Fashion Show: WALK THE RUNWAY

Hi everyone!
 

I know I haven’t been on the blogging scene for a while as I’ve been bogged down with so much university work, - I have less than a month before my hand in and before I’m finished uni for good so it’s a pretty hectic and scary time for me at the moment.
 

Anyway on a lighter note, last Sunday I headed down to 'Walk The Runway' a catwalk show created by my friend Sophie. The show focused on the monochrome trend that has had strong staying power throughout the various seasons and has been seen on the catwalks by designers such as Alexander Wang, Celine and Rodarte to name a few. Sophies aim was to channel this trend to both male and females promoting three up and coming brands Loyalty and Desire, Apply Studio and Wolfe Academy. Sophie invited me down to the show to snap some backstage pictures of the goings on behind the scenes, the atmosphere was very positive and I could tell that everyone was really looking forward to the show and strutting their stuff down the catwalk. (Some of my photographs aren't amazing by the way!)

Sophie had clearly put a lot of thought and effort into every detail of her show and it was lovely to see her family and friends there to support her all the way through. The fashion show was well organised and styled, - even Sophie co-ordinated herself to match the theme of the catwalk in an all white outfit! I had a great time at the show and I wish Sophie all the best for the future!

Backstage

                                                                      Catwalk Show

London Fashion Week: Trend Spotting

Hi everyone,

I have slightly neglected my blog lately due to university work and just having some chill out time to myself, however I am back with lots to talk about! Well, last week 19^th February I attended a trip organised by my university to London Fashion Week, - although I had no chance of getting any tickets to any shows or any designer showrooms it was a great opportunity for me to grab some trend spotting images as part of my final major project. As an aspiring fashion buyer keeping a firm eye on new emerging trends is very important, so my short time at fashion week was valuable as I was able to see what both the females and males were wearing and most importantly HOW they’re wearing. I took around 40 photos on the day, but I am only going to post my favourite outfits of the day, however I will post a full trend analysis on my findings!

Product Review: Kera Care

Hi again!

I forgot to mention I have had my hair cut! I've noticed that each time I go to the hair dressers my hair gets shorter at shorter lol. I have gone for a pixie cut this time much shorter than it was previously, - even though it is freezing cold at the moment it is refreshing having less hair. I also go to RUSH Hair in Southampton as I believe they do such a good job there, I have been with a range of different hair dressers and all of them are amazing. I never see anyone do any product reviews for black afro Caribbean hair so I thought I'd do one! I have been using Kera Care on my hair for years now on and off, all depending on when I can afford it (the student life lol!). I bought my products from HQ Hair www.hqhair.com  they are excellent so much cheaper than other shops and websites.

Final Major Project: Missguided Magazine (Sports Luxe)

Hi!

I haven't posted anything in a while, after the stress of my dissertation I had a few weeks to just chill and do nothing! I have now started my final major project unit which is so daunting as I'm near to the end of my degree! For my FMP I will be creating a magazine for the brand Missguided, I'm not working with the brand for this project (I wish I was!) I will be however creating a magazine which would be for them if they produced one! I have a lot of exciting things planned, with a trip to London Fashion Week trend spotting and I'm also planning the first shoot for next week! For my first shoot I'm going to be focusing on the trend of Sports Luxe, it has resurfaced on the fashion radar season after season, with this S/S 14 being no exception. Like my previous dissertation shoot I will be doing the styling and my friend James Robinson will be doing the photography. I have put together two mood boards: an inspiration moodboard and also a moodboard with the outfits I have put together, I haven't included any jewellery as of yet as I'll be doing that once the clothing has arrived!

Dissertation Practise: Punk Shoot!

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As you all know (As I've been banging on about it for weeks lol!) I've been preparing for my dissertation photoshoot. It was shot over two days with two different models and make up artists, both days went to plan and I'm so happy with the results! Like I mentioned before all of the clothing was sourced by myself and 'editted'/re-mastered by me for it to look the same as the 5 chosen outfits. Here are some of my many favourites.

Photographer: James Robsinson - www.experiencephotographic.com

Stylist and Clothing: Me

MUA and Hair: Aprill Ross and Frankie Sassquatch

Models: Sam Weller and Helene Atsuko

Enjoy! 

PUNK!: Dissertation Shoot

Hi Guys!

 I have been super busy these last few weeks since I returned back to university. As I mentioned in a previous post a few weeks ago I have been preparing for my dissertation practical . As I study a creative course we were given the option of doing an 8,000 word dissertation or a 4,000 piece with a response to what we were talking about/addressing in our essay. As my dissertation question is ‘How Has Vivienne Westwoods Early Punk Style Influenced Fashion?’. I have been looking at fashion designers who have been influenced in some way or another by punk. I decided to recreate 5 outfits from 5 different designers to portray this.
As I’ve mentioned in other blog posts, I don’t always feel confident with photography at all, and styling is more where my heart lies within this area, so my friend James Robinson photographed both days for me as he is very good!! I re-mastered and styled both shoots with clothing I bought from eBay, charity shops and things I have found at home that would be perfect for my shoot. I paid close attention to detail by even sewing on buttons for them to look more like the original outfit. I had two professional models that both have an impressive portfolio of work between them, for the make up I used two girls who both study Hair and Make Up Design at my university Aprill Ross and Frankie Sassquatch. The whole team were amazing and I can’t wait to work with them all again in the future, - more shoots are 100% pending! I just thought I’d share some sneak peak photos with you from the shoot, I won’t be getting the final edited images until next week though. Enjoy!

#OOTD

As I mentioned in an earlier post regarding my dissertation, -yesterday was day 1 of 2 shoots! I was shooting with my long time friend James Robinson who is an amazing photographer (definatly one to watch), the shoot was styled by me, all of the clothing remastered by me aswell to fif with my dissertation topic & my plans. I wanted these shoots to be of the best quality & I feel that everything from the model, photographer & the MUA all have special qualities that really make an image/shoot. I will post some preview images of both days tomorrow so you can all see how it is all coming together! So far I'm so pleased with how everything has turned out!

Christmas Presents (HAPPY NEW YEAR)

Happy new year to all and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! It’s crazy how we all anticipate to Christmas and New Years Eve and they’re both over so quickly, - I enjoyed the festive period while it lasted and it was lovely to spend time with my family and friends as I don’t get to see them as much as I’d like to because of University. I had a great day with my family, drank lot and ate far too much, - but that’s the whole point in Christmas isn’t it?! I just thought I’d share with you all some of gifts I received over Christmas and the things I bought with my River Island Vouchers. If you have been following my blog over the last few weeks you may have seen my ‘Christmas Wishlist’, well I was a lucky girl and got the mustard coat from Topshop for Christmas (thanks to my lovely mum). I love this coat so much, the colour, the style, everything! I will post a picture up soon on how I like to style this item! I also got some River Island vouchers from my Auntie and my older brother so I couldn’t wait to spend these, especially because I haven’t bought anything for myself in soooo long! Fortunately I was in London for a few days with my boyfriend so I was able to take a quick visit to RI on Oxford Street.   I must say I was so impressed with the River Island sale, if you haven’t already checked it out please do it is awesome! I’ve had my eye on the blue checked trousers and the blue patterned jumper for a while so I was so happy when I discovered it had gone in the sale. I’ve made a promise to myself to wear/buy fewer wedges (heels) and try to go for a more elegant strappy style of heel, luckily these were also in the sale and size 5 was the last one in store so it was obviously meant to be! Lastly, I bought this red floral sequin embellish jacket down to £25 from £80!! << What a BARGAIN!

Topshop £85