21st Century Romance Menswear!

Group Work.

Not my favourite but this time i was put into a group with people with very similar tastes as me.
Its not usually this that bugs me its the co operation with people and organisation, i usually end up having to organise the group, but this time it was much simpler as the organising was spread out amongst three of us.

 This was the group moodboard. Included fabric swatches and texture ideas.

A shot from the group presentation and our display of boards, these included an illustration including a full outfit and our range plan.
We also used objects to portray the mood of our theme, these were fur a rose and an encrusted skull.
We used black finger knitting to suspend out boards from the ceiling.

Old Wisdom Final Bag Designs

Bird skulls

I found this photograph on flickr whilst searching for interesting bird skulls.

I love the colours featured.

The picture was taken in a museum for animals.

Millinery work

As Mad As A Hatter

It's Elective week!

And i have chosen to do millinery.

We have 4 days to produce a moodboard, designs and a final piece.

So far we are on day 2, and i am thoroughly enjoying it.

My mum also keeps reminding me of how i made a bowler hat for my barbie doll when i was young and how she knew i would enjoy it.

But anyway, I am currently waiting for my hat to cool, and i will just have to finish it off tomorrow, then all is finished.

My theme for my hat has been taken from our current project.

Old Wisdom - Superstitions - Blackbirds.

I have looked into bird skulls for shape, and created my hat around this.

I will post up pictures of my hat waiting to cool and the finished outcome.

Here is a photo of a ring by Alexander McQueen that inspired me.

Here is my own ring, a cheaper and much smaller version from Urban Outfitters . . .

Maybe one day I'll upgrade.