The floor length cloak which I had designed to wear was going to be the most extravagant thing I had ever worn. It consisted on feathers, hair extensions, leather and a lot of chiffon. It was made up of huge shoulder pads (which meant I couldn't walk through a door face on as I wouldn't fit!) which were covered in blackbird style feathers, with black hair extensions coming out of the front and back, with an under cloak made from six metres of gathered chiffon. It took days to create the pattern from scratch, and actually make it all, however it was all worth it and I was more than pleased with the outcome of it. I teamed the cloak with a string vest and leggings with a leather side panel, topped off with grunge eyeliner and black nails! As good as I felt I got some pretty weird looks on the tube there, however all eyes was on moi! haha
I got papped a few times at graduate for various style blogs which was extremely flattering. It was so good mixing with people who actually understand you and are all in the creative world which has become my life.
Before we went to the Salford show, we went around all the exhibition stands to see the competition which we had ahead of us. Here is some of the work which pleased my eyes.....
I wish I could remember this girls name to credit her, as I simply loved her sketchbook, the layout, the drawings and the concept behind it all. All I know she is from Nottingham trent university, here is a selection of pages from her sketchbook ill be taking inspiration from.
I wish I could remember this girls name to credit her, as I simply loved her sketchbook, the layout, the drawings and the concept behind it all. All I know she is from Nottingham trent university, here is a selection of pages from her sketchbook ill be taking inspiration from.
I found the University of East London's exhibition stand interesting. As it had life size illustrations hanging from the wall and garments on stands surrounding it. It was like one big calico heep! (Without the cat piss smell of it!)
Now for the Salford show.....
The Salford show was a big pop of colour, with many of the collections being sport inspired. I don't think I've seen so many hoods on one runway. If it was me showing I wouldn't want to do a hood if someone else was or I would change the design to create a new shaped hood, which hadn't been seen before. I can't understand why someone would want to do the same thing as someone else. The whole show was a bit samey samey. If you saw one garment you had seen them all. I felt like there was no drama, no couture, nothing new and nothing BLACK! My eyes craved black! Each collection was a strong ready to wear collection, which did work well. I just think its your uni years, let yourself go and do what you want! I just don't think I can grasp the concept that fashion is a business and people have to wear them. In their defence they did have stiff competition from the graduates who had previously shown last season at Salford, however who am I to judge I'm only second year and I'm really distinctive in what I like and what I don't. If its not dark, gothic and bondage up, I won't like it!
To end on a positive there was some interesting shapes and silhouettes seen and all of the garments looked extremely well made. They all looked like they could have been hung on the rails of Harrods next to Versace. Each collection was styled to the max which looked great and created a whole look which the customer could buy into.
Here is some collections from the Salford show......
Out of all the collections Jessica Wood was my favourite, due to the colonial shaped shoulders, going into hats. I loved the nude and black colour palette, it worked really well together. I thought the look was very now and very Mugler. Lady gaga would love it!
Now for the Salford show.....
The Salford show was a big pop of colour, with many of the collections being sport inspired. I don't think I've seen so many hoods on one runway. If it was me showing I wouldn't want to do a hood if someone else was or I would change the design to create a new shaped hood, which hadn't been seen before. I can't understand why someone would want to do the same thing as someone else. The whole show was a bit samey samey. If you saw one garment you had seen them all. I felt like there was no drama, no couture, nothing new and nothing BLACK! My eyes craved black! Each collection was a strong ready to wear collection, which did work well. I just think its your uni years, let yourself go and do what you want! I just don't think I can grasp the concept that fashion is a business and people have to wear them. In their defence they did have stiff competition from the graduates who had previously shown last season at Salford, however who am I to judge I'm only second year and I'm really distinctive in what I like and what I don't. If its not dark, gothic and bondage up, I won't like it!
To end on a positive there was some interesting shapes and silhouettes seen and all of the garments looked extremely well made. They all looked like they could have been hung on the rails of Harrods next to Versace. Each collection was styled to the max which looked great and created a whole look which the customer could buy into.
Here is some collections from the Salford show......
Out of all the collections Jessica Wood was my favourite, due to the colonial shaped shoulders, going into hats. I loved the nude and black colour palette, it worked really well together. I thought the look was very now and very Mugler. Lady gaga would love it!
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