Final Degree Show Part 1

The time has come to put up my degree show, and I thought I would let you get a sneak peak at some of my garments and how I'm displaying them, the next instalment will come after the private view on June 1st
 http://www.derby.ac.uk/degreeshow

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

I have just found something so pretty and stunning that I felt the need to document it!

Paperself Eyelashes are false lashes made from laser cut paper, they are so tiny and delicate that I just want to own every single design they have! I first saw them in "The Hunger Games", where the main character is wearing a pair of tiny, corner peacock design lashes and they just look beautiful.

I want to use these on every single model I photograph for my work, but which ones do I choose, they are all so pretty!!!

“The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” - Marcel Proust

http://www.paperself.com/ps%20%20all.html

I still can't get over how pretty they are!!!

More Garment Ideas...

Here are just a few screen shots of some of my fashion and Monarch (CAD/CAM) designs on Adobe Illustrator...

And back after a long time of not blogging...

Wow, didn't quite realise how longs it's been since I blogged last, whoops!

Well, the work progress has come on such a long way (the reason for my blogging absence). I have the top and a toile of my skirt done for the first full garment I've made since I was 16! I a tonne of samples too, but I'm still not satisfied. I need more!

So to quench this thirst for more fabrics, I have been designing my own fabrics on our Jersey machinery here at the Universtiy. My first attempt at CAD unfortunately hasn't lived up to expectations as I wished to use an elastane to sculpt the design, but the machine doesn't like this idea and snaps it off at any given moment, so, change of plan! I'm going to use a polyester yarn (or cotton if it will work) and silk yarn to try and create a subtle and delicate pattern.

There is light at the end of this tunnel, I can almost see it!

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

The "Grande Galerie de l'Évolution" In Paris, France.

Here are a selection of images that have inspired my final projects work. There were some amazing things, some strange things and even some gruesome, but all were very interesting. The following pictures show skeletons of tiny Frogs and Lizards, to Human skeletons and even Black Rhinos. There were even fossils of Mammoths and giant Fish.

Je ne comprends pas Paris

Ultramod - Vintage trimmings and millinery shop 

The dome in the centre of Gallery La Fayette

View of the Eiffel Tower at the top of Gallery La Fayette

Notre Dame

Enterance way into Notre Dame

Bridge of love covered in padlocks

The Louvre's Pyramid

Inside the Louvre

Armless and headless angel

Ceiling

Notre Dame at night

The Eiffel Tower

So I have experienced Paris and well, lets say its not one I will be forgetting any time soon! It was amazing to go and see The Notre Dame, The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triumph but I was a little less amazed with Paris itself. Something about lots of dog poo on the streets and people spitting all over the floor doesn't scream "Capital of fashion, culture and love" to me! However, I did find the trip incredibly useful to my work as we went to Premiere Vision and Indigo that were full of textile companies that were showing their fore castings for Summer/Spring 2013 and some of the things were stunning, although I found the freelance companies in Indigo and their designs a lot more creative than than those of Premiere Vision's companies. Unfortunately, I could take pictures which is a huge shame. But I do have plenty of tourist pictures, as well as a tonne of images taken from the Grande Galerie de L'Evolution, which was full of fossils and skeleton's of animals. Perfect for my work!