"Organic"... At last

Check che check check check, che check it out!!!

Above is my theme board and sketchbook. 

I thought my theme board could have been more creative, but overall was very professional and really captured the essence of what my final piece ended up being. You can really see the connection 

between the two. My sketchbook is well... a sketchbook. Filled with random colors I painted in, drawings and pictures. As you can tell, I really like color, which was my biggest disappointment in my final piece. I wish it could have had more color and life to it.

Unfortunately I didn't have that many fabrics choices to pick from, so I worked with what I had. FORTUNATELY, I had my leaves with me which made up my whole vision. As long as I had those I was fine. You might not be able to notice but the leaves are actually all real. I was very thankful they didn't die overnight, dry out and fall off.

I thought the assignment was a great opportunity, though I feel I took it differently than most people. I don't really like to waste time just "trying" things, especially when it's

for a 2-day assignment I have due. I did try a few different things surrounding the upper bodice, but aside from that I knew what I was going for and didn't get to caught up with each failure. When it comes to a collection of course I would have taken more advantage but that wasn't the case and I didn't feel the need, or comfortable experimenting and showing one big work of "mess" in front of everyone. 

Overall, I was pleased with my piece and hope to one day work off of it and make it into a real garment using leather for the leaves and of course, color! 

Come on people! Life is filled with colors, USE THEM!!!

Finally, "Rococco" Pictures!!!

Drum roll please.......

So how do you like it? It's different I thought. I was very happy with it. 

I used broken mirror pieces I found in my hallway and really wanted to change it up and modernize the image of "Rococco." I played of the Marie Antoinette picture in the middle and mixed it up with the Marilyn Monroe one. From there, I though of girly, pink, flowers and comfort. I liked Marie Antoinette's costumes, yet my favorite scene of the movie that was recently made was when they show her in her garden with her daughter, getting eggs from her little farm. She glowed through the fields of plants and really had a radiance about her with only a simple white dress on. 

That's what I wanted the essence of my theme board to be and I think I achieved it. I used raw materials from nature like the acorn's and transformed pieces of flowered chiffon's into little rosette's. 

The assignment to me was fairly simple and easy. I wish we would've gotten more criticism and feedback instead of everyone getting a pat on the back but I understand it was our first assignment. 

Either way I had fun with it :)

London Trip

Fabric Sourcing!!!

So our course took a trip to London and let me just start off by saying it was FREEZING walking to the bus stop at 8 in the morning! The bus ride was long, but fun with everyone from class there. 

It was meant to be just enough time for us to travel the street of London searching fabric shops for fabrics assigned to our groups as well as fabrics for our shirt project at the end of the term. 

The entire day was freezing and uncomfortable, and we had so much extra time that most of the day was spent walking into stores. 

Unfortunately, Natasha here, was broke that day and was just trailing behind her group as they bought shoes and such. Hell, I know.

Aside from that, the trip really helped me in getting to know the streets of London and especially the amazing fabric shops it has to offer.

Now, let's cross our fingers I win the jackpot in Vegas this New Years. Maybe then I'll be able to buy some sweet fabrics in London. And some clothes of course!