Style As She Goes

Emma Watson

2010-05-08T09:59:00.000-07:00

So gorgeous and the custom made Burberry dress..amazing

Pretty in pink

2010-05-08T09:37:00.001-07:00

The second outfit we made as a group, this is my favourite! We were given two outfits off Valentino's Fall 2009 collection which had to inspire us. Although we used the same silhouette and pattern for both outfits, they are both really different!

Goth Lady

2010-05-08T09:14:00.001-07:00

One of the outfits I made at university in a small group! The title of the module was 'Decoratif' so we had to experiment and use different techniques to make an innovative outfit for example here we used laser cutting, beading, pleating and pinking. We had to use nonwoven fabrics to make our garments so it was quite challanging but the overall result looked pretty good!

Sustainable project

2010-05-08T08:45:00.001-07:00

Illustrations, moodboard and customer board for a recent project designing a sustainable collection

Isabel Lucas

2010-04-09T10:47:00.000-07:00

Definitely my new style crush..

Girl on fire

2010-04-07T03:34:00.000-07:00

If anybody was ever to ask me who my style icon is, it would have to Edie Sedgwick. I just love her. Her style was really individual she epitomises 1960's effortless, edgy mod glamour.

Riley

2010-01-05T03:46:00.000-08:00

Riley Keough was in Vogue's January issue. I really love her quirky feminine style.

Pastel

2010-01-04T17:31:00.000-08:00

Burberry Prorsum Spring/summer 2010 at London Fashion week. Love how Christopher Bailey put a seductive twist to the House's iconic trench coat. Perfect!

My illustrations

2010-01-02T04:38:00.000-08:00

These are my final designs for Martin Margiela using the trend Future Vader. I used pen, photoshop and pencil crayons to create the illustrations...

Italia

2010-01-01T04:19:00.000-08:00

Vogue Italy January 2010. Beautiful editorial shot by Alexei Hay

Research, Research, Research

2009-12-04T08:01:00.000-08:00

For garment technology we are required to do research boards into specific type of garment. We are then required to make a pattern and sample of this garment. These are some of my finished boards...

Colin McDowell

2009-12-04T07:08:00.000-08:00

“Fashion, clothes, society, assumptions, aspirations”

Today we were lucky enough to have Colin McDowell as a guest speaker in our 20^th century fashion module. He is one of the most respected fashion commentators of his day with a lot of experience in the industry; being the Creative Director of Fashion Fringe, the Senior Fashion Writer for the Sunday times Style magazine and Chairman of The Costume Society of Great Britain, he has also written numerous books on fashion. With all his great contribution to and his knowledge of the fashion industry this was an inspiring lecture.

It was really inspiring hearing his views on the fashion industry and who he considered to be the great designers - mentioning Madame Vionnet, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent and Ralph Lauren. His views and advice on fashion were very interesting and true for example he said Chanel “has been elevated into being considered a great designer; however she is more a great fashion activator”. A great designer he had a lot of respect for and considered to be a long distance runner in the fashion industry was John Galliano, who is also one of my favourite designers. The most important point he wanted to make in the lecture was to “design for yourself”.

After this lecture I wanted to find out more about Colin McDowell and found interesting information on http://www.colinmcdowell.com/ so visit it to find out more!

Incredible

2009-12-04T07:00:00.000-08:00

This dress is really incredible it's from Victoria's Secret 2009 Show

V & A

2009-12-04T06:46:00.000-08:00

During the Summer I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and got to see some of the amazing clothes they had. Some of the great designers of all time and up & coming new designers work is there, it was really useful see some of the interesting techniques used on the garments first hand.

True beauty..

2009-12-03T13:24:00.000-08:00

I first saw Danny Roberts' work on the Elle website, his illustrations are incredible. They have a real beauty to them. His blog Igor + Andre is really inspirational and worth taking a look at.

In the studio again..

2009-12-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

Below is my Rever Collar and Raglan Sleeve for garment tech.

Artisanal

2009-12-03T07:16:00.000-08:00

These are some of the pieces from Martin Margiela’s “0” label - Artisanal Collection, garments for women. They are fabrics reworked by hand, being entirely unique, and some taking up to 75 hours of work to produce. As you can see from these Margiela’s work is really individual and inspiring.

Lovely

2009-12-02T10:56:00.000-08:00

These are some old Zandra Rhodes dresses that my aunt had when she was younger. I thought they were gorgeous dresses that had been beautifully made so i thought I would put them on here (I really wanted to steal them they are so pretty).

Future Vader

2009-12-02T09:24:00.000-08:00

In Design Development we had to make a Customer Profile Board and a Mood Board. These were in order to show what kind of customer we are going to design for and demonstrate the trend for our collection. After doing this we can go onto the next section which is designing :) finally!

The Whitworth

2009-11-30T11:20:00.000-08:00

During the summer I went to the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester and they had some historic garments from all over the world. The different techniques used and fabrics were exceptional. I thought they might be a good source of inspiration when I am designing myself so here they are..

Inside a fashion studio..

2009-11-30T10:02:00.000-08:00

In garment tech we have to make a new garment each week. This includes making the pattern for the garment and the construction. Above is my finished Bodice and Hood.

Practise will make perfect (hopefully)

2009-11-30T09:47:00.000-08:00

A while back I did a sewing class in hope of strengthening my sewing skills, as before uni I had hardly any experience. From the class we had to make a simple dress which we made and designed ourselves...

Margiela Trends

2009-11-30T09:12:00.000-08:00

The next section for Design Development meant looking into future trends that may inspire Martin Margiela when designing. These are some of my finished research pages...

The trends I came up with were inspired by different, unusual things as Margiela would not use the normal trends that inspire most designers as he would want to have his own unique twist to his work.

Subliminal

2009-11-27T11:45:00.000-08:00

Last year in Design Development I had to Design a collection for River Island. This included researching the brand and customer, I then had to come up with a trend inspired by something seen in York, to base a womenswear collection around. I made the trend Subliminal which was inspired by fruits from the market and sweets in sweet shops. These things would inspire the colour, shape and general feel of the collection. I had to make a moodboard (above) I think the trend was a good choice for River Island as it reflected their use of bright colour and the fun feeling their clothes have. I also had to make a fabric board (above) which demonstrated all materials I would use to make my garments out of. I had to use fabrics suitable for River Island and the type of garments I was designing for.

River Island

2009-11-26T11:58:00.000-08:00

In order to come up with my final 'Subliminal' mood board and fabric board I had to research everything about River Island including brand ethos, garment type, shop atmosphere, shop history. These are a couple of pages from my research journal and my customer profile - reflecting the customer that would shop at River Island and my collection would appeal to.

Dancing fun!

2009-11-20T09:31:00.000-08:00

A while ago I was asked to help design and make the outfits for a dance show back home. These are the finished outfits!

Avant Garde

2009-11-20T08:47:00.000-08:00

Below are some images from Design Development, for the first part of the module we have to research into Martin Margiela - The Brand's identity and the customer profile..

Delve into

2009-11-19T11:32:00.000-08:00

Some research pages from year 1 into Trims Topstitch and embroidery, Pockets and Pleats and pleated garments.

First try fashion illustration

2009-11-16T02:24:00.000-08:00

For my A level art I did a project on Fashion Illustration. My inspiration came from illustrators such as Jasper Goodall and Tristan Galdos Del Carpio. This is a small collection of some of the work done for this project including research boards, sketch book work and large scale pieces.

Charity Fashion Show

2009-11-16T01:57:00.000-08:00

In college, along with a couple of other students, I put on a fashion show for charity. We did everything ourselves; which included getting shops and boutiques to donate their clothes, the choreography, and organising the whole night. The clothes in the fashion show were both casual and evening wear. Although it was a stressful experience on top of our exams we managed to raise over £800 for our chosen charity.

Old School

2009-11-16T01:29:00.000-08:00

This is an example of some art work from AS level and A level; including inspiration and research boards out of sketchbooks and paintings and drawings. Alot of the work was produced on a large scale.

Digital Design

2009-11-16T01:16:00.001-08:00

For a recent Digital Design module we had to make a sketchbook on the computer researching a possible theme, target customer, colour palette, garment print and style. This information will later be used to create our own collection on ‘Lectra’ software.
Above are a few pages taken from my digital sketchbook. I decided to research a collection that would eventually be for children as I have never designed kidswear so thought it would be something different.

Sienna for Vogue

2009-11-12T13:06:00.000-08:00

Sienna Miller is one of my favourite actresses due to her amazing fashion sense. She's really gorgeous and was on the cover of October's Vogue. I love this spread which was shot by Mario Testino, especially the cover where she’s wearing an amazing studded leather jacket.

Quaker Modernism

2009-11-11T12:32:00.000-08:00

In first semester year 1 I designed a collection for Warhouse. This is my mood board and some research pages from my journal. The feel of the collection was very dainty, delicate with a quaker influence.

The Invisible Man

2009-11-10T14:10:00.001-08:00

For Design and Portfolio, in groups we were given a designer to research along with the brand ethos, target market and inspirations. Our group had Martin Margiela and although I had heard the name I didn’t know all that much about him (really..how easy is it to know about somebody who has never consented to a photograph or granted an interview!) but his mystique made it all more interesting. Being called ‘a fashion insider's rock star’ his designs appear on the catwalk and are absorbed by the mainstream the next year. His designs are really avant-garde, and with his deconstruction of his garments he really pushes the boundaries of fashion.

Images from: Style.com