A day at Bitterne School...

And the day begins...Amy and I set of to Bitterne School for an 8.30am start, This is the day we have been waiting for, not only for us to help the students make there designs but to see what the final designs will look like. 

This is one group cutting their patterns out ready to start making, look at the concentration on the faces!

 She is off!!!! look at her using that machine like a expert! 

The girls are making sure they have enough material before cutting here, they have the right idea with the red stripes very Nautical!  

 So not only pattern cutting but using fabric dye, the girls decided to transform a white skirt into a blue Nautical skirt by using the skills and dying the fabric, this only took them 10 minutes to dye then the use of a hairdryer to dry the skirt and then it was ready to be used. 

And here are a few final designs made by the students!

                                        

Creating Mood-boards

One of the year 9 students made a mood board to show research on nautical theme...

Logo

Branded logo to present the designers of the live project 

"AH- stands for Amy and Holly" 

Meeting The Students

Bitterne Park School

Year 9's 

 That day has finally come! Meeting with the students at Bitterne Park School. 

Amy and I had prepared our fashion heads to meet with the fashion students at Bitterene School, We had put a small presentation together to start the workshop to create a fashion show for our end of year evening! 

Year 9 students working hard researching the theme NAUTICAL 

Creating 3 mood boards 

• Fashion mood board 
• Hair and make-up
• Objects 

Above shows my inspiration for a prop's. I will then be researching more in depth props that can be visually used within the live project. 

The second image shows visual looks of a luxury yacht inside including decor and  layouts. these will be considered for the space in the corridor and what effect and feel it will have.The pictures have been found and taken from look-books, trend sites,Pinterst and magazines and been created into mood-boards for inspiration.  

Pashley

Pashley Cycles is a bicylce, tricycle and work bike manfacture based in Stratford-upon-avon in warwickshire, England. The company was started in 1926[1] and still manufactures bikes in the UK. The font we thought of by researching as relevant to the era that will be used within the live project and starting form the 1920’s era. The font will be used within our logo – (AH-HA) to be presented on a life preserver on both sides to be shown on entrance of arcade space. 

Arcade Space

JM 4th Floor Corridor  

JM 414 Room 

JM 404 Room 

The 3 images above are the arcade space for my live project. These have been taken to show an image of before any work has been completed and to show an idea of what I am working with. 

Explored Themes

Researching themes was top of my list, Spider Diagrams were used and brainstorms were completed to be able to come up with a theme. 

The themes we came up with and explored more into were...

Cinematic 

Tweed Run 

Contemporary culture 

British heritage 

Comic book trend 

Rendering Reality 

Vintage 

Hollywood 

Nautical 

All these themes had a impact on the project and was thought in different ways in which could be used to benefit the visual merchandising of the archade space. The theme Nautical was decided on due to having lots of history and fitting in with contemporary culture feel that we are concentrating on.

Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950

19 May 2012 - 6 January 2013. 

The V&A celebrated the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers. Displayed over two floors, 'Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950' featured more than sixty designs for social events such as private parties, royal balls, state occasions and opening nights.

Hollywood Costume exhibition

20 October 2012 - 27 January 2013

Hollywood Costume explored the central role costume design plays in cinema storytelling. Bringing together over 100 of the most iconic movie costumes from across a century of film-making, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the clothes worn by unforgettable and beloved characters such as Dorothy Gale, Indiana Jones, Scarlett O'Hara, Jack Sparrow, Holly Golightly and Darth Vader.