what i bought may 2013

what i bought may 2013 

The items that the models are wearing, I haven't got yet! They arrive tomorrow. 

River Island, £3/ H&M £12.99/ Asos £22/ Asos £17.50/ H&M £19.99/ JUJU jelly shoes Topshop £20 

Major project- initial research

Now I am in my final thirteen weeks of University, I must start my Final Major Project (FMP). My project idea is an online trend forecasting pack aimed at Buyers by Mudpie. My initial stages are to develop my trends. I have started to take a lot of photographs of anything and everything that interests me.

My family live in Salisbury, so took advantage of the historic country buildings and nature in the area by taking some shots. I found that the historic housing surrounding the Cathedral had some really interesting detailing such as gates and doors. I also looked at the stone walls and wooden bridges that have moss and other plants growing on them. I like the way the plants almost become part of the architecture- juxtaposing the natural world with man made buildings.

Sketches

These are some sketches done in the past few months. I haven't written on her in a while as I have been busy getting my Major Project Proposal and Dissertation Synopsis in. Third year is really flying by. Some of these sketches I included in my digital sketchbook, of which I will be uploading some pages shortly. But originally these sketches were just done in my spare time, for no particular project, which is why most of them are pretty unfinished! 

Sexist or feminism?

During one of my many frequent trips back to my home town at the beginning of the week, I found myself having to wait at London Waterloo for an hour until my connecting train. To pass the time I decided to purchase a magazine to read on my journey. I grabbed a copy of the august issue of Elle and, eventually, got on my train. As I flicked through the front pages, admiring the latest aspirational ads by Chanel and Burberry, 5 business men in suits sat in the seats opposite me. Now of course I am interested by the content of Elle otherwise i wouldn't have bought it! But I couldn't help feeling like these middle aged business men were judging the fact I was reading a magazine deemed having 'less intelligent' content. Flicking past the editorials however I got to the articles, on titled 'How to look good on Facebook' and further on another 'Can you handle casual sex?' 

At this point I felt a bit naive for telepathically defending the magazine to these men for being "inspiring and useful- especially for my future career!" These articles were neither relevant to fashion or inspiring and intelligent. It felt like I had picked up a cheap copy of cosmo, but I actually chose this magazine to learn more inside details into the fashion industry. Maybe more up and coming designers? Photographers? People that have used the creative industries in a positive way to help change the world. This is what I want to read, and I'm sure- I hope- in not the only young woman interested in fashion that feels this! Or maybe their magazine just isn't aimed at me any more. I better stick to my Love magazine and I.D. 

Museu Tèxtil i d’Indumentària

In March 2010 I went to Barcelona for four days with my fashion course at College. I absolutely loved the culture and vibe of the city, I really want to go back! I took so many photos of everything that inspired me which I still use as Primary research for my University work. On one of the days we visited the Museu Tèxtil i d’Indumentària. It was almost like a smaller version of the Victoria and Albert museum in the way they have ceramics, art work, sculptures and textiles, but all of their work is from Spain. There was some original Picasso pottery which we were strictly forbidden to take photographs of, but I got some photos of the clothes in the fashion section. Unfortunately I don't have my notes any more where I wrote down who designed what, but I know the metal playsuit is Paco Rabanne,1965.