GFW Best Womenswear

The award for best Womenswear collection goes to Northbrook student Rhea Fields. Rhea was inspired by silhouettes from men's tailoring and mixed it with feminine fabrics for an altogether androgynous look.

With subtle shades of peach and beige, and added effect from sequins and polka dots, the collection shows an innovative approach to tailoring. A slick sophisticated look from Fields who said she had 'never expected to get in, let alone to win anything' .








(images courtesy of catwalking)

GFW Gold Award Winner

Rebecca Thomson of Manchester Metropolitan University won the GFW Gold Award for best student at last nights Gala show. The 22 year old explored a variety of fabrics, tailoring and proportions to create a light and effortlessly chic graduate collection.

The crisp white voluminous shirts and trouser combinations adorned with bows and ruffles a plenty caught the eye of Alberta Feretti, the designer who presented Thomson with her £20,000 award, was said to pe blown over by Rebecca's 'unusual and interesting combination of fabric' and for the 'contemporary' attitude to her collection.










(images courtesy of catwalking.)

Alejandro.

A rather compelling 8 minutes and 43 seconds. You have to watch it to see. It's Icy, Fiery and of course dramatic from start to finish in that individual Gaga fashion.

I can't help but notice Lady G is drawing on her inspirations by adopting a Madonna-esque bob and even adapting the infamous cone bra into what can only be described as...Machine gun bra?! Well all that combined with dance routines, naked men and writhing makes for a must watch music video.

"She's Like a Rainbow" Collection

My Final Collection of the Second year... Influenced by 1960s youth-quake, London mod-culture and colour.

Fabrics!

A preview of my collection fabrics! I've bought my main colours so far, just a few linings and extra's to get!




(White Spotted Voile. Orange Polyester. Orange 100% cotton)

(Violet 100% cotton. Red Cotton Drill)

(Green Polyester and Guterman Natural Cotton Threads)

(Ric Rac)

I know what's on my Christmas list!!!!!

The Cut have just reported that fashion companies are to start auctioning off internships to raise money for Charity! "allowing those with money to breeze in and experience what it's probably not at all like to intern there" The bidding starts at $1000, but is expected to go a lot lot higher! Although It is a good cause, presumably, I can't say i agree with it...It's a pretty invaluable experience to have someone to pay for!?

During their Week internship at Vogue they will meet Anna Wintour, be shown around the office, and then the rest will determine on his or her interests! I tell you what I would be interested in....Getting my moneys worth looking through the sample cupboard!!!!!

If any rich old soul would like to pay for me to intern at Vogue, I have no Qualms with that! If One week will cost around $10,000 then that means i'll have to save approximately $120,000 to do my 3 month placement at Vogue. Bummer!

50 years of Carnaby Street

Taking advantage of a bright and sunny day in London on Wednesday I walked from Waterloo, to Covent Garden, to Piccadilly, Regent Street and then Carnaby Street! (had to get my moneys worth out of my sunglasses) Anyway, at my final destination I stumbled across an exhibition named '50 years of Carnaby Street 1960-2010' naturally I was over the moon because my whole collection is based on the youth-quake that was mod culture in 1960's London. Fate!

Of course I ventured inside and it was amazing! I learnt a lot about Carnaby Street prior to its height of popularity. For example, Carnaby Street is built on a 'plague pit' basically a burial mound from the plague! It was home of the first 'Pest house' nursing the 'unsaveable' in London during the plague from scurvy and allsorts.





Thrilled to see these colours everywhere! The Red, Green, Orange and purple are the main colours for my four outfits, and blue and yellow were going to be my extra 2!



The exhibition has a lot of memoribilia from the 60s including old magazines, dolls, records etc! All real vintage stuff!








Paisley prints and checks in a variety of shift dresses!




'Bowie Bags' Jodpur trousers. Look familiar?


A Foale and Tuffin Jacket, in polka dot print!


a 1960's Bell Dress



Phillip Townsend plaque. It should lots of photography of his of twiggy, mary quant foale & tuffin!! All in all it was a nod in the right direction to my collection, the polka dots the colours the shapes, which i thought had digressed slightly from my theme! I love the era and the culture and has definitely given my ideas for my sketch book! i've been collection 'biba' bags and Mary Quant tight packets! So i've been waiting to use them in a fun way!

Oh and I also found these shoes in Office, they're £65, but with the wedge and the pring they would be so perfect with the collection!