My Third Week of University

Monday 12.10.09

Today we made mood boards, I chose to do mine on Military and this is because I have never studied it before or really thought of the concept of it within the Fashion industry. We were given the day to complete the boards which was good as it allowed me to work at my own time and complete the board to a high standard. I am happy with the outcome.

Tuesday 13.10.09

Today in I.T we made theme boards using Photoshop, learning the basics, I decided to complete mine on Military again so that I could clearly compare them. I am finding Photoshop hard to come to terms with though and still have a lot to do on my board.

Wednesday 14.10.09

The first day of the illustrator lessons, and as I have mentioned before I do not get on with I.T very well so I was a bit anxious about this lesson, however it was all clearly explained to us and I found it ok, although I got frustrated with myself a few times. Overall, a fun lesson (Sponge Bob J)

Thursday 15.10.09

We had our second session of pattern cutting today. This time we made the patterns from modelling on the mannequin first and then making the paper pattern from the outcome. I found this technique tricky and didn’t find it as beneficial to me as the first method of pattern cutting! However I do think I benefited from the lesson overall as it is useful for me to understand all methods of pattern cutting, I feel my knowledge is growing.

Sunday 18.10.09

The day of all days! Today I completed the volunteer work at the Cumberland Hotel Bournemouth. Me and Esme got put in charge of the door, selling and giving out tickets...this was manic and didn’t go quite as planned but we got through it with a smile. Being a dresser was incredible. As me and Esme were on the door at the start of the night we weren’t really assigned a shop, so when it came to the show we were just floating dressers making ourselves aware to anybody that may have needed help and dressing any models that needed to be. By the end of the night I was so tired and warn out but so happy that I was given the opportunity to be a dresser for a Fashion show and glad I now have some experience! A huge thank you to Jenelle!