Access 2 Fashion & Journalism

I applied & gained a place on the Access 2 Fashion & Journalism Event,
It was held at London College Of Fashion LCF 6pm start on the 22nd February 2011, John Prince Street. The organizers of the event were: Peter Johnson & Namitasha Mungairwa.

I only found out Monday 21st Feb at 7pm that I had gained a place, I had to quickly book return train ticket from Liverpool to London, decide what to wear, do abit of research & have some questions prepared- there wasn't much sleep with excitement, nerves & packing going on!

The Gifted Campaign is a student lead program with 70 volunteers and 9000+ members, there values are that:
 Dream- is to make the world more equal.
Our Vision- compettitive hopes of international launch 2006.
Networking Event which promotes & celebrates diversity within Fashion & Arts Industry.



I am taking notes from the many speakers unaware that this photo was taken! Second row from the front, black dress blonde highlights yep that's me so happy to gain a place ='], met some wonderful people from the industry and other fashionistas, great tips and secrets.

Nook & Willow Press Release.

Nook & Willow consists of Nina Halliwell and Clare Wilson, together the create original, beautifully hand crafted bags and accessories, which are ‘Iconic not seasonal’ pieces, which means a unique piece you can restyle to you hearts content, simply timeless.

N/W signature which binds their collection together literally is there whip stitch. There style is ‘inspired by art deco, trogen warrior yet with a 70’s twist’. The film troy encouraged the use of breastplates and panelling. The Gladiator, Warrior theme stimulates the masculine feel, which juxtaposes with the feminine Swarovski crystals, patent leather & giant bow, creating an overall androgynous tone. Colours are kept minimal, neutral beige leather, contrasting with an olive green patent leather. Metallic gold and snake embossed leather are used to emphasis key details and are decorative along with girly Swarovski crystals, studs and eyelet’s giving more of an edgy vibe. Even the lining is a surprise attention to detail is thoroughly considered, a printed, pattern cotton fabric.

N&W’s bags & accessories can instantly add the finishing touches to any outfit, day or night. Nook & Willow mix classic with contemporary to create wearable pieces of art, that can be dressed up or down depending on your mood, occasion.

Nook and Willow be purchased www.nookandwillow.com

Or pop into from Kirsty Doyle’s store

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 By Daisy Lee.

Exciting times ahead,

I am Once again working with Steven Cherry, along with Jade also a third year Graphics student and Lydia a 3rd year Fashion Design student- together we are creating Lydia's label. Steven is making her logo, Jade is creating the website and I am photographing her clothes for her website, Editorial shots which I am going to style aswell as a look book. So far Lydia only has one collection she is currently working on another which I hope to shoot at a later date! We are doing a location shoot & a studio session too will keep you updated.
♥ DaisieChain xxx

The Filming we did of Gok's Clothes RoadShow aired tonight, I was on the television several times and was even shown speaking about one of Gok's look's, I didn't come across scouse (I <3 scousers just am a plastic) I kept it short & sweet  =']. Also I remembered we had a Ljmu press photo:

Thats' me the shorty next to Gok the little rainbow & yes he called me 'gorgeous' as i shuffled in next to him, it was VERY cold! Fab time tho!

Great Minds Think Alike..

Steven Cherry's & myself poster for the film: ' More Than Meet The Eye.'

I am very pleased with the outcome, all our hard work paid off. I look forward to working with Steven in the future.

Flora-FlowerFootwear

Flower Footwear, we were asked to created shoes out of flowers, in my research I had looked at flower’s life cycle from a seed until death, I explored seeds and bulbs, pressing flowers and dying flowers, and I also looked at fake flowers. When creating my shoes I wanted to attempt to capture these stages. I created my first shoe from fake flowers to represent the live, living flowers it is based on one of my favourite pair of high heels and the shoe is life size. The second shoe is based on a ballerina shoe, slipper again made from false flowers representing the living. The final shoe is based on the flowers dying and I used dried flowers to create a wedge style of shoe, which is slightly smaller than the first shoe but also life size,

Step into a fairytale. The shoes are an arty creation not to be worn. They are unique and fit into my theme of ‘Weird & Wonderful’; I have been told they look like Tim Burton, Tim Walker style- very out there, creepy and fun. Which I am proud, as I love both Walker and Burton’s work. My work seems to have that intriguing, strange and erry feel, It is mysterious, unknown, playful and vampish, these themes can be identified throughout most of my work this was unintended & done subconsciously but now I feel that my style has been recognized and am happy about this. I have my own original ‘Weird & Wonderful’ way of working.

VW

For the build brief we had to create a 3D object to represent a brand that we choose.

The brand that I choose to rebrand was Vivienne Westwood,

I like that she is original, very out there and quirky. I admire that she taught herself

 How to make clothes from scratch and like the punk, rock chick style that mainly she

Is responsible for. Her logo is the orb I started off trying to make my own version,

 Interpretation of her logo and then decided as it is a rebrand it would have to be

Something new and different to represent her. Throughout my research into VW I

 Found she uses a lot of skulls and as she started the punk, rock chick style I thought it is definitely apprapopraite to use a skull as the symbol, 3D object as the rebrand.

My first attempt I used mod-rock casting a friend’s head to create a skull and covering it in tartan and fishnet fabric, as these are stereotypical VW attributes. I decided the fabrics were too obvious. The teeth are wrapped in gold foil as for VW first collection she wrapped her teeth in the gold foil of a cigarette packet which not many people would know the reason

Behind it and I like having the personal link to the brand. My second skull works better as pink is not a typical colour VW would use but the tissue paper I used has her gold logo (but this is not obvious unless you look closely) printed on it as it is paper from her store The bow is made from ribbon from her store with subtle yet stereotypical safety pins echoing the punk era, I added false eyelashes as I wanted to make it more of a girly contrast to the chains and safety pins a juxtaposition that I think work well.