Thursday 8th March 2018

During the first week of this project, we went to Bicester Village to have a look at all the designer stores. Over the course of the day, we made our way into Givenchy, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Burberry, Valentino, Armini, Dolce and Gabbana, Alexander McQueen, Dior, Kenzo, Acne Studios and a few more. As we made our way in and out of all these stores, I kept in mind all the details these top designers add to their garments to make them individual.

It was a memorable experience to see such amazing quality fabrics and garments! This will give us inspiration for our designs and how we can make our garments with the best finishing and outcome. We spent a lot of time in Fendi, looking at the print, use of colour and different fabrics. At that time, the store had very light and bright blues, pinks and reds. I really loved the garment in the image below. The use of the bold, block print on the light chiffon fabric, created a holiday like feel.




As I continued to make my way around the store, I really loved the dress, in the image above. The use of washed light blues and purples, with the lightweight fabric, created a dream like feel to the garment. The print at the bottom of the dress reminded me of a scene you would find in the Victorian or Edwardian era, the grand house and mass amount of land surrounding the property.



Fendi had a lot of different textures running throughout their selection of garments in the store. The use of fur, silks, chiffon and leather created an intriguing combination. I also really liked the use of embroidery in the very colourful flowers in the image below. 

So myself and Danni took a trip to London last Saturday, to collect fabric samples for our D+ project at university. Once we arrived in London, we took the tube to Soho, where there are quite a lot of little fabric stores dotted about. But we took some photos of the London Eye and Big Ben before we disappeared. We had to be the classic tourist aha.




 The first Fabric shop we ventured into was Misan Textiles in Berwick Street. My concept for this project is mud and earth, (I know, it's a bit random aha) so I was on the hunt for textured fabrics which were different shades of brown. I found three different fabrics which caught my eye by their colours and the amount of texture on each one.


From Misan Textiles, we made a very short walk further down Berwick street to Cloth House. I absolutely loved this little store. It was so cute!! There was so much to see in such a small, quaint shop containing anything you might possibly need! Danni and myself had a look around for our fabrics we were thinking of. I kept getting distracted by all the different choices!

Early February 2016, myself and my classmates from college went on one of the most amazing trips I've ever been on. The Rome and Sorrento trip was packed full of discovery, walking around for 13 hours a day (it was fun) appreciating how intelligent the Roman's were for their time, and eating pizza everyday for lunch (that was my choice aha).




The Trevi Fountain was the most beautiful experience to see. It was packed and fill with many people making wishes and trowing coins in, which myself and my friends did. Whilst having our Lizzie McGuire moment, waiting for Paolo to appear, we go to appreciate the beautiful waterfalls and the art of this architecture in this iconic Italian fountain. If you're wondering if Paolo came, he sadly didn't.






Seeing the Colosseum in person is so surreal! It was an amazing piece of Architecture and to understand how advanced the roman's were in the technology was just spectacular to hear about. If you ever go, definitely get a tour guide to take you round, it's so interesting to hear about the history of this phenomenal structure.









Where did my friend Sian go? She decided to turn into a classic Greek stature at Hadrian's villa. This was another amazing historical site we visited during the 5 days of being in Italy. Hadrian was a very wealthy man, and you could most definitely tell this from his practically a village holiday villa!! The majority of it had lost it's ceilings and roofs, but there was still so many buildings and mosaics to see.





 Pompeii was a very heart-breaking visit. It was so big and we didn't cover all of it as some was closed off to members of the public. Apon entrance to the city, there were two glass buildings displaying the bodies of some of the citizens still in the lava. It was really upsetting to see and imagine the traumatic experience they went through. It was a great day! Except for the fact that myself and a few of my friends, ended up getting locked out of Pompeii... We were following the sign for the toilet, didn't realise we'd even left the grounds, we actually hadn't walked out of the historical site. But the security guard was very miserable and wouldn't let us back in. So we went and go ice-cream and waited for about and hour before our class came out.
The trip as a whole was an incredible experience! I made so many memories and friends throughout the trip. I got to go to some of the most beautiful places ever and understand these historical places from the Roman's view. I hope some day I can go back and experience it all again.