fine. i just took a little longer than i thought i would. There are more pieces to a shirt than i thought.

Today i finished my shorts and finished off the rest of my garments and seams, now all thats left to do is make my shirt. I think ive finally got hang of the sewing machines so hopefully it should go a bit smoother this time.

Melting pot project

The reason we had our fabric sourcing trip to London was to get ideas for our new project. We were shown a presentaion on Mexican art and culture which showed 'the Mexican day of the dead'. the colours are absolutely beautiful and i found it really interesting learning about the different culture. Ive decided to take a different take on mind and i decided to do mine on 17th century glamour culture, looking at people such as Marie Antoinette and The Duchess. Im excited to look at the different lifestyle, expectations and and culture of that era and interoperate it into my own work.