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Evaluation of My Blog: As I made developments with my research, I have found it useful to get into the routine of putting them on my blog.  It gave me a chance to reflect on my views, experiments, successes and things I would like to work on in the future. I also know I willContinue reading “Blog Post 15: Evaluation”

Women’s Sexuality And Body Size In Fashion & Art: I conducted a human research experiment with a group of fashion students, who I have previously studied with in Luton. It produced alarming results about the image which is currently being portrayed in magazines about women in the 21st Century. It involved us, as a group,Continue reading “Blog Post 14: Sexuality And Body Size in Fashion & Art”

The Human Condition and How It Affects My Design Work: Personally, the first thing which comes to my mind is the fact that it is a pure miracle how every single person in the world is totally unique in their appearance, intelligence and personality. The reproductive process of humans is amazing because there is suchContinue reading “Blog Post 13: The Human Condition And How It Affects My Design Work”

The Journey Of Costume Designer, Julie Taymor And How She Has Inspired Me: A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television. The role of the costume designer is to create the character’s costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour. The costume designer works alongside theContinue reading “Blog Post 12: The Journey of Costume Designer Julie Taymor and How She Has Inspired Me”

The Origins of Natural Textiles and Dyeing Processes. How Can it Influence Our Future? I am very curious about the origins of natural textiles and dyes, as they didn’t cause any harm to our planet. I feel by delving deeper into the past, certain elements could be taken and used more in our society todayContinue reading “Blog Post 11: The Origins of Natural Textiles And Dyeing Processes. How Can it Influence Our Future?”

Blog Post 10: Textile Design – Patterns: Since 1875, Liberty is renowned for being at the cutting edge of fabric design. Liberty impacted British textile design through Orientalism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco in the early 20th century. Then, there has been a revival of these styles since the 1950s. Liberty Art Fabrics is anContinue reading “Blog Post 10: Textile Design – Patterns”

Blog Post 9: Laser Cutting As Braddock S.E. – lecturer in textiles at Goldsmiths College, University of London – has said, in ‘Techno Textiles’ (1998), ‘the ultimate challenge is to combine pure creativity with the computer…..aesthetic decisions can only be made by the artist’. I find this quote inspiring because of how I have andContinue reading “Blog Post 9: Laser Cutting”

Blog Post 8: C.A.D. This blogging assignment has been a useful exercise for me. As Jones S. has stated (2002), in ‘Fashion Design’, ‘fashion is a global enterprise…..news and trends travel as fast as the speed of light thanks to…..the internet.’ Sue Jenkin Jones has been a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design at Central SaintContinue reading “Blog Post 8: C.A.D. in Fashion”

Blog Post 7: 60s fashion trends Zandra Rhodes, a textile designer, who I admire and have been to her exhibition in London recently was incredibly innovative during the 1960s. During the late 1960s, she was particularly well known for her bohemian and street styles in London. Within my own fashion design work, I love to playContinue reading “Blog Post 7: 60s Fashion Trends”

Blog Post 6: 80s fashion trends Some of my designs have been inspired by the 1980s fashion trends. I feel drawn towards this decade, as the economies in the U.K. and America were booming. Times, in my opinion, were for the majority in the U.K. and America financially good and there were many strong femaleContinue reading “Blog Post 6: 80s Fashion Trends”