Record Bag

I like making things out of random crap! 

2 records, some 60s vintage fabric and 4 keyrings lead to this...

Emma Bell antics

I had a lot of fun working with Emma Bell on her collection last month go check out her blog to hear about our fun ridiculous antics! It WILL make you laugh! 

Playing with Paper

Found that hood 

RETRO-FUTURISM

Look what i found hidden away in the depths of myspace...

I designed this like 3 years ago now! Time sure does fly! 

More Femme Fatale

This one pretty much describes how i feel right now....

but it also makes me feel a bit better because I LOVE this image!!! 

Props to Alexander Jordan. 

Backstage at Emma Bell LFW

Emma Bell LFW

I just completed a months work experience with Emma Bell...after lots of hard work and fun times, this was able to happen...

LOVE IT

Hair&Make-up

I loved the hair and make-up that i did for the shoot yesterday! The hair was put into a high ponytail and i wanted the hair to be as long as possible to reflect the length of the sleeves. I managed to find a really cheap hair piece for £2.50!!! which i gripped into the ponytail and wrapped her natural hair around it! considering how cheap the hair piece was i was really pleased with the turn out! We managed many hair flips and suprisingly it didnt come flying out!!

The make up of course had to be a bit gothic love to add a bit of black to contrast! so i did a base of foundation, powder added some moon glow by benefit around the nose and cheek bones to highlight. Natural colours on the eye lid with some white in the corners to lighten it and give it depth. I found the longest lashes i could get my hands on and lined them with just a bit of black to blend them in making sure it wasn't too thick else the eyes would look too heavy! I added mascara to the bottom lashes to open the eyes more then painted black onto the eyebrows and onto the lips, added Vaseline on top and onto the cheeks as suggested by the lovely Naomi and voila!! 

LOVE IT

Femme Fatale

So i thought it was about time i did something with my jacket from a tailoring project i had to do a while ago. I hate tailoring. With a passion. So to bring a bit more me into it i did something a little bright and fun to play with! I do however have quite a contrasting dark side so had to add a bit of goth into it with the black. love it. Heres a sneak at the first image to come out of it more exciting ones on the way though!!

The theme behind the jacket was titled Femme Fatale after one of my favourite songs by the amazing velvet underground! I used those lyrics and looked at strong female icons throughout history taking the elements of their personalities which seem to run throughout to come up with a concept. I also looked at bondage and fetish hence the long sleeves and ties... the back of the jacket didn't work as well in the main fabric as it did in the toile, which was quite disappointing as it was a main feature, which just sort of droops pathetically in the fabric used in the final garment but there we go... calico is shit and misleading from now on I'm going to use as similar fabric i can find cheap to the main one i intend to use so that doesn't happen again!! 

My housemate Naomi Brown would like to get into styling so once i found the accessories and make up i wanted i got her on board to direct the shoot. Rose Jocham is my amazing model she can be found on the Profile model agency site! Last but not least! The amazing photography was done by Alexander Jordan! 

The rest will be uploaded very soon...

Playing with Paper

Playing around with paper on the stand can be pretty fun i came up with this technique by sticking together two triangles either side of a rectangle then connecting them all together i placed them on the stand in different ways. I love this technique as the pieces can fold up on itself i want to sew piping into the horizontal seams and place wire inside so it really holds its shape well.

Here is a sleeve idea i really want to make this into a structured leotard with a giant zip down the middle and pannels showing the female shape in all its glory...eerrrr yeah think it would look pretty hot! 

As part of a dress looks kinda cute in different positions around the waist down etc. I love it as a hood but like an idiot i deleted the pictures so im unable to post them!