LINE-UP S/S 2013

Here's my line-up for my tropical collection s/s 2013. The collection is bright and bursting with print. I've look at the 1980's for shapes of the garments such as oversized jackets and basic t-shirts also taking the style of the 'boyish' look. I would like to take some of the successful prints and put them into my final collection. Maybe with my final collection I need to use less colour and focus on developing the prints even further to ensure I make my final collection the best it can be.

B L A C K

I love this fashion film by ASOS for their in house collection called 'BLACK' it's an all encompassing menswear range which represents the current spirit of modern menswear. Precision of cut, fabrication and finer detailing are all key elements of this collection.

"FASHION FADES. ONLY STYLE REMAINS THE SAME."

Coco Chanel.

'THE EXPERIENCE WILL BE PRICELESS'

Yesterday i had a interview for an internship with Jean Pierre Braganza to work along side the designer in the studio and work closely in the design process. when leaving the interview with positive feedback i made my way to my second interview of the day. Within that time i had a missed called Which i phoned back and it was J-P-B offering me the place for internship. I was soo HAPPY. This was my third interview and as they say 'third time lucky'. This means i'll being working towards london fashion week with the designer and this will help with the design process when i comes to designing my final collection.
The next step is to email J-P-G about a starting date.
The experience will be priceless.

Here are some looks from his S/S 2012 collection.....

GOLDHAWK ROAD

For fabric research I took a trip to goldhawk road in London. It was amazing for fabric, shop after shop full of fabrics from silks to wools. I felt overwhelmed with the different types and styles of fabrics and started to feel lost in what I was looking for. I took samples of crepe de chine becuase that's one main fabric in my tropical collection. Goldhawk road is a brilliant place for fabrics and will be going again soon to search for fabrics for my final collection.

DIGITAL PRINTING.

I've got my 8 prints ready for digital printing. The next stage is getting to prints into the right format to send off to the printers. I was going to get them printed onto jersey but when feeling the fabric i wasn't convinced with how the prints would look on jersey. So i've changed my mind to light crepe de chine. I like the way this fabric feels, falls and looks as it doesnt have that shine like silk satin does.

These engineered prints have a influences from Preen's, Dries Van Noten's and Stella McCartney's Spring/Summer 2012 collections. Taking the Pixelation effect from Preen's collection works really well within my prints, also taking the direct cut effect with photos in Dries's collection and the tropical theme from Stella's collection has created a strong family of tropical engineered prints for the fashion industry. By mixing these elements together creates fresh prints with a tropical twist which is going to be a massive trend from Spring/Summer 2012.

PREEN SPRING/SUMMER 2012

DRIES SPRING/SUMMER 2012

STELLA McCARTNEY RESORT 2012

I can't wait to see the prints on fabric ready for paris in februray.

THE DREADFUL DISSERTATION.

YES, the time has come the write this dissertation. i need to make a start, once i've started i know i'll feel better for doing it but in the back of my mind i know the deadline for the draft is hovering like a black cloud. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
MUST...KEEP......GOING.