THE IRON LADY.

Last night I went to the cinema to see 'The Iron Lady' starring Meryl Streep. The film portrays the story of Margaret Thatcher being Prime minister in the late 1970's right through to 1990. Streep plays the part very well and although the film lacked in depth in her life of being prime minister and focused more on her elderly life. The main thing that stood out for me from the film was the colour blue, she wore alot of the colour throughout the film and it has inspired me to use it in my final collection. With the colour blue reflecting to me a strong and powerful colour i want this to reflect in my collection.

Also the colour is very on trend......
Preen Pre-Fall 2012

Celine Pre-Fall 2012

Maison Martin Margiela Menswear Spring 2012

NICELY DONE STELLA....

After seeing Stella McCartney's resort 2012 collection online I was excited to see it when it hit the stores so I could see it in the flesh and see how the collection looked in real life. I headed to Selfridges on Oxford street to see the collection and I fell in LOVE all over again. The collection looks just a lovely online as it does in real life. The thing that made this collection work was the tropical prints and the fabrics used. The fabrics were heavy silks and lightweight cottons, digital printing was a key to this collection as well as embroidery, something I would have never thought was used when seeing the collection online. The tropical theme that I used in the 'inidgo' project I may take froward into my final collection but taking a different path in how i use the prints. only time will tell.

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.