Paris Vogue..

From choosing Parisian Chic for my theme for my

final major project at college, I decided to buy

Paris Vogue to see if I could gain some inspiration for my work.

After stumbling across it, I fell in love with it straight away,

from the beautiful adverts to the articles. Its a shame I can't

read or speak French, but feel that this draws my eye in even

more to the glossy images and style of the Parisian

which I feel I deeply gained inspiration from for my design work.

Now to wait for next months Paris Vogue..

FMP, Week 8.

Week 8

·        Gathered new sleeve head and sewed onto the toile – looks really effective – improvement from other sleeve – gathers in right place and hangs nicely – tried toile on – happy with it

·        Started cutting patterns out in the real fabric – scared! With the expensive fabric – cut all pieces out in silk satin

·        Cut out the rest of the pattern pieces out in other fabrics – kept checking the grain line was correct before placing patterns to not waste on fabric

·        Had to measure hip line and times it by three to get the measurement needed for the peplum piece which is to be pleated – knife pleats – overlap at top when sewing to get a flared effect  - wasn’t sure how many pieces to cut out as the fabric pieces will become much smaller once pleated

·        Ready to start sewing!

Old Sleeve Head

New Sleeve Head

Cutting Fabric

Work Placement Primark Update!

Week 8

·        Dress up day again for charity - elf - for Christmas time

·        Was on tills and putting stock out towards end of shifts

·        Had to keep pressing the till bell for help - over scanned items and then pressed cash

·        instead of card when serving a customer so had to take her up to customer service to sort out – they didn’t know how - customer started getting impatient - had to quickly try and resolve problem with supervisors

·        Had to learn how to use customer service tills for when i do a shift on there soon

·        Was sent to cash office as till receipt didn’t print out for a customer

·        Was quiet day – around Christmas time so wasn’t much to do

Week 9

·        Was on tills

·        Sent to department 7 - shoes - worked with two colleagues sorting the stands out - putting shoes in correct size order and neatening it up - had to put more stock out from the loading bay - difficult trying to find where the shoes were to put more of them out

·        Put stock out first few hours on mens and kidswear - first time upstairs so not sure where anything was

·        Worked on customer services on the Saturday - really difficult at first - very different to using the normal tills – a lot to learn - made some mistakes - got supervisors to help - learnt skills quickly - kept forgetting to check the dates to make sure items were bought within the 28 days - had some difficult customers - demanding refund when not entitled to it

·        End of shift – had to go around and red pen all the clothing – make sure it was all marked down

Week 10

·        On tills and shop floor doing returns

·        Supervisors accusing me of not doing work properly - put in complaint

·        On pj section - tidying them all day - hanging onesies, pj tables etc

·        Sent onto knicker tables - love doing it – very therapeutic - making sure they're all tidy and in correct size order

·        Done overtime - on pj section again – putting more stock out of underwear and pjs.

FMP, Week 7.

Week 7

·        Altered sleeve and collar pattern pieces

·        Started playing around with the bow detail – sew bow on to the front?, draping around neck?, coming from seam?

·        Created pattern pieces and sewed a bow onto the front – wasn’t successful – looked too masculine – bow tie effect, wasn’t the look I was going for

·        Cut pattern pieces out for a bow to tie around the neck in chiffon to get the same effect when I come to make the real garment – sewed up and put onto dress – still didn’t look very effective – had a discussion with tutor – decided that it looked best being sewn onto the sides of the collar with belt loops and pearls and then being tied into a bow at the front to get a high end Prada look to it – very successful – really like it

·        Ordered fabrics – James Hare silk and chiffon – expensive - £114!!

·        Spoke with tutor about toile – looked at the collar and sleeve – still needed to be changed

·        Unpinned collar, drafted a new pattern, cut out in calico and sewed onto toile again as the collar pulled upwards at the back of the neckline -  still didn’t work – re-done again – had to re-do pattern 5 times to get it correct – found that when I done the collar pattern, I needed to make the neckline less extreme as it pulled the fabric up too much at the back – lowered line down and re-done collar again – worked this time! Had to be very persistent with it – looks very smart now and doesn’t pull up at the back

·        Unpinned one sleeve from the toile and drafted a new pattern and cut out in calico ready to sew onto the toile again to see if the sleeve fits properly this time

·        Bought fabric lining!

Bow Number 1!

Bow Take 2!

Toile Front

Toile Back

Styling Project Final 12 Images

After much deliberation, together with my photographer, I have

chosen the final 12 images ready to start editing!

We have chosen these particular images as they show off the theme

the strongest and include a variation on the different shots

and locations, which I feel work really well for the theme.

Ready to start editing!



Styling Project Week 4

Week 4

·        Started creating mini moodboards on ideas for make-up, shoes, hairstyles and accessories – what I need to buy for the shoot to give it the 50’s vibe

·        Bought 50’s gloves, pearls, shoes, glasses, jewellery and make-up for the shoot – really inspired by the research – excited for the shoot

·        Got in contact with Georgia the photographer – decided to do the shoot on Thursday morning with the model Zoe – took accessories and make-up along – shot it at the key side, using the bridges in the background, phone box, vintage doorways, movement shots with an umbrella – created a very 50s feel with the added accessories – really pleased with the shots and the dress fitted the model well – excited to see the final shots!

Mini Moodboards



FMP, Week 6.

Week 6

·        Started pattern cutting – took design from sketch and swatch sheet and began doing pattern for it – found really quick as the design is quite simple – would like to be more independent with it still – cant do a pattern for the bow – play around on stand first for it and as the peplum will be pleated it would be too difficult to do a pattern for it – figure out when it comes to making the real garment

·        Need to source the fabrics from James Hare – found I need to order them in – take a few weeks to receive – work out how much fabric I will need before ordering – save on wastage

·        Began creating the toile – first cut out in calico fabric - really pleased with how quickly it has happened – started with adding darts to the pieces – pressed the darts the wrong way at first – created the skirt wrap over, sewed the collar to the bodice, sewed the bodice and skirt panels together and started with the sleeves – had difficulty as I hadn’t measured where I need to gather from and the amount to gather – had to look back at pattern and alter – take some gathers out and alter the cut of the sides so it hangs more elegantly

To Do -

Add more centimetres to the collar pattern, take the shoulders back 1cm for the sleeve gathers and alter the sleeve gather pattern.

Toile Number 1!

Personal Skills

After many many days of researching into every aspect of the fashion industry,

from pattern cutter, to fashion buyer, designer, PR, stylist, illustrator and merchandiser

I have found that I am most suited to gaining a career in the fashion design

field as I have a passion for the subject, want to carry it on in my studies

at university and I have both practical and technical skills which employers look for.

I have also created my own personal SWOT analysis to help me

with my decisions in relation to university choices.

After an enterprising lesson with Jane Shaw, I also found

that my determination is my highest skill with leadership the lowest!

Strengths:
Technical drawings

Illustrator skills

Portofolio work - mood boards

Embellishment

Career in fashion industry - Primark

Motivated

Qualifications

Punctual

Pattern cutting

Sewing skills

Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure

Drawing skills

Online fashion blog

Styling project

Helping with college final year fashion show

Weaknesses:

·         Fashion illustration

·         Life drawing

·         Confidence

·         Funding

·         Competitors

·         Written work

 

 

Opportunities:

·         Work placement

·         University

·         Master classes

·         Online fashion blog

·         Tutorials

·         Travel

·         End of year show

 

 

Threats:

·         Limited spaces at universities

·         Money

·         Class members

·         Limited resources

AD206 Styling Project Update

Week 3

·        Had a meeting with the photographers – got paired with one and looked through file of research to show the type of shoot I would like and the image I want to create – took contact details

·        Georgia (photographer) really passionate – coming up with a lot of ideas – looked at Louis Vuitton 50’s style ad campaign for inspiration from the diner location and look at Tim Walkers photography for more inspiration

·        Using a previous model she has used for the shoot – taking advantage of  contacts

·        Start collecting accessories needed for the shoot – glasses, shoes, gloves, pearls, hat etc.

Inspirational 1950's shoot images:

Images from Google.com

I looked at these images as I feel they are very elegant and effortless with the poses and use very minimal accessories/styling with the odd hat and gloves to represent the era.

I also love the black and white effect of the photographs, which gives a real sense of the era and back shots really give off the detailing and effect of the garments.

Louis Vuitton S/S AD 2012 - 1950s diner style:

Diner setting, bold colouring, sweet, feminine look to it, pastel colours bring out colours of the collection.

Images from Google.com



Jospeh Larkowsky Illustrations

When updating my portfolio work for university interviews,
and creating my line ups for my FMP final illustrations,

I came across illustrator Joseph Larkowsky who deeply inspired my fashion illustrations.

Joseph, a London based illustrator has a very distinct style and uses the

same materials to give every illustration the same look. He concentrates

more on the fluidity and feeling of the garment instead of the

distractions of the models, giving a whole new look on fashion illustrations.

Interning at Alexander McQueen creating illustrations for the 2012

resort collection is among one of the amazing opportunities Joseph has encountered.
His work is very simple yet effective which I tried to recreate
myself, giving my illustrations a French feel for my FMP theme
with a hat, accessories and moustache effect. I am really
pleased with how my illustrations have turned out as I find
illustration to be one of my weaknesses

Check out his work below!:

www.jlarkowskyillustration.com

Chanel S/S 2012

Givenchy Fall 2011

Alexander McQueen Fall 2012

My Illustration!

To do:

- Finish sketchbook - add fabrics and drawings

- Start boards for my portfolio

FMP Final Design!

After many many, weeks of deliberation, I have

finally chosen my final design!

From having sourced it from my design development sheets

I still wasn't too sure on the design so began playing

around with certain elements of it such as the peplum,

bow and the wrap over skirt. From doing this, it helped me

to come up with my final design which consists of

gathered 3/4 sleeves, a bow around the collar, military style collar,

tight fitting, darts in the bodice, back zip, pleated peplum

around the waist with embellishment on the edges and a knee length wrap over skirt.

I really love the final design and feel it works very well in

reflecting the Parisian Chic theme, being both timeless and elegant, reflecting

my designer market level range, being desirable yet affordable.

Design Ideas

Final Design!



Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty Book

After recieving this book for christmas, I am well and truly in love

with McQueen again <3