Paris March 11

Fallen leaves shoot

Amongst the rusty leaves there stood a girl...

Art Direction/Photographer/Stylist - Myself

Model - Jane Tranter

Why hello Ostrich...

This long necked feathered friend caught my eye the other evening (Vogue's 'Fashion's Night Out) as I walked past Louis Vuitton on Bond Street. He seems to share my passion with handbags too!

And aren't these little eggs sweet!? Showcasing the watches which have hatched from the shells. This is what I love about Visual Displays, the creativity and imagination that goes into them, they don't really have to make to much sense, they just have to catch your eye!

Henry and his pom-pom earrings

Henry Hollands latest collection...put together by myself..images sourced from www.vogue.com

Mulberry Margaret

I love this beautiful little grape suede Mulberry bag. It seems a more heritage based piece, with it's Mulberry crest and rich royal colouring.

The plaque depicts, teapots, british bulldogs and Mulberry's 'I believe in tea and cake' caption. How British of the brand, and very Princess Margaret, of course.

Found photos - Anthropologie NY

I've just been looking back at some pictures I took in New York and these ones from ANTHROPOLOGIE in Union square are just so cute....

I mean, a twiggy, ramshackled, New Hamptons seaside bedroom, adorned with birds and objects made of paper... how creative and beautiful can anthropologie get!

Painted blues, and feathered whites.

Special vintage seaside snaps.

A gull made of paper...how lovely...Anthropologie...you are a dream come true.

Can I have a job please?

Right, so I finished university a few months back now, and my blog has suffered I'm afraid....sorry....

It's had a little re-vamp, and a few touch ups here and there...and here I am to carry on blogging...weekly at the least!

Currently I'm looking for an internship/job in the fashion industry, it's so hard...I'm sure other recent graduates will understand my pain. But in the meantime I'm doing a few shifts a week at the local pub to keep me going.

It's been a nice break, catching up with friends, going out, lots of shopping, and chilling in general, however now I really want to WORK....any takers?

x

AUCB. Ba(Hons) Fashion Studies. Graduate Show.

Here is where the designers viewed their amazing collections being strutted down the catwalk...the names were projected onto water which looked pretty cool!

Here are some close ups of my publication which was exhibited at the Ba(Hons) Fashion Studies Show at the O2 academy Bournemouth.

Snow Dreams

Inspiration :

The Final Shoot!!!

For this photoshoot I decided to do the whole thing myself ... with my trusty camera and good friend Jane who was willing to prance about in the snow for me... about 6 months ago now!!

My initial idea was not to use this shoot for my final major project, however once turning them into black and white (or dark blues and whites), illustrating, and incorporating set pieces in the spreads, I found the images to be rather eyecatching!

Step Inside the Fairy Ring

Another Shoot for my Final Major Project, inspired by folklore

tales of mushrooms which grow in circles.

Above: Inspiration Board, and snippets of final outcomes

Below: Some of the final photos

Concept, Creative Direction, Styling and Set Design - Myself

Photographer: Matt Howey Nunn and Make Up artist: Alex Martin

Potions and golden apples...

See more at ...

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxlbWlseWphbmVzdGltcHNvbnxneDo2MTRmZGY5YWYzNWMzYTA

HOW BEAUUUUUUUUTIFULLLL!!

Oh My! How sweet is this little bracelet........if only I could afford it.

This bracelet is part of Tom Binns 'Alice In Wonderland' inspired collection

(due to the Tim Burton version being released this year!), this

one in particular is reflective of the character ' The Mad Hatter' ,

with lots of tiny teapots and chunks of crockery.

Uni Project!

Major Project Preparation

WHAT WILL I LOOK AT....

visual merchandising

set design

art installation

illustration

MY INTERESTS...

concept stores

new ideas in retail spaces

props and sets to create a

theme/atmosphere

I WILL CREATE...

set pieces for a concept

store with the

incorporation of the theme

'Classic VS Contemporary'

SET 1

SET 2

SET 3

SET 4

SET 5

SET 6

SET 7

SET 8

Vogue's Fashion Night Out 10/09/09

This was such a lively, fashionable night, with so much happening all around London's West End shopping district. From 6pm till around 11pm there were in store events, complimentary drinks, and even mini catwalk shows and photoshoots.

This was a global event in all fashion capitals, and if you click the link below you can see what it

was all about from a star studded advert they were showing for New York's Fashion Night Out.

http://www.fashionsnightout.com/

Here is Vogues review of London's Fashion Night Out.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090521-fashions-night-out.aspx

We started off the night by having drinks on the top floor of Urban Outfitter's, listening to a live DJ set and having a browse round the store, the whole atmosphere was great! There is also a polaroid exhibition going on at the moment showing polaroid cameras from over the years.

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/features/polaroid

Tops for sale to celebrate the event, all money goes to the 'Crisis' charity

Liberty

Liberty had there 'Hermes Pour Liberty' event on and were serving french martinis upstairs! I loved this amazing length of scarves they had tied attached and hung from the top floor.

A window display made up of scarf boxes for the new Hermes collection made for Liberty.

In Liberty they were allowing visitors to try on scarves, or get themselves styled up, and photographed wearing them by a professional photographer. Hermes brought a French feel to Liberty, which is usually very traditionally British.

There were live models in a few of the window displays, this is Louis Vuitton's below.

Here are a couple of photo that I took of live window displays at Zara on Oxford Street

In Chanel on Bond street we queued to view an amazing photoshoot with Erin O'Connor and Daisy Lowe. With probably only about 30 people upstairs in Chanel it was a great experience, as we were right at the front, able to view the interviews, the shoot and the styling.

Anyone interested in Fashion I would definitely recommend this to next time it comes around. There was so much to offer with lots of things to go and see or even take part in. This really was a celebration of fashion!