WE ARE HQ

A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by the lovely Tiffany Baron for the online magazine and store wearehq.com 

You can check the interview out HERE

CUT CLICK

Check out Cut Click magazine, the graduate issue which features some images from the catwalk of my collection and many more talented individuals!

View the magazine HERE

BLOGS

Here are a list of links to blogs my work has been mentioned, appeared or featured on after GFW and 'Fish and chips, twice please?!'

Stylish Kids in Riot

UCA

STYLISA

Mirror

Dazed Digital 

Rochester People

Arts Thread

Amelias Magazine

Fashion Reader

Style Kingdom 

Style Kingdom 2

H.ANNA

Quiet Rebel

Wein Web

Fashion Semmerl

AMELIAS MAGAZINE

Check out the illustration of my collection by Lesley Barnes  featured on amelias magazine.  

Wicked illustration with a little review of my work go check it out!

GFW 2010 UCA ROCHESTER

TOMORROW IS THE DAY

Today saw the start of Graduate Fashion Week, which means in 24 hours I will have shown my collection in front of judges and press at London's Earls Court. Scary...but equally exciting!

I haven't posted in a while as its been a mad few weeks getting all my portfolio done for my final hand in at uni. Its a weird feeling knowing that uni is now officially over and I'm about to enter the real world, the harsh reality that is the fashion industry! Heres a few images of bits of work I've been producing...

My business cards 

My portfolio

Laser cut perspex clothing tags and sketchbook cover.

In the early hours of wednesday morning I will be flying over to Vienna to take part in the exhibition 'Fish and chips, Twice please?!' which launches on the 10th June! I will be exhibiting my work under the new designer showcase section a great opportunity to have straight out of uni which I'm really very excited about!

I will post soon with Images from another shoot I did the other day with an amazing team of people! Also to update on GFW and Vienna. For now though I must get some zzzzz's I have a busy and exciting week ahead of me!

GRADUATE FASHION WEEK

Today I found out I had been put through to show at London's Graduate Fashion Week in Earls Court.

I can now say that all of the tears and sleepless nights over the past 8 months have been worth it! I'm happy!!

RANKIN IS SHOOTING MY WORK

Today i had a phone call from my head of year informing me that i have been selected to send away one of my outfits to be photographed by the legendary photographer Rankin! The model Rosie Huntington Whiteley of the Burberry campaign will be wearing my outfit which is also very exciting! Some unis have been selected by Graduate Fashion Week to put forward 3 students work to represent them. The shoot is Written about briefly on Vogue.com...

At the moment this is about all i know! I can't believe i got selected I'm in shock! but so so happy! Also happy that my two friends Jo Graham and Steph Eyre got selected too! The outfit has to be sent away on monday! Luckily its my finished garments! Anyway its getting late and i still have more work to get done tonight so I will end with that news and update with my progress when i have the time! In the meantime heres a couple of his recent ELLE covers...

The Graduate Fashion Week Winner

On the last day of GFW the gala show is held which showcases the best collections of the week infront of a panel of judges which includes Giles Deacon and Mathew Williamson!

 

Proudly the winner of the Gold award, and £20,000 to continue with her line, was Mytro Samou from my university UCA Rochester! The bar has definitely been raised high now! I am not surprised someone from Rochester won as their were so many strong collections.  Giles Deacon said "we felt her collection had a very strong signature style. It was a cohesive range which could easily be sold tomorrow." 

Graduate Fashion Week

Every year london hosts a special fashion week for the Graduates of Fashion courses across the country. Not all Universities are lucky enough to show, but if they don't put on a catwalk show they will have a stand allowing students work to be viewed by possible clients. It's a major opportunity for everyone, with many competitions, celebrities and press GFW is could happen to be a great way to kick start a career. 

Yesterday was My university's (UCA Rochester) Catwalk show where 20 of the third year graduates were chosen to represent the course.  The Show was a great success and it showed some very strong collections. The thing i like about my uni is that is pushes to produce wearable, sellable clothes but at the same time being different with very complicated and sophisiticated cuts and drapes. I hate to see collections where people have tried so hard to be different that it really kinda looks ridiculous. The clothes at our show were iniviative, striking, beautiful and sophisticated, the bar has been set very high for us second years to compete next year. I took my camera unfortuantly its pretty slow and the models walk pretty fast so combined that doesnt work to well but ive picked a few of my favourite ones to show you

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