FMP, Week 14.

After multiple times of continuously looking over my mood boards on ways

to improve the layouts, I am finally pleased with the results!

I added drawings and images such as French stamps and the Eiffel tower

to try and create a mood on the boards to reflect my chosen theme.

I created a colour board to show the colours that would be

used in my collection, which I chose very natural colours such as creams, white, navys, greys and black to give an essence of the famous 'white and navy' French colour pallette.

To fill a space in my portfolio, I found it neccessary to include a

board on Coco Chanel and her design work, being the most famous designer

to come out of Paris, and her take on Parisian Chic.

Within this, I found she used/uses a lot of heavy embellishment

in her work which I have also recreated in my own final garment.

Today, I have began concentrating on my colour placement technique on my

final line ups. As I find this to be a weakness, I decided it was a good idea

to photocopy the line up sheets to do colour testing before I started on the real sheets

so they dont become ruined!

My intention was to create a subtle hint at the colour and not to create a

colour blocking look to it. I feel this worked well on the final design sheet

as the illustration was created using Adobe Illustrator and the colour

sits really well with the dark outline.

When doing the same on the line up sheets I didnt feel it created the

same effect so have decided to scan in the sheets and create them on CAD!

And theres me thinking I wasnt going to have to use it again!

With my dress, I have decided to create and design a hat to go with it!
I gained inspiration to do this from one of my tutors, Jill, who creates and sells
hats/fascinators, who agreed to help me create one and teach me the trade
after viewing my final line up styling.
Excited to start hat making! 

New Contemporary Theme Board

New Historical Theme Board

New Colour Board

Chanel Board

Final Design Board

Line ups and Colour Placement Testing

Work Placement - Fashion Show Final Poster.

Week 7

• Had a meeting with Lily about work produced over easter – loved my poster and written text – emailed everyone the writing edited, changed rotation of it and sent it to everyone – changed date to June 11^th – added 'the white show – foundation degree students presents their final year fashion show' in the multicoloured text (with difficulty!) and put address under contact information
• Emailed a copy of the final poster to Lily to get some printed off to put around Newcastle city centre and around college to promote the show
• Looked through model research – found about 5 models that will definitely do it – need 30. - keep looking, ask students to use models they used for their photoshoot
• Contact graphic students to refine poster?
• Started looking through lists of what we need sorted and who will sort it out –

models – Rachel

music – Claire

lighting – group – ask photography students

filming – contact media department

hair and make up – need 3/4– Michelle and Claire

photographer – contact photography students

runway – drama department – Claire

visuals and decorations – myself and Lilly

accessories – students and models own

flowers – Lily

refreshments – Marisa

Final Poster!



Chanel S/S RTW 2012 Collection

For Spring/Summer 2012, Chanel yet again delivered another spectacular show.

With performer Florence and the Machine arising from a shell,

the magic of the underwater world was created.

It seemed impossible to take everything in during the show

and Lagerfeld's light, white, exquisite garments were

blinding on the runway.

Boxy tweeds, drop waists and pleats were all featured in the

collection, giving a sense of prettiness to it. There were pearls

around the waists of the models which were used instead of belts

to again reflect the water theme.

Swarovski pearls were dotted along the brows, ears, hair 

and spines of the models, giving a 'mother of pearl'

shimmer to the collection.



Images from style.com

Check out the video below of the show:

Video from Youtube.com

AD206 Styling Project SWOT Analysis.

Strengths -

·        What strengths did I have that others don’t? – My strengths were my time keeping, keeping a weekly diary which helped when evaluating the project and being persistent with the photographer.

·        What do people see as my strengths? – My time keeping was a strength, allowing me to finish the project before hand in, coming to decisions quickly and working well with other professionals to get the best results.

·        Which of my achievements am I most proud of? – I am most proud of the final range of images, from the styling to the location which I feel really show my theme well.

·        Which section of the work did I complete well? – I feel as though I completed the photoshop side well, learning editing skills quickly and the research file, gaining a wide range of research which was very inspirational when it came to doing the shoot.

Weaknesses –

·        What tasks did I avoid? – I mostly avoided the written side of the project and using photoshop as I don’t comfortable with my lack of knowledge on it.

·        What do others see as my weaknesses? – My weaknesses are in my decision making at certain points, choosing which techniques to use on my images and which images worked best for my theme.

·        What held me back? – What held me back was not having the confidence to use photoshop effectively and towards the end not having enough communication with the photographer.  

·        What are my negative work habits? – My negative work habits were leaving the written side of the project until last.

Styling Project Final Images!

After many, many long weeks of staring at images from the photoshoot,

I have finally chosen my final 4 ready to put in my portfolio for hand in!

I have chosen a mixture of images, consisting of blurred backgrounds, black

and white effect and black and white background with coloured model and garment

to give a variety of choices and show my editing techniques.

I found these to be the best 4 images as they really draw the viewer’s eye in and really relate to my theme which shows in the photos. I also love the detailing of the garment which is shown in the images and the accessories, from the glasses to the gloves which really sets the picture off and gives a glamorous, desired 1950s effect.

For the photo shoot, my photographer and I had a strong idea from the start on what we wanted the images to look like and the location of the shoot. When meeting the photographer I showed her a file of research which included a vintage image of a woman on a bridge, which inspired us a lot. From this image we decided to have the shoot at Newcastle Quayside with the same composition with the bridges in the background which I felt worked really well for the theme. Another idea for the shoot was at Stateside Diner in Newcastle, again linking to the 50’s theme and inspired by the Louis Vuitton 2012 campaign ad. We found this location wouldn’t give us the images we desired and was unable to use for legal purposes. I found working with the photographer and producing the shoot to be really exciting, from preparing the model, buying accessories, to taking the photos as it gave me an insight into what the fashion photography side involves and the opportunity to work with others outside my profession.

Overall, I am really pleased with how the images have turned out and have

really enjoyed my time on the project, being able to work with a mixture of

people, from photographers to models and using my new

styling side to construct the shoot to my best abilities.

Google.com - Inspiration for final shoot

Final 4 Images:

Styling Project Week 7

Week 7

·        Done written promotional piece for look book! – email tutor it

·        Completed the evaluation – weekly diary helped to evaluate the work produced

·        Photoshopped the final images of the editing techniques I wanted to use for them – decided on black and white, colour placement and blurred backgrounds – works really well for theme – really pleased with how the photos have turned out!

·        Choose final 4 images for presentation and ones I want in look book

Final Editing Technique Sheets

FMP, Week 13.

During all the hustle and bustle of designing and creating my

final dress for the FMP project, my portfolio work seemed to have

fell into the background, so the past few weeks I have began creating up

a storm again after having finished my dress!

I have drawn up my final line ups with my new found love

for fashion illustration thanks to Joseph Larkowsky, yet still have to find a

way of applying colour to them!

I started creating my historical and contemporary Parisian chic

and colour moodboards, yet feel that they don't really work that well

so will carry on looking for key images for the boards that will hopefully

help me with the layout of them. Once I have done this I will also

add fabrics and drawings to them.

Regardless of this, I have finished my trend and embellishment

boards and I am really pleased with how they have turned out,

taking research from my sketchbook and looking specifically

at peplums, 1920s and decorative daywear for the trend boards,

adding drawings, annotation, colours and embellishment techniques along the way.

To Do:

- Historical Parisian chic board

- Contemporary Parisian chic board

- Colour board

- Shop Report

- Sampling

- Add colour to line ups

- Final photo of garment

- Evaluation

Contemporary Parisian chic board

Historical Parisian chic board

Completed trend board

Trend board..

Completed embellishment board

Embellishment board..



Work Placement - Fashion Show Update

Week 6 - Easter Break Work

• Got email from Lily – need to book 4+ models over Easter break that can make it to the show
• Produce an A4 colour poster to be handed out in college and around Newcastle to promote the fashion show
• Done poster on illustrator – found it difficult at first because I didn't know what to add to it – used styling image from my little black dress project with writing and college logo and contact information around it
• Asked photographer if she has any links to models that would be up for doing a fashion show – find some!

Poster I produced below:

For the poster, I wanted to promote the work that has been

produced on the course, therefore using my styling project photoshoot

as the main background, featuring my garment.

I also added the college logo, promoting the college, and used small

origami swan pictures to give a sense of the origami feel that will be used

to decorate the show!

I used a tracing paper effect with writing on as the title with

the date, times and venue of the show underneath

with contact details along the bottom of the poster, adding a hint

of colour to help it stand out more!

Keep your eyes peeled for these in Newcastle!

Fashion Show Information -

Time - 6.30pm and 7.30pm

Date - Tuesday 12th June 2012

Venue - Space bar, Newcastle College

Ncl-coll.ac.uk

Lilylucysearsclarke@hotmail.co.uk

zoejohnson91@hotmail.com

Tel: 0191 200 4000



Mary Katrantzou Elle Collections S/S 2012 - Article Review



After stumling across this article in Elle Collections magazine, I was

immediately drawn in as Mary Katrantzou is now one of the most

well known Greek designers to hit London. The article

talks a lot about her as a designer and how she has managed

to get where she is now from her individual stamp she brings

to her work. With this, we also gain an insight into the woman

herself and her own personal style - "Minimal and black" - which does not

seem to reflect her designs or personality in any way. The article uses

a lot of adjectives to describe her upcoming collection which gave me a

feel of the collection and allowed me to paint a visual picture on how

the collections, colours and prints will look. The article is very positive on

the designer and having images alongside the text helps to visualise what the

writer is saying. It also gives me an insight into her life before a

fashion designer, starting out in textiles which is where she seems to have

gotten her amazing prints from and celebrates how she creates them.

Although the article talks a lot about her collections, I feel there are elements

which are missing out on such as her debut collection at Topshop, which

cements her place in the industry and gained her more followers. I do feel that my

opinions have changed after reading the article as I have gained a deeper

understanding into Mary as a designer and where she sees herself going

in the future in regard to her collections. What I like about the article is the way it has

been set out giving off a real design style to it from the images, text and

spacing that have been used, but do feel that larger images would be

appropriate to give the reader a clearer view on the designers

beautiful prints. Overall, I feel the article works really well and gives me a lot

of knowledge on the designer and what her work is about.

Jil Sander A/W 2012

The day has come when Raf Simons was applauded as he showed off

his last collection for Jil Sander before becoming head designer at Dior.

For his last collection for Sander, Raf created a stunningly beautiful
aray of full bodied shift coats and dresses that was inspired by a day in life of a relationship.
With some coats being clinched to the body by the model, some let a
sense of the slipdresses appear creating a very sensual side.
Aysmmetric skirts and structured bra tops were a common appearance in
the collection along with high waisted pants and a modern feel to the jumpsuit.
The strapless gowns gave off a real feel of the 1950's Dior dresses
which he will very soon be creating for!
The palette featured very pastel colours, connoting the sense of pureness
from the pale pinks, creams, greys, reds and blacks.
He in no doubt created very minimal and simple garments with no embellishment to be
seen anywhere but regardless, are simply elegant and effortless.
Dior will be lucky to have him.

Images from Style.com

Video from Youtube.com