Week 6 - Styling

Before the week started I made the mistake of doing my polaroid pic wrong. Going into the photobooth, I chose the option of doing one passport picture rather than doing like 4 fun pics. Although I felt like I was well prepped for the pic it would've been better had I chose the other option. The picture had to represent you and your personality so I wore a floral top to demonstrate my femininity, I let out the long hair, drew peace symbol on my hand, wore no makeup except red lipstick. I felt these would demonstrate femininity quite well. My feedback from the teacher involved improving it by photocopying and repeating it.

I wanted to do another one as I felt that failed tremendously so...I did another polaroid on webcam wearing a peace top.

We were then given the task to do a trend report. We had to do this by visiting boutiques, high street, designer shops. The ideal way to get this done in a short time would be to get in groups which we did, My role was to do high street. I felt this task was great because I felt its better to visit the shops and see the trends face to face rather than just googling the trends. There were a LOT of trends we spotted but the main ones i have pics below:


TARTAN, FLORAL PRINT, SPACE DYE, AZTEC PRINT AND FLUFFY JUMPERS.

We then had an activity of styling someone else in your objects. I felt like I was not prepared for this activity as I did not bring many objects. however, I did what I could. I liked how I used the furry ball I made and put it around her hear and finger so it looked like a big earing or a ring. Also, using the tassled bag on her foot so it looked like a huge tassled shoe. Although I did not find it challenging and if I did it again, I would bring in much more objects to prevent the limited ideas.

Although I feel I didnt have a great start into the styling week, I felt I VERY MUCH ENJOYED the ending to the styling week. We were given the task to do a photoshoot. I not only wanted to do a photoshoot but I wanted to make something too. I am very interested in using recyled materials and using materials like newspaper, bubble wrap, just things that people don't often use in fashion. I looked at my inspirations like Gary Harvey etc when doing my moodboard, I wanted the look of grunge so I thought the perfect location would be at a block of flats because I liked the idea of bricked walls etc. Immediately I knew I wanted to do a big neck piece having enjoyed the accessories week and wanting to try a different material. I enjoyed doing the photoshoot a LOT. I also wrapped the bag and shoes in newspaper to make it look even dramatic and accentuate the theme ethical fashion.

 Below are pics of making it as well as the final pics.

FINAL PICS

Having taken roughly over 100 pics and narrowing it down to 14. I had come to choosing these two. I did not like the fact that some of the pictures I took were not as professional. The feedback I had was that the background was too busy which I agree with as there were fences and houses etc. So if I did it again I would pay attention to what is in the background. This will come in handy when I do my final piece photoshoot. however, I liked the fact that I did it in black and white as it worked well with the newspaper theme.