Photoshoot time again!

This is my final piece for my fashion project, a japanese inspired dress. I was very influenced by the mix of sheer and opaque fabrics that had been all over the runway last season, but sewing with organza was hell so definitely would choose a sheer fabric that doesn't fray as much and has stretch in the future! I embroided fan shapes onto the collar to add a subtle pop of colour to the sheer and to incorporate Japanese imagery. 

These shots were for my portfolio for uni interviews, I got accepted by Westminster, Ravensbourne and Brighton! I think I'll be accepting Brighton as I love it there, as you can tell by a previous post about Brighton :)  

Model & Stylist: Me

Photographer: Jodie Ollis

Hair and make-up artist: Josh Matheson

Inspiration

Inspiration for fabric colour, shape and posture.

This is the kind of effect I wanted on the photographs, which was brilliantly achieved by Jodie.

Thanks for reading, 

Kate xxx

She has such good style.

Julia Frakes

http://juliabunny.tumblr.com/

Julia is currently a fashion blogger, model and writer. She started blogging when she was sixteen, she caught attention from fashion editors at Paper's, Julia became a columnist for 'papers' whilst still in high school! During fashion week in 2008 she was noticed for her distinctive style, and this is when her popularity grew. This is what I love about her, her style, but she is a beautiful model!

Articles written by Julia Frakes on Papers

http://www.papermag.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1,4,11,18,9,10,12,5&tag=Julia%20Frakes&limit=20

Really nice mix of prints at Lulu Frost's Spring/Summer 2012 presentation.

This is an older photo of her, but its just showing the oversized jumper trend with a statement shoe. Something that is still one of the trends right now.

Love this oversized blazer coat, I have a coat like this but its not as long, wish it was! 

Vena Cava's Spring/Summer 2010 show, Really am loving this statement coat and the socks!

Worn for the opening of a Stella Mccartney shop in Paris, Feb 2011

The photo is from an interview with Julia on:

http://www.refinery29.com/our-fashion-week-tee-off-with-julia-frakes

How cute is she! Her style is just timeless, this white outfit above could be worn yesterday. These photos are from 2010-2012, I choose a few favourites but there are lots more on her website and street style blogs.

Kate xxx

My favourite collection from Jason Wu.

An illustration I did for Jason Wu's S/S 12 collection last year. I featured him as one of my favourites from the S/S 12 shows and I still regard this show as one of my favourites. I loved Emma Watson in her Jason Wu, She wore the second in on the left. I drew this as a present for my sister as she adores him. :)

At this time I wasn't very good at faces and hair so I kinda just drew them really quick, putting all my attention on the outfits! 

All the images were drawn from Vogue.com runway images.

Emma Watson opted for a body con black skirt, put I prefer it with the matching shorts as its a new take on a matching suit trend, like tuxedos/suits, without being to obvious by doing a traditional suit he choose a fitted bodice with a peplum waist detail (which is popular on jackets) and short shorts! I wish i designed it!

Love Kate xxx

Brighton 28/03/12

Hi! I've just got back from my university interview in Brighton. Just thought I'd share some photos I took of an area called The Lanes in Brighton town, where all the vintage shops are and a cool garden my Mum and I found. It was such a sunny day, I saw lots of burnt faced people! My interview went well, I'll let you know if I get in:)

The Lanes

A fabric shop I might be visiting alot! So much fabric in there, but it was a little expensive, so no buys today.

This shop caught my eye straight away, I loved all the cartoons showing the Alice in Wonderland story, so playful and cute.

One of the many vintage shops. The top photo is a section of the window display, I really liked the old telephones, love the colours. Its full of crammed rails to rummage through and has really nice knitwear and satin dressing gowns. I really like the left 3 dresses in the middle picture, the colours and shapes are lovely and are what I usually go for with my clothing.

The university

The campus I'll hopefully go to, I'll be with the textiles students as well as the fashion students but also with artists and photographers so hopefully I can do some collaborations and joint projects :)

The Garden

Lots of grass gardens perfect for summer picnics.

The outfit I chose, It was hot so I brought out the maxi dress! Ignore my squinting eyes,  just couldn't get away from the sun.

 The pier

A quick picture from the car, You cant see it well but it's the Brighton pier!

Thanks for reading 

Kate xxx

My mac

Hey, this look was from last week, I find it hard to figure out an outfit around this skirt as it needs high heels and a top that matches. Here I've gone high street here, the jumper is from H&M and the top from Topshop. I love jumpers over shirts but its hard to find a cute cheap one that fits!

My new mac, it's from Sainsbury's! It's so nice I couldn't believe it, My mum got it in black as well, so we match! :)

I love silky scarves with this mac, I looked at how other women worked the mac, they all had these old fashioned scarves, which is good as I have loads of them from my charity shop visits!

Thanks for reading,
Love Kate xxx

My 50's dress from Asos

I brought this dress is the sale, half price! I really liked how it actually looked like its from the 50's, since Louis Vuitton's 50's inspired collection I craved to own a day-wear dress. It's 100% cotton, which makes it casual, but I think it would look great in the evening with an underskirt to puff out the skirt! The sleeve shape is very on trend with the curve around the shoulder. Also its kept to the traditional trend of matching the belt with the dress so it becomes part of the dress.

Look how nice the pleats are! The pattern is very interesting because from a far the pattern looks quite 3D due to the changing size of the white dots, its only when your close up you realise what it is.

I'm thinking a potential university interview outfit?

Thanks for reading,

Love Kate xxx

ROCHAS

I was so excited to see the Rochas show, Usually I'd get my images of Vogue.com but Dazed Digital had such gorgeous photos so I had to use them! I've included the link at the bottom of the post. They went for a simple silhouette but the stiffness within the fabric is what makes them work, they hold their shape. They have used this to their advantage and produced garments with bold pleats and tucks that hold a lot of volume and shape.The colours and tone used work so well together and I love the new take on the traditional check print.

Gorgeous mix of knitwear and garment types.

http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashionweek/womenswear/aw12/gallery/34/12881/0/rochas-womenswear-aw12

Thanks for reading,

Love Kate xxx