Welcome to my world

Just a catch up on what my second year entails....
One project is called Intermediate Design, Research and Development. This is basically loads of primary and secondary research into a sketchbook which we respond to through various different techniques in 2d and 3d form such as drawing, draping on the stand, sampling etc. Very in depth this year though. Eventually we will create two garments that can be an outfit from the choices developed.
The second is called Live Project. This is about working alongside a real designer called Teatum Jones. again we do all the research and respond to this creating a collection but only actually making one of the outfits. Look Teatum Jones up, they have some lovely garments and their attention to detail is beautiful.
The third project is called Enterprise where we work in groups of 6 to create a business. We first have to submit a business plan that consists of our product. We have to all create the same basic product with slight alterations whether that be in the prints, shape, embellishment etc.
Lots of work! Then also the theory side which is all about Design, Style and Identity.... bit like representation!
Will be an interesting but one chat year. Get my head down now
xoxox

London

So on my way to London. Train gets delayed. Trains are so annoying when you're on such a tight schedule. I'm off to do some fabric sourcing for my three projects. I'm looking for cottons, silks, leathers and anything interesting that I can find. I also need quite a stiff fabric that will hold 3d shapes. I will show you what ice got later :)

xoxo

Blogs!

Top ten blog list from Stella magazine;

Anna Dello Russo
Face Hunter
Man Repeller
Advanced Style
Hypebeast
Park and Cube
Street Peeper
Patternity
Fred Butler
Kingdom of Style

Would love to sit here all day looking at fabulous fashion blogs.... so busy!!!!

xxxxx

Monday's 'Accidental' Buys

Hey guys!
I headed out today to pick up a parcel at Royal Mail and ended up going back home through town. And of course, something caught my eye....
In Republic.

It was this.
A tye dye long top, that also had studs on the top.

Although there was 20% off for students, it still would have made it just over £20, which I thought was a total rip off. So I walked round the shop to see other pretty stuff.. I don't always find things in Republic but today everything I liked. I have found that all the high street shops this season hold all dark garments and we're seeing burgundys, cobalts, creams, browns and blacks. I just find it boring, I love colour and print and it just seems to be lacking at the moment. Republic actually had some cute things in there.

This cute little number. A denim shirt dress with cute stars on the bodice.

Aww birds on a playsuit :)

Love the length and the embellished top.

Then I realised I could pick up a vest top from Primark for a couple of quid and do it myself.
And of course, me being me, ended up coming across other things...

This is the vest I'm going to dye. I will do another blog post in a bit to show you the results! Excited. Love dying stuff haha. £2

Found this nice little shirt in the sale rack in Primark. £5

These tops I found, they're quite loose so can chill or could even use them for going out with jeans and a pair of heels. £6 each.

Would love to see what you guys have bought recently! 

EmmyLou*xo

Dare devil?

I'm feeling a tad 'dare devilish' at the moment. I'm a person who likes to be in my comfort zone very much. I read somewhere the other day, 'you're only young once' and it finally sunk into my head that I am not getting any younger so f**k it, kinda thing! Wooo...

So when I decided to drive to Southampton from Portsmouth to shop, and not know where I was going it did shock me slightly. Paha. This is a big deal guys.

Southampton is hugeeeeee for shopping and mainly just high street shops and food places, although we didn't actually get round it all before we left. We all went shopping for something nice to wear that evening for a uni friends birthday. I had searched everywhere I could even in all the little cheap shops but not found anything, purely because I'm finding all this seasons colours, erm, a bit, crap if I'm honest.

I know it's autumn soon, but the weather's drab enough without all our clothes being the colour of bin bags aswell.
Things that are doing my nut in at the mo..
1. Army print. If I wanted to wear army print, I would have gone in the army. It was quite cool to begin with but now everyone has a camo jacket. Ergh.
2. Leopard print. Leopard print on dresses, on leggings, on hairband, shoes? Shoes? Really. Bore off leopard print.
Excuse the rant.


Hey, back to what I actually ended up with...

Picture is so terrible because I had to buy the worst, cheapest camera ever. The buttons are little gold studs. It's cute :) £18 (with student discount) from New Look (Cameo Rose section).


Emmmmmmmmmaaaaaa xo

My Monday Wants!

I get so annoyed with myself for even looking at clothes on the internet. I want to find amazing bargains but never seem to find any and then I just feel awful if I go to buy them, because I'm just so poor! So many cute clothes out there. And then I find clothes at a reasonable price, but there's still £4 postage and packaging fee on it :( WAHHH!

These are a few I picked up today..

They look a bit like bowling shoes, but so cute. Vivienne Westwood; £250; Asos Marketplace

Floral Shirt Dress; £7.00; Asos Marketplace

Floral Shirt Dress; £10; Asos Marketplace

Embroidered shirt dress; £14; Asos Marketplace

Love the print on this tee; £20; Asos Marketplace

What have you found recently?

Emmy Lou*x

On my own

It's been a lonely day today. Been at my internship on my own and given jobs to do over the phone. It's quite nice that a business can trust me with taking care of things and they don't need to look over me/check on me all the time. I am quite happy just to get on with things.

The day is usually a mix of things, today I have been making their labels up which consist of a company label, a label with a picture of a model wearing the garment, a tie and a safety pin to attach to the garment, which I put together. Completed 119 of those today, with having done about 300 others before on other days. It's pretty boring, but so easy so once you get into the routine can get them done pretty quickly.

The next thing I did today was to steam a garment that a customer requires for an exchange, that will be processed and sent out tomorrow when the designers return.

I had to complete a stock take of all the garments they stock. It's a process which I believe is so important within a company, easy to do, but sometimes just do not have the time for. But how can you sell something if you don't even know if you have stock of it! So I made a nice little chart for them to hopefully help them out. I like being creative, so that job kept me on my toes!