wooo its been a while, have been so busy with so much to do. Cant beleave how quick this term has gone with only just over a week left until we break up for Christmas time. Yesterday the group visited London again, this time it was to see the Fashion V Sport event at the V&A, this was in preparation for are next design project. I found very inspirational and found out lots of information that i recorded to help with the project.

For the rest of the day we explored London, walking from the V&A up to Covent Garden, vistiting shops and tourist attractions along the way. This gave me a real feel for London and allowed us all to take in the atmosphere. Along the way we visited Dover Street Market, it wasn't what we expected at all and felt quite serial. However it was god too see some innovative designs. 

We then finished the days in a bar drinking cocktails ... very Sex In the City Like!

NYC presentation

Today was presentation day, over the last few weeks we have been working in groups to put together a presentation  on a capital city of out choice. We found it best to divide the group up and each have our topic areas to research and report back. Once this was done we got back together in our group and put together the presentation using power point, we also gathered images at this point.

I found we worked well as a team and as a result had a professional   looking  presentation. When it came to presenting to the rest of the glass we were all quite nervous, arraigning for different people to say different parts this became less nerve racking and we all began to quite enjoy it. 

Watching other groups presentations i found i learnt allot about the different city's and found it really worth while.

Fabric sourcing in london

yesterday was are first trip!!! we set of for London at eight am and arrived around eleven . The task for our group was to find natural fabrics. We got the tube to oxford street and from there went to the fabrics shops there and also in Soho, popping into a few other high streets and designers stores on the way...Selfridges was amazing!!!!

Once we found the fabrics, these included Silks, Wool and Linen we then talked in out groups about the different attitudes the people in the fabric shops had and also the vast difference in helpfulness they gave. From this we agreed in the shops that we would visit again.

The time was now around half two.We then headed to Camden, here we had lunch and looked around the market to see the different things available  and the unique things available.

It was then a rush back to the bus and a long three hour journey back home. 

 

   

The last few days

Since thursday we have been pattern cutting, attended a Peclers presentation and are currently researching Easton European  Folk costume, this is part of the Folk project that will be lasting until the 10th November.

In pattern cutting we were leaning about darts and how to change the the positions of them, i found this very interesting  and found i made progress throughout the day. 

The Peclers presentation i found was very useful, here we were told the fashion forecasts for A/W 09/10 and S/S 2010

What 2 look out for:

* Print

* Peg Pants

* 80s influence

* Mixing different patterns together

* Vintage

* Retro

* Chunky Knitwear 

Currently i am using www.easterneuropeanart.com to research Folk Costume in Eastern  Europe, this is a brilliant website and i am finding it very information and inspirational. 

Pattern cutting

Today was pattern cutting, this seams to be the part of the course I am enjoying the most. From knowing little about pattern cutting to start with, in the few lessons we have had so far I feel I have learned a great deal and find it very enjoyable. 

Result of Organic Project

This is the outcome of the organic project. This was a 2 day project in which i gained inspiration from tree roots, then looked at the ways different designers including Christopher Kane (collection shown) that have used ruffles and other fabric minipulation techniques that have been used in recent collections. From the reaserch gathered i found it was itting to recyle a current garment i had (denim shirt) and manipulate it to respond to project brief. Iam very pleased with the outcome.

Organic Project.....

This is the mood board i created for the organic project.