new brief.

Yesterday we were given a new brief for the bedding company, turner bianca, we were taken round the show rooms for the autumn/winter 2010 collection and for t. j hughes next collections of bedding.

These are some of the images I took while in the showrooms :

textile horizions- reflective journal entry one.

After just completing our first project of the year, I feel I can now reflective more clearly on the year ahead. As I was optimistic about taking print for a specialism I was keen to see how my project would plan out in 2nd year.

I felt my projects had a few big ups and downs and as constantly changing, which at times I felt that hard to document.

We had influences from the trend company Scarlet Opus who was giving the brief and guiding us along the way I felt the brief was fairly open and it to me a while to grasp what was been asked for this is something I am going to work on as now getting a brief I now know to read it through thoroughly before getting in a flap about what is asked of me.

Within my market research because I was doing my own trend I found this was slightly difficult as my market kept changing as my ideas did.

On my presentation I felt nervous and didn't get all the points across i would of liked to however the experience wasn't as bad as I expected it to be and I hope this will mean I will improve as presentations become a regular routine within our briefs.

I have decided to write a blog as I felt it would be easier to reflect on all my projects in a blog rather than doing an individual journel for every project and then a separate on for everything as a whole.

where the wild things are?

From the gruffalo, to the hungry caterpillar we all have our favourites and now for them to be turned into a delightful film with magicial music and not to mention just before christmas. Where the wild things are is out in december simply 2 weeks before christmas, could we be and more gleeful and child like around this time, I duno about you but I cant wait for the where the wild things are? this christmas.

Chrissie Abbott

I love just looking for new artists and music on my spare days, and fell across the wonder of mixed media that is Chrissie Abbott after been promoted by the likes of little boots, and doing various pieces for urban outfitters mens wear collections, I couldnt help but admire her work.

Alice Alice Alice!!!!

Ok so I am sure if everyone has noticed that, Alice in Wonderland is coming out spring 2010 and has been reinvented by the genius that is Mr Tim Burton, who ensures us with just the right about of dark everytime!

The costume pieces look amazing and this set to be a big trend for summer/fall2010.

With the dark magic look books sweeping the world of trends. We will all be living magicial lives by the summer.

Leather and Lace is a combination that is set to make our hearts soar.

I duno about you but with images like this I cant help to be excited for whats to come!!

from Cyprus with love

Through out the my worldly ventures I have came across so pretty, wonderful things and I think Cyprus was no let down in terms of colour and natural objects :)

The toys for grown ups.(Not them ones)

I cannot begin to express the excitment of the next entry of toys, making a comeback into fashion the latest trends through out all levels of fashion is toys, yes you read it toys and non of these fancy new toys that children have these days. I'm talking the days of lego and Duplo.

With bold primary colours and neons covering all possible colour charts this trend is a mix of futurism and the past, with designers such as jcdc creating a range modeled purely on lego figures.

JCDC Versus LEGO from Four H on Vimeo.

The possibilities of this trend is endless. However fabric properties may have difficultly creating block colours for a/w 2010

Is fashion becoming more the geeks of the world, let it be so plesase?