Chanel - Spring Summer 2011 Full Fashion Show Part 1 - High Quality (Exc...

Some of Chanels beautiful creations

5 year plan...

To be honest i have no idea where i 'plan' to be in 5 years but i have a very rough idea.

1: I was really unsure of where i even wanted to be next year because originally i wanted to do my third year in London. This would have most likely meant doing and extra two years and personally i think its really unnecessary doing 4 years of fashion when i could be out in industry earning and networking. So that got crossed off my list. I also considered doing an internship, but i would really like to get my BA degree before going out to work. After considering all my options i decided the best for me would to stay at AUCB for my third year which includes doing the 3 month placement so i get a foot into the industry.

2: After university i would like to See the world a little. I have been lucky enough to travel a bit already but to go off for 6 months and see as much as possible would be amazing.
Saying that i also know how difficult it is to get a job within the industry so if any opportunities come along i will definitely take them.

3: By my third year i would like to be working, ideally in London or somewhere close to home. My interests lye withing pattern cutting and the manufacturing side of fashion so i would like to think my job will be around that. A lot of manufacturing seems to be coming back to the UK so maybe ill more likely be doing an internship somewhere which i would be very happy about.

4: finishing an internship, looking for a more permanant job.

5: Settled and happy within my Job role.

Revolutionary...

After researching over christmas into revolutionary i decided i wanted to base my project on music, and the 'revolutionary moments in music'. How its affected peoples behaivoir, who they socialise with and the most obviouse they way they dress.

Work experience - Kite Kids.

For my work experience last summer i spent two weeks working for Kite Kids clothing company. They produce environmentally eco friendly garments for kids aged 2 - 11 years old, and i believe they have recently introduced their baby range which they were working on when i was there. Majority of they time i would have been in the office, but i also helped on some photoshoots at the beach and from those photos i helpd create their catalogue on in design. Below are just a few of the photos that were used.

Final drape dress

I was please with my final dress but it didnt turn out exactly how i wanted it. I think after having 10 days out of uni, i came back and panicked and tried to make it as quick as possible worrying that i wouldnt get it done in time. This is actually just a toile but people seemed to like the fabric i used.

Kaledo

For our draping project we had to chose from 5 dresses as our starting inspiration. This is the dress i chose and because i have recently been introduced to kaledo i though i'd practice by doing an illustration of my chosen dress. Using kaledo is soo much easier than illustrator and for future projects i will definitly use it to create my illustrations.

Draping on the stand...