Facts about me!

 
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I disappeared for a while, well like 6 months or so! Third year was so stressful but I did it :) I graduated last Friday with a degree in BA Fashion - woo!!

As I've been absent and not exactly shared a lot other than uni related posts. I decided to complete this Facts about me :) it does all feel very 'Bebo' quizish! but hey ho :)

What is your middle name?: Louise 

What was favourite subject at school?: Textiles ..and ICT. I can pick two right? :)

What is your favourite drink?: Anything ice cold especially fruit smoothies. When it comes to alcoholic Purple Rain is my fave!

What is your favourite song at the moment?: My fave song at the moment is Ella Henderson Ghost, although there's many more including Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande ft Iggy Azalea

What is your favourite food?: I love tuna steak and calamari! I especially love Buddies Staten Island meal - Tuna steak, Calamari, Scampi and chips, although by the time you eat all the fish there's no room for chips! Only the other day I recreated it at home YUM

What is the last thing you bought?: A pair of new heels and some work shoes from F&F, just waiting on them to be delivered :) I have a real problem with buying shoes at the moment!

Favourite book of all time?: I havent read in so long :( uni work sort of took over! I have a huge pile of books to read. I did enjoy Katie Prices books and have read the majority of them. I also love Pretty Little Liars.

Favourite Colours?: Pink and Aquamarine Green

Do you have any pets?: A mad and very excitable cocker spaniel Frankie and a cat Jess who meows every minute of the day!

Favourite Perfume?: Has  to be Alien by Thierry Mugler. 

Favourite Holiday?: Christmas with all the family gatherings and the putting up of the decorations! And, when it happens, Snow! which isn't often

Are you married?: No!

Have you ever been out of the country, if so how many times?: Since I was 10 up to the age of 17/18 we went on a family holiday each year to places like Bulgaria, Zante and Majorca. Went on a holiday with Stephen to Bulgaria too and we are going Tunisia in October :)

Do you speak any other language?: Nope just English. I studied French at GCSE at school but thats as far as it goes.

How many siblings do you have?: 1 younger brother.

What is your favourite shop?: I love River Island at the moment, every time I go in I can pick up a thousands of items and have to choose what I NEED more rather than spending loadss!

Favourite restaurant?: I'd say we have a selection, me and Stephen, but we seem to both like American Places like TGIs and Buddies. As well as Pubs like there's one not too far away that's cheap and really nice!

When was the last time you cried?: I don't remember exactly - I don't think I've cried since I left uni so chances are the last time was the second to last week before my very final deadline. I remember it being the second to last week because it bewildered me why I felt so calm so close to my hand in, when first week in January I was a complete mess every day about stuff not going right! Scrap that I have got upset recently at work.

Favourite Movie?: A Cinderella Story with Hillary Duff in, and I do know all the words!

Favourite TV show?: Hollyoaks, Pretty Little Liars, Re-runs of Friends, CSI - lots really!

PC or Mac?: PC

What phone do you have?: Iphone 4s

How tall are you?: 5ft5

Can you cook?: I like to cook, can i cook? hmm sometimes! I love baking but again it sometimes goes wrong but the thoughts there :)

Let me know if you decide to answer the questions too - I'd love to see your answers! 

Burberry Prorsum Menswear AW14

Back in December I entered the Graduate Fashion Week Competition to win a ticket to Burberry' show. And I was one of the five winners! :)

When I received the phone call I'm pretty sure I sounded very shocked!
As I am originally into womenswear rather than mens, I was a little apprehensive but still very excited to be going to a Burberry show! So I ventured down to London last Wednesday feeling rather nervous.

 It was an amazing experience being able to attend a Burberry show. to be apart of the atmosphere. I loved the map prints and the illustrations used in the collection. I also liked the printed shawl like pieces draped over their shoulders.

 

 

After the show we went backstage to talk to Christopher Bailey himself, which was not expected!!! He was so welcoming and very humble! The collection was inspired by St.Ives and Bloomsbury Artists and their paintings. He also wanted to show what maps mean today as with social media it has changed.

I had a fantastic day and will definitely remember the experience for a long time! Huge thanks to GFW for the experience.

"Stay humble, work really hard and love every single day."

FMP Work Space December 2013

My work space the day before review.

As nice as its been having time off for Christmas, it has felt strange not having to do any 'specific' work over Christmas - other than drawing and designing!
Cant wait to get back and stuck in to my FMP again!

Maria Grachvogel

Another designer i strolled upon, and i love!

Maria Grachvogel Spring/Summer 14

When i came across this collection i fell in love - the print automatically reminded me of the fabric i had been experimenting with. Although its not the same colours it still reminded me with how the colours blended together.

The prints are what drawn me into the collection but the shape of the garments and how they fall is beautiful, the way they drape and shape the body.

Simone Rocha

Whilst doing some contemporary research/catching up with LFW I came across Simone Rochas S/S14 collection. Her inspiration was Nobuyoshi Araki, Ed Templeton’s Teenage Kissers and the girls in Amsterdam, with mainly a Monochrome theme.

I love how much detail is within the garments and also how each design is 'tested' in each fabric, ranging from leathers, plastics and sheer fabrics. The sheer garters and paneling with dropped gathered waistline on the skirts also caught my eye.

Uni work

So the last time i posted relating to uni work i went london and focused on the London Transport Museum. However the first week back to uni i came across an article on MSN home page about abandoned theme parks, very eery but also very interesting for me. So i started researching them. I loved the colours in the images, very dark dusky colours but then also the distressed colours from the rides, such as the teacups, i found the peeling of the paint inspiring. 

My work station, although it has changed since as this photo is from 2 weeks ago

  

Since then Ive been developing ideas from my research. Starting off drawing but then moving onto sampling and even some knitting! 

I have also found many different fabrics that i feel relate to my work, with many of them being the surface texture/design that interested me.

I am quite a textiles person when it comes to the fabrics and the samples development i think, but at the same time love making garments and bringing 3d shape into it.

My current samples are relating to the tracks from the rollercoasters, using pleating and boning to develop them. As well as gathers to create the lines.

Also knitting samples - starting with thick knit and then adapting it to loose knit because an image and all the lines with curves reminded me of very loose knit. After two i didnt feel they were loose enough so i found 'arm knitting' which is so quick and simple and creates exactly the knit i am after, i then tried it with strips of fabric which worked very well with the fraying creating a rough distressed look.

 

I am also in the process of draping on the stand, with fabrics that relate to my work.

Baby Dress

About a month ago now i made my first baby dress! Age 0-3 months.
I am very proud of it especially as it only took me a few hours!
I lined it too, with a popper on the back

It is so tiny but comparing it to other baby clothes its the same size. I am yet to know if it fits but hopefully it will! :)