SECOND YEAR IS OVER

Finally presented and handed in our group collection today! Presentation was pretty petrifying fashion tutors are so scary sometimes, but hey at least its done now! I have managed to enjoy my night without any work with a trip to a local pub for strawberry beer and great company! Off to bed now though! We get our briefing for the final collection tomorrow....OH MY GOD.

Mood Board

Just made a quick mood board to go with the group collection project we made one at the start but it was pretty rough and just images stuck down so i thought it would be more professional to whack one up on photoshop. I just made it while eating my dinner! I've been working hard all day! 

Putting together a Powerpoint for the Presentation tomorrow. Its taking longer than i thought. 

A couple of illustrations

I've finally done my illustrations for the group collection project! 

My Outfit

Meral's Outfit

Anchee's Outfit

I created this effect by drawing and painting bits my hand then scanning it into photoshop filling parts of the garment with scanned in fabrics that i define pattern and fill on photoshop. wack on some filters and change contrast and what not and there you have it! simple. time consuming but simple really. 

The Whole lot

BEDTIME

Marketing Report

I managed to spend ages printing and trimming the pages for the marketing report today before i got to spend some time in the sun! I'm too cheap to go and get it printed professionally for this project so I've just done it myself! i used a few different papers and some acetate and i think its looking pretty cool so far! 

Now its time to whack out my illustrations! think I'm gonna be up till the early hours doing them! then once they are done i can finish my sketchbook and do some hand stitching and every things ready to hand in i think! eeek! last weekend of the year! Shoot for Alexander Jordan tomorrow with charlie again! should be fun times! 

Bored...

So while i wait for the email containing the Marketing report words so i can make that i thought id set up a new myspace to go alongside this blog! I'm still trying to make it snazzy so once its done ill post up the URL. 

Also i have a couple more backstage pictures from last weeks shoot...

This picture below shows the make-up pretty well! we chose to use a brown shadow on the eye with a liner of black some fake eyelashes and white eyeliner which gives it a softer effect! 

Doesn't she look pretty! 

I have been asked by Alexander jordan to help style another shoot for him and Charlie Oscar same thing as the previous one we did the other day but gonna do a few more looks n maybe get some shots at night with the scooter! should be fun! 

Got to go to sassoon tomorrow for a consultation for this shoot find out what ill have done to my hair and make-up exciting! hope its gonna be good! 

Marketing report

I've got to sit and finish the groups marketing report today! i hope it doesn't take me tooo long! I can not wait to hand in next tuesday! It's going to be the best day i cant believe that will be year two over with! 

Naomi Styles

Had a busy day! did lotsa work with my group in the library then did a shoot for a friend! Shoot was for a magazine that is to be produced by Topshop the theme was pretty girly and flowery! so it was hard because that soooo not me! was fun though! Ended the day by cooking a meal for my boyfriend! 

My housemate Naomi used my jacket in her shoot today for her magazine project! its really cool to see how someone else interprets your design! The styling and photos are so different than the ones i shot the other day! I really love how strong and powerful they are! 

The model is our good friend Rose Jocham, you can find her on Profile Models! 

SHES AMAZING! 

Editing pictures...

is so boring sometimes! have alot to do this week before hand in! i hope i can manage it all! i cant believe thats second year almost done with! We will be getting our brief for the final collection soon! FUCK! Hopefully tomorrow i will have the main layout for the Marketing report and look book done so then i can carry on with my own stuff! Off into london soon, my aunty is down for work so we are going for something to eat which should be a nice break! I'll have to carry on with the work when i get back though. I can't wait till summer!  

playing around

I have to make a look book and a marketing report for the promotion side of the group collection so i spent last night playing around with the images from the shoot to come up with different things to include in the layout. 

Heres something i did, dunno if i'll use it at all but just playing around with different ideas. 

last week of the project!! gosh!! 

Legs

Heres a new image from the shoot the other day just spent a while playing around with it on photoshop. 

Hope you like!

Sneak Peak...

I thought i would upload a sneak peak from yesterdays shoot untill i edit the best ones tonight

I just love the effect the photographer created with the movement! and the our lovely model Jenna did a fantastic job! 

Todays Shoot

So today was the day of the group collection photo shoot! was alot of work to get there but its deff been worth it! I've not slept much this week coz ive been busy sewing away but I've eneded it with chilla night drinking with friends! I had to post a few behind the scenes pics though before i upload the edited images from the shoot! we had an amazing photographer come in for us and im really happy with the effects she created works so well with our theme! 

The day started pretty early! we had planned to get Jordan's shoot done today but models can be pretty unreliable so 9.30 came and we only had one when minimum needed really was 2! so the clothes came out for no reason and it had to be rescheduled to Saturday! which is probably better as it means i can actually be there! 

I'm so happy our collection has been shot and shot well! I hopefully will have edited the best pictures by tomorrow so i will post them up as soon as i can! as for now check out some iphone snaps from behind the scenes...

Heres a quick snap of our fabulous model jenna in my outfit, cant really see the detail from the phone though as its too dark, buttt you get the idea! 

First few shots in my outfit

Here is a shot taken with Jenna wearing Meral's outfit from the group.

It was such a fun shoot and i think we managed to get some really strong shots and the collection came really well together in the end! was so much better than i thought it would be so over all I'm really pleased! 

FINISHED!!!!

So I've been working non-stop the past couple of days trying to get my outfit finished for the group collection project at uni! I have made the hardest Jacket everrr lots of leather and fringing! looks pretty effective though! 

Heres a crappy snap on my iphone 

hmmm hopefully will look good  styled on the model tomorrow! 

I sent my 'Black Widow' jacket away with a lovely Fashion Promotion student today, i can't wait to see the pics from her shoot it will be interesting to see how someone else interprets it without any of my direction.

I've also been helping my boyfriend photographer Alexander Jordan with finding models and clothes for his editorial tomorrow was going to be 2 male models and 1 female model but models cancelled so its ending up a menswear shoot with my friend Charlie Patterson modeling with his scooter! He's only 17, but i think he has a great look for it! Have a suitcase of clothes to arrange into looks in the morning! its a shame the two shoots clashed so i prob wont get to see much of Jordan's shoot but hopefully it all goes well! It's only 2.13 in the morning and I'm gonna go to bed! i thought i'd still have so much more to do but today has gone surprisingly well! Had to cancel on sassoon though :( my hair is a mess as well! never mind hopefully rearrange it for next week! 

Anyway busy day tomorrow with a very early start! 

Lotsa Fringing...

...has kinda drove me crazy tonight! my eyes cant handle it! It's taken me quite a few hours to stitch all the fringing down and make the shoulder pieces to my jacket! i think its been worth it though! looks pretty effective so far! Photo shoot on thursday! flip! early start tomorrow! 

Relentless anyone?

till tomorrow, goodnight.