Inspiration!

This is a moodboard created by Heather from Smujj using my research imagery that then inspired the Hair and Make-up Look that Smujj created for last week's P O P / U / L A R shoot.

Check out this amazing Duo's Phenomenal work!

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 Behind the Scenes! The Shoot

So yesterday was the Photo Shoot for my Graduate Collection and filming for scenes to include in my Fashion Film.

I've never been so excited and nervous, after all the planning and last minute amendments to the collection.  However, it couldn't have went better and was so much fun all thanks to the fantastic team I had involved!

Here's a sneak peak behind the scenes - an unedited glimpse at the day's antics :)

Hair and Make-up - Smujj Hair and Make-up 

Artistry (Glasgow)

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Models - Julia Bell and Ashleigh Greenwood

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Photographer - Levi Macdonald

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Shoe Contribution - Dawntroversial Shoes

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Also a Massive Thankyou to Kevin Mdanga (Fashion Designer and best friend) for being my intern for the day an being there for moral support! 

That's a wrap! xoxo

Busy, Busy, Busy!

So after last week which involved our final class ever! and our final walk-through in addition to our remaining Portfolio work it has been a rather hectic week!

The purpose of last week's walk-through was to determine who was going to be selected to be featured in the University Fashion Show held at the Dovecot, in Edinburgh this June.  Safe to say it was a very stressful morning and we had more than a few models wandering about half naked between changes, however, everyone in our class pulled together and went that extra mile behind the scenes to help one another out.  

With up to 40 students on my course alone and roughly about 20 places to be filed in the Fashion Show it was definitely tough competition, we were to be informed via email first thing the following Monday, letting us know if our collections had been successfully selected or not.

Sadly, I was not selected to be involved on this occasion, however, would like to say a big Congratulations! to those of my friends and others on my course who were chosen.  Can't wait to cheer you all on in June - It will be a great show! :) 

I have returned home to continue the remainder of my University work and to do my Photo shoot and Fashion Film for my Graduate Collection.

I'm super excited for my shoot which is this Thursday! which I will be doing in Glasgow, this has been organised for a while now but with the hectic events and deadlines at University recently I've had to re-arrange the dates several times, so I can't wait now that it's finally only 2 days away!

I have a fantastic team on board and can't wait to work with them all, I'm even more intrigued to see the final outcome of it all now - so watch this space!

These are some of the Hair/Make-up styles that will be inspiring my own for the shoot on Thursday ...

Bright Pop Art inspired Pastel Shades

Graphic/Strong Eyebrows with
Candy-floss textured hair

Bright Colour Combo's

Textured/Messy Locks

P O P / U / L A R - The Graduate Collection!

So myself and my fellow F.D.I 4th year students at Heriot-Watt University have been working away madly over the past few months to finish our Graduate Collections.  After all the lunch-time Subway runs, late nights, days in the Workshop, blood, sweat, tears and with our FINAL Walk-Through this Thursday, the end is very much in sight now!

It is only now as work on our Collections is winding down and we are left to focus on other aspects of our remaining Modules that I have more of an opportunity to start divulging some of the details on my Collection.
The main inspiration for my Graduate Collection has been taken from elements of both Pop Art and Art Nouveau, the Pop Art aspect has contributed to the colour palette of the Collection making it very playful and bright while the Art Nouveau aspect has inspired the design features within the garments such as panels etc.
A big part of my Collection is the variety of Print work included within the garments.  All of these have been Digitally printed, I have designed all the prints myself prior to the digital printing process, with the exception of the Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art images.  Throughout the research process I sourced relevant imagery from Lichtenstein's work and decided to collage my favourite's together in order to create a comic strip and almost scrapbook look for that particular print before it being Digitally printed.  Whereas, the other prints began either in my Sketchbook or from initial Screen printing experimentation I developed these original Print ideas further within my Sketchbook and on Photoshop.

   Here's a Sneak Peek at some of the P O P / U / L A R Collection ...

Paint Splatter Print

                                 Pop Art Leotard

                          Close-up of Pop Art Leotard

 Art Nouveau High Waisted Knickers