Suggested Reading

I really suggest reading this book, even if you wanted to just look at the images. Lately my own style has really been influenced by the use of technology and this book just shows you how many inspirational ways you can take your own work into.

Peter Pilotto

Peter Pilotto's collection, even though for me, more mixed media than I personally like really combines the use of colour and texture so well in this collection. Especially on the tops with the lines of alternative material, yet they fit so well together when viewed from far away.

I really hate to write

I will admit that imnot the biggest fan of writing. I find it hard sometimes and also quite boring if Im honest haha. I think that my inspiration talks for itself and shows you what I like and how I apply these sources to my own work.

The Armani code

Structure + individuality = good design

ladder up

Lines, structure = dynamic

Ski ski ski

Im a big fan of skiing, I love every thing about it, even the extreme cold weather. However the view you get from the top of the mountain down into the valley is something you cant just simply describe. The contrast of the white snow against the ground impacts the contours in the mountain.

No words please

I really want this blog to be about the images which influence and project my own identity. The words don't mean as much as the picture itself, they describe themselves.

research

My own research always focuses around structured scenes and objects. Linear compositions always hold that dynamic effect.

Martin Margiela

I have recently come across designs of Maison Martin Margiela, and I have to admit, even though this collection doesn't involve any printed pattern, the simplicity of the garments works so well. The tunic dresses with high shoulders and figure hugging waist bands. The simple colour of the fabric adds to the impact of the designs making them more bold and defined. To me its the stiffness of the collection that draws you in, as though the fabric is wrapped around the models. Oh imagine how warm they would be in this weather! I also really like how definate the folds are to create irregular contours within the fabric, there must be a lot of starch in that fabric!

To say that I hadn't heard of Margiela before, I can say it now proudly that he creates dynamic designs and an overwhelming impact through his collections. I am certainly a follower.

Let it snow

Yes I know I've gone a bit crazy with the videos in these last few post, but this one is firstly quite funny and secondly its just amazing ! So its a train plowing through the snow, but just concentrate when the train gets near the camera, and the impact of the train on the snow.

Extreme Sports?

No, Im not into extreme sports, I wish I was, but to be honest with you I really don't have the courage to. But just take alook at the view this guy gets! All of the grids of the buildings on the ground. Imagine drawing them and keeping track of which section you have just drawn! See this is what I think relates to my work well. Take a look at the plan on the ground. There are thicker, denser areas of lines but then thinner roads that lead off to no where that are in some way non existence: but in the whole picture make it look very dynamic.

Plato's Atlantic

Ok, so ive found the cat walk to Alexander McQueen's: Plato's Atlantic. The video it self just sets the whole mood and approach to his collection. Very mysterious and dangerous, but i also like how he combined the camera to show the models showing the garments at close up when on the run way. Such a genius! Take a look, is a work of art alone, without the collection.

What I want

Think Fast: What am I about?

I really want you to understand what I'm trying to get at with this.

Please understand I want my blog to allow people to see what influences me, but at the same time, I identify myself with direction in what I'm wanting to achieve, and keeps me focused.

I want to succeed, I will succeed.

Confidence is vital, arrogance is not needed.

Graduate Fashion Week!

Visit Graduate Fashion Week!!!!

It is an experience you should have every year!

Get to see the competition and styles that are emerging from our generation, it's phenomenal.

http://www.gfw.org.uk/home.aspx

Autumn Beauty

Looking through Vogue the other day. As you do! I came across this beautiful dress by Etro. Studying textiles I'm always interested in the fabric but this is just gorgeous: All the patterned college-prints are different in so many ways of varying colour and form yet they all go together so well. Such a simple, yet so elegant, design as the maxi dress extends and flows all the way down to the ground. My favorite element is that all the designs within the stripes are block colours of simple shapes; these designs really influence and emphasise my style; as well as being made from chiffon, with such a simple design I really feel that they are affective. The colour really expresses the bohemian beauty of the dress in all the autumnal colours. I can't take my eyes off it.

New Inspiration

When visiting home the other day, as you do, I went to a gardening centre with my mum. I honestly would have been bored out of my head if it wasn't for the vast range exotic fish. You don't realise how amazing and technical their scales and colours are until close. Its interesting how definite their marks are and how you could take these interpretations onto material. Imagine the colours on the dress! Just wow! I really want to concentrate on the undiscovered world of the sea in a project! Imagine how technology could be used to enhance those vibrant colours and even define the lines. I guess you could say this is on the lines of Alexander McQueen's~; Plato's Atlantic, which I've already commented on, but still he deserves to be mentioned again on his idealistic designs. He is one of the best.

Architecture

Ok so I did some work, and it really works well with my drawing style. I really hate describing but if I had to comment I feel that the different thicknesses of lines works really well to create a dynamic, busy, but formal image. Even though it looks simplistic, at the same time it is very compact and over worked in areas.