I have learned and achieved a great deal over the last few weeks since my previous blog post. Needless to say it has been very busy, as we prepared for our mid-module presentation to industry (Next).
We were required to present our concept, colour palette, print ideas, store concept, branding, market research, 6 outfit line-up and specification drawings within our groups. My main responsibilities were creating our concept and colour palette boards, as well as producing specification flat drawings for our collection. Although it was challenging getting such a vast amount of information together for the presentation in little under a week, we were so pleased and proud as we came out of our presentation, as our feedback had been so positive from both our tutors, and the representative from Next. We are now working towards finalising our toiles in order to start making our collection in the coming weeks. Thanks for reading, Issy.
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For the Last year I have had the excellent opportunity of paid work in Bicester Village Designer Outlet. Bicester Village is a world famous shopping destination, and many international customers base their holiday around visiting the village, which boasts brands such as Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Balenciaga.
The village is situated a short drive away from where I live outside of term time. I am able to work in various shops in Bicester Village during my university holidays. During 2017 summer, Christmas, and 2018 summer, I have had the opportunity to work in Kenzo, Missoni and Clive Christian, which are all situated within the village. Working in luxury shops gives me a huge insight into the company itself, its international customer base, and the ability to interact with the clothing: understanding the way it is constructed; and the inner details such as finishes and linings. Additionally, the opportunity to move around various shops in the village means that I am able to get a broad understanding of different customer bases, and market levels. My team working skills have also been greatly improved as I am often put into a shop where I do not know any of my colleagues, however I am always able to develop a friendly working relationship with anybody who works alongside me. Thanks for reading, Issy. Aside from my university, course and year, there's not too much on my website about what else I do, and where I have come from. So here is some more information about me.
I come from a town near Oxford called Thame, where I lived with my Mum, Dad and brother. Both my brother and Dad are architects, and that may shed some light as to why I am also interested in design. I have a love of the outdoors, and this is mainly channelled through my university canoe club. I thoroughly enjoyed being a member of the club last year, getting to grips with the little known sport 'Canoe Polo' which I will no doubt be writing more about this year. To increase my responsibilities throughout the club, I became a part of the committee. My role is the 'Kit and Safety Officer'. I chose this role as I have a large interest in water sports clothing, and I wanted to be able to learn more about the technical side of kayaking clothing, as I would potentially like to seek a career in water sports clothing. Additionally, this summer I had the brilliant experience of travelling around Sri Lanka for a month with two close friends. During this time I was hiking in the mountains, exploring the cities, and surfing in the world famous Arugam Bay. I had never experienced anything like travelling around a country so different from my own, for such a long amount of time, and it certainly proved to be a big learning experience for me. I studied A-Levels before I came to University, and achieved: Philosophy (A) Art (A) and Textiles (A*) as well as an English AS (A). My art and textiles A-Levels were what truly inspired me to become a fashion designer, and the English and Philosophy A-levels help me greatly in my ability to write about fashion design. Fashion Journalism or blogging is another avenue I would like to explore more, in order to combine my aptitude for writing alongside a love of fashion. Thanks for reading, Issy. Hi, I'm Issy, and welcome to my first blog post! On this blog I will be discussing my studies as a second year fashion design student. This will include what I am doing currently, how I got here, and what I hope to do in the future.
I currently study at Nottingham Trent university. The first 2 weeks of my second year have been fairly hectic, but I am really enjoying it. In my first week we were set a very quick group market research project into all market levels of menswear. we had 4 days to run around Nottingham finding information about men's shirts, trousers, suits, jersey and outerwear. We then presented our findings on the 4th day to our lecturers and peers. The information we collated in our first project will also be extremely useful in our second project, which we were briefed on at the beginning of this week. Our second project is a live menswear group project with the brand NEXT. In this project we will design and make a capsule collection to present to NEXT. They will then judge each group and decide a winner. My group have decided that we would like to focus specifically on formal wear, as we have the opportunity to learn how to make a men's tailored suit jacket in our sewing classes. This week we have also decided on our concept. Luckily our group realised a common interest which we could put forward into a concept, to inspire our designs: Yayoi Kusama currently has an exhibition on in London, and her beautiful and thought provoking artworks, alongside her interesting life story and battle with mental health, and her heritage of Japan, will give us many areas we can research in our project. Our agenda for next week will be further research into Yayoi Kusama, as well as our initial market research into NEXT. Thanks for reading, Issy. |
Issy HamblyThird year fashion design student at Nottingham Trent University. Archives
February 2020
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