Pattern cutting- 9

ITS FINISHED!!! 
Well kind of all I have left to do is the hems and rejig the hock and eye. Im really pleased with the outcome of this dress as it was a challenge as some points. I think with my pattern cutting I need to try and to a pattern by myself as I think it will build my confidence and allow me to be more independent. 

So coming up I have a shoot to go along with this dress and Im really looking forward to it! 

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Pattern cutting- 8

The fabric I have chose to the make the Giles Deacon dress is a purple taffeta, Its really pretty in different lights as sometimes it looks purple, pink or even blue! I think it will be great for the photo shoot.

First of all I laid out the pattern pieces on the fabric 

Because the good sides and bad sides of the fabric weren't obvious I have to make the wrong side visible with tailors chalk 

Adding in the dart. There is a really small tricky one which is above the seam allowance at the bottom of the pattern peice and you cant go over the edge which really took some patience to do

Over locking of the two sides  

Then attaching the two sides with a 1cm seam allowance

We then had to carry out the task of adding in the bodice panels, which really confused me at times and I really had to concentrate and think about! Once I have done this task I few times Im sure it will come to me a lot more naturaly 

Over locking all the raw edges after the bodice was complete

Once the garment was constructed up to this stage it needed to e pressed on the iron making sure all the edges were pressed in the right places

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Its Saturday in America

So all over my Tv recently has been how the British girl brand 'The Saturdays' are taking on America, Ive always been a fan of the girl group and I think they are always styled very contemporary and immaculately! 

I came across these images of them in there 1st photo shoot over in the states and I just think they look incredible, for insistence Rochelle on the right hand side is pregnant and you would have never of guessed. I would love to know who there stylist is!!

One of my favourite images from there shoot has to be this one of Mollie as I think her dress is amazing and she looks really fierce and sophisticated. Her dress really makes the image as its so detailed it reminds me of Loannis Ditmitrousis work, he is a Fashion/Textile designer who's work is very knit based and has a very integrate way of adding tassels and different knits to his designs.

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Comparing shoots and outcome

1st shoot

2nd shoot

Final shoot

Well, we've come to end of our styling brief :( and at first I couldn't understand why the 2nd years liked this brief so much but looking back over it I've really enjoyed it myself and I would happily do it all over again, I think I enjoyed it because I was able to create things and let my ideas just flow (also I was able to let my inner bossiness out).

My first ever ever fashion shoot was my Vintage/Tank shoot which I worked with a partner to do, I enjoyed doing this task as we were able to bounce ideas off each other to create better outcomes and a lot more ideas for our work. I also found this shoot good because we had a longer period of time to sort things out and plan all our ideas out which allowed use to have a set of strong images. 

The Le Ballon Rouge shoot was the 2nd shoot and the day we got this task I had such a head ache and I was going away to London that weekend so I was in complete panic mode.. On the train that night I don't think I shut up about it all the way to Euston!! In such short amount of time we had to plan and prep and get everything we needed was stressful but an enjoyable stress if thats possible? I think considering the time period we had to do this task, I think my outcome is strong and in the future I hope to make them even stronger as this idea is unique to it's self. With the 1st shoot being completely different to this shoot, I found I liked working by myself a little bit more as it allowed me to be a tad more creative with my ideas but I did enjoy working in a team because for the theme we had our ideas grew stronger together.

The final shoot was my least favourite at the time but now looking at my outcome, it is my favourite haha. I thought for this task we would have longer to plan and prep as it's the 'final outcome' and all that but hey what was I thinking?!?! NOPE I had 4 days to do absolutely everything... which yes included making the jacket, I think at some points blood, sweat and tears where added in to the coat!! Then on the day my model didn't come and all that jazz but in the end it all figured out and worked even better than I had originally planned so fate was on my side. I enjoyed this task a lot as it allowed me to play with ideas and create something into real life. 

I really cant chose which shoot I enjoyed most as I liked them all the same and I liked the challenges I faced whilst they took place! I did learn a lot from this brief such as always consider the target audience, colours have a meaning, images in magazines have a story behind them and always express and write down your ideas. So yer Im sad/happy to be leaving this brief behind as I have enjoyed it but I am looking forward to see whats up next, I might even make some of my own shoots.... Or I could even end up as stylists, who knows. 

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Painting shoot

First stage of the hair

Left side

Back

Right side

Final hair

Final make up

On Shoot

Here is some footage from my shoot! (Spoiling you, I know)

Instagram picture

Well, today was one of my favourite days so far in college! I had everything prepared ready for my shoot so there was no stress there until things got all mixed up with my model and my friends model had to step in for me so thank you Georgia! Overall the shoot went extremely well, the hair and make up worked out as planned and up to now I cant think of anything i would have changed. With being so prepared and ready since having the discussions with my photographers my shoot really didn't last very long and the 1st image they took was spot on. Im really looking forward to seeing the final images, all i have to do for now if seen the background to the photographers so they can do all the photoshopping and what not haha. Keep a look out for my final images! 

P.s I love styling!!!!

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Painting shoot planning- 1

Experimenting / Making the garment 

The Dancer Moa

Building the scarf

Adding the green patch 

£5 coat from a charity shop... BARGIN

Sleeve block

The sleeve I made

1st patch

Scarf

Colour

Adding some knots

How I left it today, adjustments to be made tomorrow

Today I have spent all day making this for my shoot tomorrow, I have still got to make some adjustments as I'm not over the moon with the outcome at the moment but I will be able to do that tomorrow. Ive also been planning how to have the hair and make up which has been fun and I'm sure my sister is sick of me using her as a model for that now! haha. I am looking forward to working with the photographers tomorrow as I think it will be a challenge, which I like. Up to know I'm all sorted but my list seems to be getting bigger every time I think of something knew. Fingers crossed I don't forget anything. Ill keep you posted on how it goes, Wish me luck... 

xox