remind me why.

 

Topic: ...its just a midweek dilemma

Sitting in class today sewing the fifth garment of my collection, amongst fur, thread and scraps, it hit me.

Im more then half way through my final range, a range I am passionate about with regard to its concepts, risks and intentions,

yet a range that explores little about me.

I have failed to show who I am and where I come from, my personal style and developed characteristics.

Is that what my final collection should be about?

Have I twisted the intentions of a collection or have I just allowed myself to explore the alternatives?

In my final attempts to reassure myself I drowned myself in research.

Just thought I'd share a collection with you that I found along the way, finding conceptual parallels between this range and my own I found these few images highly influential and motivational.

These were from a unique Topshop collection for fall 2010.

I also had a look at the ever famous fall 2011 haute couture collection of Jean Paul Gaultier.

It was said to start with a simple pinstripe double breasted suit and at the conclusion we see the incorporation of furs, tweeds, leathers and feathers.

A reflection of not the designer but the changing times, challenges and styles.

Reassurance?

Maybe.

   

So back to my dilemma, what should instigate a collection?

 Whatever really. 

Ive been inspired by so many sources, motivated by countless experiences and driven by being intrigued by fashion.

So now in my final year I have put my all into a range that interests and entices me, and whilst it doesn't reflect my personality it reveals my diverse interest in all that is 'out there' in fashion and life.

Dismiss the dilemma?

Lets wait and see . . . 

Ashhhhhhh

FOREVER and FASHION <3




Image source: 
http://agentnikita.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/animal-fashion/ 
http://weheartit.com/entry/12047993
http://www.fashioncollections.org/womens-fashion-collections/jean-paul-gaultier-fall-2011-haute-couture/#      
                        
                                           

a change of style.

Topic: the funny thing about something new.

Reminding yourself of why you want what you do makes it all worth it.

All of it.

Falling back into the FEDISA cycle with the well know 'Visual Studies' week we were given little time to procrastinate.

Starting off the term with a storyboard assignment based on characteristics I was able to shift focus. The brief was to design for a client of our choice, I opted for a 'hippie character', a free spirited carefree individual who is casual, comfortable and inspired by yoga. 

Hypocritical? Maybe...

Nevertheless the assignment was a diversion from me. A fresh perspective and a conjunction of styles, a reminder of where to find inspiration.

        

An African take on a hippie client, a fresh, comfortable and energetic look.

Will the change remain.

Lets wait and see . . . 

Ashhhhhhh

FOREVER and FASHION <3

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"...excuse my absence"

Topic: could someone please press pause. 

Caught somewhere between silence and mayhem I accepted the illusion of our mid-year holiday as what it was, an illusion.

As a third year student I took on FEDISA's annual  internship assignment with the rest of my class, we were required to fulfill 3 weeks of experiential learning within the industry. 

A sneak peak at what is to come?

Maybe.

Inexperienced and somewhat naive I was just a small, very small, fish in a huge ocean, never mind the pond.

Baffled by unheard of terminology and stunned by pace I completed my 3 week internship wide eyed and more knowledgable then before.  

Being under the spell of the term 'graduate'  its only fitting that our perceived vacation was non but that.

With an internship behind me I attempted to clear my head for the storm to come,

collection garment 4.

Once doubtful of my motivation I was kindly reminded that every accomplishment begins with the decision to try. 

And thus I did, I tried, I tried and I tried again.

Tackled by our mid-year vacation I accepted reality and embraced the start of a new semester, my final semester as a third year FEDISA fashion student. And the count down begins.

What is to come,

Lets wait and see . . . 

Ashhhhhhh

FOREVER and FASHION <3


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