We had a new briefing, i really liked the sound of this module, the first task was to sign up to the wgsn-edu.com website and find out the trends for Autumn/Winter 08, we was then sent out to find items of clothing that portrayed the trends for the season. With these photographs and research collected we had to represent four chosen trends of the season in four A3 moodboards using a mixture of hand rendering techniques and photoshop.. Aghh the dreaded photoshop!. I chose, Old Heritage, Soft Tech, On The Move and Kitch Mix. At the beginning the market level report really worried me, i was apprehensive into going into the big stores like Harvey Nichols and taking photographs of their clothing. So my biggest mistake in this project was putting that off for a long time, which meant my time management was off.
Christmas Holidays! - Felt so good returning home over Christmas, and worked the whole time to earn some money, i work in a department store which meant i could gather inside information on different concessions, like Warehouse, Miss Selfridge, Principles etc which would help me with the first part of the project, the managers were really helpful, and gave me lots of Visual Merchandising packs, and their trend boards for the A/W08 season.
However, i unfortunately got really ill over the Christmas holidays, and have been since which effected my work. I came back from the holidays, feeling down and worried that i hadn't done much work, however i knew i had time to catch up, and found that everybody else had fallen into that comfortable routine of home, and hadn't completed much either. Lesson learnt. Will not do that again!
Since then, work had been steady and have found it really easy to complete the research and really enjoyed doing it!
The CAD workshops are interesting although i did find that i came out with a migraine after every one. and you do find that its alot of information to take in with one session.
The Final Line Up! - Well that only took four hours to complete...... i do not like photoshop. But practice makes almost perfect! and although it was extremely time consuming, i am so so proud of myself with the final outcome, and i have learnt sooo much with photoshop! I designed for Zara, and my collection was really good, i was really happy with it. Having worked in retail for two years, I know what a collection should look like, although it being the first collection Ive designed now looking back, there are things i would change. But knowing you can improve is a good thing.
Creative Design Realisation:
I was looking forward to this for ages. Having doing a foundation at Camberwell College of Arts, i knew how to complete a good body of research however, they never taught us how to pattern cut or put together a garment.
I was eager to learn, although found it incredibly difficult, I spoke to Angie, and she said my problem was i couldn't see the how the pattern pieces would fit together into a garment, which i completely agreed with.... it just looked like a bunch of lines. I found the lessons were really good and we were taught well, we all had the chance to have one on one with the tutor, and i learnt alot in three lessons. I was pleased with the final outcome, although when i got my feedback and mark i was slightly disappointed, it said that i relied too much on help and needed more confidence - a problem that has been repeated a fair few times in my education. I do feel, that i was awarded the mark i deserved, and took it as constructive criticism and reminded myself that i am still learning. :)
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