For my current and previous project, Invites have been a major part of my final practical work. For their Milan Fashion Week show, true to their brand, Moschino did something very cheeky! Instead of a usual paper invite they used white pants with the event details printed on them. Trust Moschino to think outside of the box in such a quirky way. I think these pants are fantastic and it is proven that a collectable item like this defiantly creates a buzz. I don’t know how I would feel about carrying a pair of pants in my bag on the night though but if they are Moschino I suppose that’s okay!
Today I got the privilege of taking part in a talk with Sandra Tsang, the Marketing and Events manager at NE1. She is majorly involved and passionate about driving Newcastle Fashion Week further. The event has massively developed over its short life span. Running for only 5 year, I was impressed to see what it had already achieved. Sandra spoke about brands as big as Topshop and celebrities such as the Black Eye Peas getting involved to make previous years such a success. I took advantage of the first-hand information she delivered for the new Work Based Learning project. Now the pressure is on to come up with a fantastic fringe event to ‘WOW’ Sandra Tsang.
Finally! I completed my Practice Enrichment project. I went back and forward changing my ideas and I was not enjoying the project. I felt sorry for my brother and artistic friend Liam as I asked them what they thought after every doodle. When I came to a final decision, it was finished in the same night! What took me so long was picking an idea to run with. Once I did that, i got into the work and enjoyed it because I like being creative. I would defiantly consider using my own illustrations in a future project but only if I had a clear idea of what I wanted. After all the stress, I love my final illustrations. I am amazed with the effect you can creative in an illustration without being the next Leonardo da Vinci. I think my line up would work well for a brand like All Saints as it has a distressed feel created using the screen wash method. My favorite method was collaging then adding my own drawing on top. A scrap piece of screen washed paper found in Steve’s room turned out to be my savior in this project. It was my main inspiration for ghostly theme and I used it on both my illustrations and line-up.
After completing two projects in the past week, I’ve been rewarding myself with one too many lazy days. But during this lazy day I have found my new favourite fashion blogger. Her name is Natasha and she is a London based model and blogger. Natasha’s picture was shared by @modeblogg on Instagram and I was instantly drawn to her fabulous outfit (especially her shoes). I was already struggling to decide what to pack for the upcoming New York trip so I couldn't help myself but to sit on my laptop a little bit longer and scroll through pages of her own fashion blog for inspiration.
What I love about Natasha’s outfits is that she goes all out to create a full head to toe look. The accessories she wears seem to be her statement piece. Her style is right up my street in the patterns and shapes that she wears. Another bonus is Natasha doesn’t build her outfits on designer clothing. She mostly uses high street brands and I have been surprised to see that her amazing outfit was bought from H&M, Topshop, Miss guided and ASOS. On Natashas posts she also talks about her what inspired her look. The 'La Dolce Vita' post (floral co-ord, see images) was inspired by D&Gs spring summer catwalk. The only thing I could fault about the blog is it is time consuming to navigate back and forth to have a look at each post. Regrettably, I went onto her ‘Shop’ page where Natasha’s clothes are listed and linked to the shop website; Problem being I want to buy them all! Looking at this blog I feel inspired to create somthing similar of my own. During the summer holidays I have decided i am going to take my passion for outfit building and create my own Blog about my day to day outfits. Watch this space. http://www.bisousnatasha.com/ No, don’t get your hopes up this isn’t my review about the ‘Savage Beauty’ exhibition. However, this is a post to tell you that I have just booked tickets to go and see it on the 4th of May 2015 at the Victoria and Albert museum. I coincidently saw Vouge tweeting about the event just a few days after I watched the documentary ‘McQueen and I’. As part of my contextual studies I only got to see 30 minutes of video in college, but I was so fascinated by McQueens creative talents that I had to watch the rest when I got home. When is someone going to make a film about his extraordinary life?
I will be posting about the exhibition as soon as I have been, along with all the other exciting things me and my Shoreditch friend Bibi get up to that day. But I will just have to look forward to it until then! McQueen And I - Youtube |
CategoriesAuthorI am Olivia Davies, aged 20. This is my blog for Fashion Retail and Enterprise. Archives
April 2015
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