Trends

I have been looking at different trends and how they tell fashion designers what is going to be the next new trends in years to come.

I came across this trend on Christmas jumpers. I think its interesting how they have compared different high street stores and how they have different ways of making there jumpers. I personally think you can tell which jumpers are from were just by looking at them. The primark jumpers look cheap and over the top with the music and lights were as places like New look, next and h&m are quite classy and low key but still have that sense of Christmas. 

Ethics

Today I have been researching into ethical and environmental issues within the textiles industry. I have looked at what is OK when designing. I was really interested in when big companies have taken ideas from designers without permission.
Forever 21 is a popular american clothes company. Over the past couple of years Forever 21 has been repeatedly sued for using peoples designs without permission, but getting away with it by paying them out. When looking into the designs they have stole I noticed that they haven't even tried to changed the design to make it there own. They have literally just copied it.
Image sourced from http://www.dailydot.com/business/forever-21-ripoff-copyright-stolen-shirt-design/

Here is an example of how they have taken a t shirt design from a boutique called Bark Decor.

I then looked at different types of Photoshop manipulation images. The goal of the fashion industry is to try and make people feel bad about themselves so that they will buy the product and make them feel better about themselves. Photo-shopping the models creates an image of perfection and makes people believe that they should look like someone that's is not even real. I think this is wrong as it sends out a bad message to people as they believe that there is only one type of way you should look.

These images show the type of things photo shop can do and how even models are not perfect.

Images source from https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=photoshop%20models

Group Task

In professional studies today we looked a target audience. we looked at a picture of two people and had to decide in groups what we though each person was like. We looked at age, gender, whats important, hobbies, jibs, shops, political leanings and influences. We discussed each category for each person just by looking at image of them. Here is a picture of out group discussion.

Gift

This week i have been looking at the different aspects of gift such at wrapping paper, cards, ribbons, bags, boxes ect.

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/petraboase/product/vintage-patchwork-wrapping-paper

Here i have found a gorgeous wrapping paper print by Petra Boase. I love how it looks like fabric due to the colour and pattern. I have never really seen any wrapping paper like this and i think this makes it very unique.

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/lauralong/product/pengin-family-decorations

I absolutely love these penguin decorations by Laura long. I like how she uses wool for the bodies and fabric for the wings. I think she has done a really nice job of making the penguins come to life. They would look perfect on a Christmas tree.












http://www.paperchase.co.uk/wrap/gift-boxes-bags/handmade-floral-small-box.html 

I found these gorgeous gift boxes on the paperchase website. They could also be used as storage boxes as they are so well made and sturdy. The colours are beautiful which matches the design on the boxes. They come in a variety of sizes so can be used for almost everything.

Fashion

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I came across this stunning dress designed by Mary Katrantzou. I love the use of colours as I think they working beautify together. The use of 3D elements makes the dress come to life and makes it very unique. The ways the dress falls looks as though it changes the shape of the female body. Close up views show the texture of the fabric as it almost looks metallic. The back of the dress is different to the front. it has the same colours but the pattern is slightly different. I think this makes the dress more interesting as it is different from all angles. 

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Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

On Friday 10th of October i visited the Great Northern Contemporary Craft fair in Manchester. The visit gave me a lot of inspiration into different types of designer makers and the different products can be made. There were a lot of fantastic makers who have really inspired me.

My favourite company from the day was Home Front Vintage. The story behind their products inspired me to do  research to find out more about it. Home Front Vintage recreates escape and evasion silk maps that were given out in WW2. They would sew them inside the lining of their uniforms so that if they found themselves in danger they could escape. I love how she uses this story to create unique products. I also like how not every thing has the same pattern as they are all made from different style maps. I love the colour scheme as it looks very old to relate to the WW2 story. However i think that the bright blue makes it look quite modern. All photos were taken by me.  http://www.homefrontvintage.co.uk/products

3D Drawings

For my first project I have been creating different 2D and 3D drawings based around different themes. My first theme was water and land. I looked into flowers and how I could create my 2D and 3D designs.

These are the flowers that I looked at to show how the flower was constructed.  

                                               

                                                    

These are my finished 3D products.

First Post

Hi.... My name is Courtney and i am currently studying a degree in Contemporary Textiles at Cleveland College Of Art And Design. I will be sharing with you my journey throughout my 3 years at university, from my drawings, 3D drawings, textile products, artists and anything that inspires me throughout my degree.