That time already?!?...yup hand in!

Yesterday was the Fitted Jacket hand in and I can't believe how quick the past few weeks have gone! Was nice going into uni knowing that I had pretty much finished all of my work the day before, so when I got in I had the whole day to attach buttons, and finalise everything (from this I am making a mental note to myself to try and keep up to date on every project....farrr less stressful!)

I have enjoyed the whole process of making the jacket but am looking forward to spending more time putting together my Drape Manual and to begin draping my ideas!!!

Lanvin for H&M

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November 23rd is certainly going to be an important date in my diary, with Elbaz's beautiful cocktail dresses, ladylike shoes, captivatingly glamorous accessories and applique T-shirts hitting certain H&M stores nationwide.

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I am without a doubt totally in love with H&M now, they have whipped some amazing collaborations out of their sleeves and each time I'm impressed with the looks that come out of it!

Cannot wait for this luxurious collection to hit the shelves!

p.s Isn't the video amazing too?...yes it is!

Illustration for Design manual...

(Edited image- not very good quality, will upload better one at some stage)

First of all I drew out an illustration which was inspired by Madame Gres draping, and then I scanned into the computers and began working in more detail, using pen tool to make the lines more sharp, adding colour, eyes, coloured lips and finally a hair piece which I found on google (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3222420/2/istockphoto_3222420-abstract-girl-with-butterflies-in-hair.jpg). I really like this style although it did take a while I think with more practise I should be able to work into my drawings more quickly. I am planing on doing more to go in the Manual.

(Initial drawn out Illustration)

I'm beginning to enjoy the Drape Manual project more as I finally am getting more skills in Illustrator which is helping me with my ideas!

Q awards...someone please buy me these outfits??

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I officially love this outfit that Nadine Coyle is wearing at the Q awards!, I especially like how she has teamed the mini dress with an oversized blazer! I also haven't seen a dress like that before, it works very well with the graphic illustrations and black stipes, this is very inspiring towards final collections!!!

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I am also very inspired by this outfit Ellie Goulding's wearing, very on style with the different textures; of hard edge meets delicate. 

Pockets continued...

^ Back vent with lining

I found this process the most difficult out of all four, mainly I found putting the lining and calico together difficult, but once I had completed one side I found the rest relatively easy and was pleased with the final outcome.

^Invisible patch pocket

This was definitely my favourite pocket, very neat and I like the fact you can't see the stitch lines. When I first looked at this pocket I assumed it would be really easy to put together. In the end it wasn't too bad just had to construct together very slowly and accurately but I feel from doing this I will remember the steps more.

Kaledo..

On Wednesday we had our first lesson on Kaledo from Caroline and I really enjoyed it. I am finding Kaledo easier then Illustrator in some ways but am still getting to grips with the programme. I think it will be very useful to be able to put our pattern pieces on from Lectra and be able to create a technical drawing alongside this.

Jetted pocket

After putting our Jackets together we started our pocket samples, the one above being a JETTED POCKET. I found the process quite difficult to start with as you have to be very precise, so with attempt number one I decided I wasn't happy, and wanted to learn from the situation and thus attempt two began. I feel my second attempt went a lot better and I followed the stitch line pretty much to the T so when pressed out it looked far neater.