Fashion Capital Diary: Feminity

Today was the first day of starting the course. Although I didn’t think of fashion as a career at first, when the opportunity to do this course come up I thought it might be very interesting and help in expanding ideas for jobs in the future. As I am taking AS photography and graphics, I thought I might be able to coincide ideas and tips I get from the course to what I could do in my work.

I learnt what the programme consists of and how it allows non-established fashion designers the chance to get recognised. I think this is a great idea as it helps people do what they want to and gives them extra encouragement.

I hope to learn more about the fashion world, as fashion photography is an idea I have been thinking of. Also the ability to create garments is a major plus and am pleased to be this opportunity to learn more and meet designers who have been there and achieved what they wanted.

Emily Garrett

Helen Scutt

Amy Grindley

Laura Harris

Abbie Davey

Carolyn Moore & Emma Higgs

Carolyn Moore & Emma Higgs

Leah Palfrayman

Leah Palfrayman

Dulcie Adams

Natalie Burrin

Grace Gardner

Anila from Melenka & Me - speaking about her design business.

Speakers from LFF Tracy Robinson and Nalini Rajagopal

FashionCapital Diary: The Lads

Today is the third session of our six-week course with the LFF, and things have moved on considerably from our first meeting with them! This week each team displayed their mood boards, an assortment of pictures, images, cuttings and colours – everything and anything that has inspired our work. We all found creating the mood boards exciting but also new, with most of us never being involved with the industry and its workings – a mood board was a concept completely new to us. Having said that, the standard of work in our opinion was brilliant; so much time and effort has been put into every single board, and we’re sure each team was really proud of theirs.

For the second half of the hour, we had a guest speaker kindly come and talk to us about her experiences and highs and lows of becoming a fashion designer. The talk was really helpful and a useful incite into not only the high, but also the lower points of working in the industry. The main focus of the talk was that no matter how hard the work is, and the amount of hours you put into an item of clothing, nothing can compare to the feeling you have when you see somebody wearing your own design. We felt this was really inspiring, and has definitely given us some food for thought on pursuing a career in the fashion industry!

Mel speaking about the pattern-cutting process.

 Week 8

Irresistible giving their presentation on the concept behind their designs.

Deciding on which three designs to put forward ready for selection by the whole class.

Candy stripe presenation

Helen Scutt and Natalie Jurrin from Pink Ladies giving their presentation.

Femininity's turn!

And finally the Lads.

After a group vote, the winners were The Lads...WELL DONE! These two garments will be manufactured by Juliana Designs and patterns to be made-up by Melanie Everatt. 

Beautiful detailing on bottom panel!

The following designs are from each group.

Irresistible

Candy Stripe

Femininity