End of a cool summer

I had the perfect ending to and amazingly fashion filled summer I was fortunate enough to attend an after show party at whisky mist where I did spend allot of time in the Que, but never the less was that bit closer to being part of the fashion industry. 

outrageous fashion

The last day at the stand was a lot quieter than the previous days but it gave me a great chance to see what  all of the people attending LFW were wearing and how amazingly outrageous some of them looked , Even if you cant manage to get an internship its worth the time to just go and sit in a coffe shop and outside somerset house and watch all the crazy outfits that wonder in and out.
                                                                                    

                                      

Selling ISSI

    

I am an extremely shy person but I had to learn very quickly at LFW how to be confident and outgoing so that people would look at the brand , I also had to know my product and everything that was to know about it , The RRP/whole sale price where it came from how long an order would take, but it taught me so much about the industry and myself it was defiantly worth the 3 hour daily commute. 

Estethica brunch

While interning at LFW I was given the opportunity to attend an Estethica Brunch which was amazing to see . There were some influential talks given through the morning and it was good to mingle through talking to people and learning their backgrounds and how they have got where they have. I would advise and internship to any fashion student out there it is a must !  

Bringing fashion back

                                                 

  

At london fashion week a designer that was doing really well was she died of beauty, Seeing these designs took me back t bath museum where I saw some of the designs of the year , Its crazy how you can have a design recreate its popularity over a few years , this designer especially caught attention from the materials they used to create there garments .I also love the photograph I think tat its great and captures the brad image perfectly.

My pass to LFW

I finally on my "cool journey" found my unique style that got me noticed at LFW as I walked in on my first morning I was amazed by all of the outrageous styles and fashions that I saw so the following day I raided my wardrobe for my unique look .These boots were my pass to cool , A few photographers out side the event were asking for photographs and it maybe of just my feet but every girl loves a bit of attention . 

David Batchelor- From Art to fashion

I had a lot of contact with david Batchelor during my internship and managed to look at his work and see how it was incorporated with the ISSI products , It was really good to see how the art had been brought into the collection , and how passionate the girls were about there products and what they stood for. The david batchelor pieces were proving to be very popular and were going down well with the press he reason for this was looking to be as the pieces of art themselves were very expensive, so to have a clutch or a purse/ wallet with this art on it was an extremely reasonable price to pay for a piece of art with style.

what is ISSI

ISSI is a collaboration of two art historians who set out in 2009 to create an art eco fashion accessory brand. ISSI create all of there accessories from up cycling (up cycling is a little different from recycling up cycling focusses on using fabrics and materials that would are going to be thrown out, this can some times be a little awkward as they can only work with these fabrics and materials so there designs can be limited) They have produced two collections for Estethica LFW so far the first collection was made from old fire hose which looked really great and got amazing media coverage. The second collection has been created by two different types of fabrics 1) leather offcuts from an equestrian saddle makers and 2) canvas off cuts from a framers called John Jones. This collection was collaborated with 3 artists Peter Peri, Georgie Hopton and David Batchelor who each had an input into the collection with their pieces of art.

fashion interning

During my time off I bombarded designers across the UK with emails and CV looking for work experience during the summer , I was lucky enough to hear back from a small company called ISSI which was collaborated by two art historians Issabell Mc Pherson and Sigrid Wilkinson who both began an art eco friendly company back in 2009 and nine that has showed in the Estethica section of london fashion week for the past two seasons .

Notting hill carnival

I took an amazing trip to the Notting hill carnival during august, I have never seen so many amazing colours and different cultures all in one area , You can visit the V&A and learn so much but I also found that visiting an event like this can also teach you a great deal and is defiantly worth a visit even for the great food !

Capturing a Garment

This image was one of the very fist images that I came across at the beginning of my "cool journey" I saw the image as part of an advert for Cadbury Flake, It took my eye as i was waiting to see what make up or hair brand it was representing and when the brand Flake came up at the end it really took me by surprise, I love this image and thinks it represents it brand extremely well.

3D Fashion

Whilst traveling from london I bought some great magazines where I found this image which I think would   make a great print on a t shirt , I think that 3D fashion is going to be a big hit this season.  

vest prints

Watching a holiday in Rome gave me a great idea into looking at old prints and quotes that were used on billboards and tv adds and looking at how I could modernise these and bring them into fashion , After spending some time playing with images and proportion on photoshop I came up with some unique vintage prints on vests which can work really well in a look .

A holiday in Rome

While taking a short trip up to scotland my brother whisked me off to an old theatre that was showing "A holiday in rome", This was one of the best films that I  have seen in months, regardless to the fact it was in black and white , I could watch Audrey Hepburn roaming around in all of her amazingly tailored pieces of clothing any day.

Without photography we wouldn't see fashion

While at the museum I was able to see a great photography exhibition, The exhibition showed some great images of twiggy and princess diana ,I found that photography back then was so elegant and captured the true beauty of the model .

                   

Bath museum of fashion

A great museum to visit if you don't fancy venturing to far out of wales is Bath museum of fashion , I managed to take a trip up during the summer to visit the Diana princess of wales exhibition. I was amazed to learn about the collaborations that she had with certain designers at that time . She was the role model of her era and the clothing that she wore had a great deal to do with this.

She was such an elegant woman and her fashion sense reflected this the museum gave a great insight into all of the items of clothing that she owned and the reasons as to why she wore them , the exhibition is defiantly worth a visit.

Camden market

Some how this summer was the first time that I have ever come across camden market, I never thought that anything like this existed in our country i was amazed to see all the culture and life that walked through Camden's streets, it is defiantly a must in a fashionistas visiting schedule. 

Inspired by Iron

during my visit to the V&A I took a trip upstairs to look at some of the other exhibitions, one that particularly caught my eye was the Iron exhibition , the hallways of the V&A were over loaded with old gates and keys I managed to capture some of the shapes and elements that the pieces had and would love to bring them into my next collection.