Thursday 28 March 2013

just me


Styling: Chelsey Williams
Photographer: Analise Trotter

Tuesday 19 February 2013

styling in the studio



 Styling: Charlie Fi
Photographer: Ashleigh Bell
Make-Up & Hair: Gracie Revington
Assistant: Becca Turner

Thursday 14 February 2013

my kind of romance

It's rumoured that Galliano had a hand in this Autumn Winter 2013 collection, but it still screams of Oscar De La Renta's classic romantic design. 


A mix of mysterious hats and hoods, jewel colours and sheer lace adds romance to the already feminine silhouette. A very rich and colourful collection. If I'm honest, it's the hats and hoods that caught my interest. The rest can go to hell, been force fed enough romance today to last me all year.

Thursday 7 February 2013

balance


I love this photo. I found it in trend magazine Zoom. I like that you don't know if the balloon is suspended there or falling towards it's demise. Poor balloon.

Wednesday 6 February 2013

the absence of hope

So here is a brief overview of my final major project, which will be enveloping my life for the next three months. It's called "The Absence of Hope". I'm looking at emotion and how it can be applied to fashion. My recently submitted dissertation involved the investigation of emotional branding; more specifically looking into how the fashion industry sells a desirable lifestyle in order to connect with the consumer. For this project I will essentially be doing the opposite.




The aim is to use emotion to connect by way of understanding a negative range of emotions and developing those into tangible garments that comfort the body. I will be looking at vulnerability, comfort, security and restriction - and the balance between these.

Above are some examples of pages from my research proposal. These help to visually demonstrate the mood I am going for. Click on the images to enlarge them to full screen.

Monday 28 January 2013

getting around to it

It's been so long since I've posted that I couldn't even find the "New Post" button. But evidently I did find it and here we are. 

I could make excuses about how my university work has taken up all of my time and life has been too busy, but that's not why I didn't post. I just couldn't be arsed. My enthusiasm for fashion has dwindled somewhat over the past 6 months or so (I haven't established why that is) and yet I still find myself completing the third year of my fashion design course. I am not a quitter.

I am, however, excited about my final major project. We're required to design, develop and produce a six piece collection (in the short space of 12 weeks) on any theme that we choose. The topic that I've chosen came from the idea that fashion is frivolous. In the larger panorama of life, fashion is merely a fruitless distraction. Simply put, you can't polish a turd. And yet we all still try, following trend blindly in the hope of saying something meaningful about our identity.

No, I didn't put that in my proposal. Instead I researched emotion, mortality, hope and hopelessness: looking at the mind, and how a conceptual collection could comfort the soul. The aim is to give some longevity and meaning to an otherwise trifling task. And to get a good mark. 

I shall post some evidence of my hard work, for the minority of people reading this who happen to be interested, at a later date.
I'm Hettie Glen, I'm 22 and a half and currently studying for a degree in Fashion Design.

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