Topshop Student Shop

Don't forget tomorrow is Topshop's Student shop! 20% off EVERYTHING. Yes everything for 2 days only! (12th and the 13th of October) 6 till 10pm! We'll have a DJ playing great music while you shop, goodie bags and not forgetting a photographer to take pictures of Birmingham's best dressed people, to be shown on Topshop's official facebook page!!
www.topshop.com see anything you like on here? well get 20% off it instore tomorrow!!

p.s you don't even need a student card to get 20% off, how crazy is that!? (i know possibly defeats the whole object of a student night!)

get your best gear on and I'll see you there!

Last week Update

So as you may or may not know, i worked behind the scenes for Style Birmingham Live Last week/weekend! I had such a great time, free Harvey Nichols lunch, surrounded by gorgeous models and not to mention the unbelievably handsome George Lamb! He was so lovely a very genuine guy considering all the attention he was getting from my fellow college fashion students. Anyway thought I'd post a few photo's. Enjoy!

me and the lovely George Lamb

In trend: Model in smart camel coat by COS or Reiss

Dee and me backstage

after the first show, the buttons came off

Lace inspired ladies

models together In Osmand

Rehearsals

Osmand Collection

Model in Jaeger dress

Special collection s/s 2008 by Osmand

Model with special guest designer Osmand

Moody Blues.

I'm feeling pretty blahh today! There's no other way to sum it up, I need a holiday.

Photography by: Elliot Hunt
For No Name Required

Ready To Wear

FIN

I have to say I'm rather proud of my self, i have trousers to match the picture doesn't give the Burgundy (matches the lining inside the coat) cord any justice!

shame i haven't got my design sheets to show, will try and get those asap!

Back To Square One

I have been using this facial expression quite a lot lately, except my eyebrows are shaped in position where its more or less saying FML or WTF! This post would have been different if my scanner/douche of a machine would work, but clearly nothings going right for me this week. I was going to finish my coat pattern for my FMP but i can't seem to find it and now i know for sure I'm not going to have my garments sewed and ready for next Monday. Works taking the muggins as well, I've been put in for 7am till 11am, sounds okay but not when you have be up at 5am. Then Monday I'm back up for 7 again for college, guess you just have roll on with it i suppose, lots of early nights too! Work was rather interesting, too i checked out Topshop's new make up collection, it seems to be a massive hit, just to let you know, there are free make overs going on with professional make up artist but its only for a limited time so be sure to get down there soon, i hear the Polish coloured lip tint is brilliant! Lunchtime in the staff room was pretty funny too usually I'm always on my lunch when everyone else is still on the floor, but I'm dealing with a few "situations" as they say at the moment, so it was nice to get some advice from the girls from work, and hear about their situations, we also had a little input from a very nice guy who works on Topman, very sweet. Lunchtime was just like watching Loose Women! This was then followed by going for a Starbucks with my friend Rosie from work, it was nice to hear some sensible advice over a caramel light frappuccino (which, may i add is my new favourite thing, thanks Rosie!) Things have been made much clearer, i just need to decide now how I'm going to deal with it.
So now I'm off to do some needed sketchbook work, and hopefully I'll find my coat pattern! arghh!! And hopefully things will start going well for me!

There's no time like the present.

You don't even have to say it. I know I've been slacking majorly on this blog! I have a strange few days and am so exhausted from work and college and more work, its all caught up with me to be frank. I've just started a new sketchbook as I've now changed my whole concept for my Final Major Project. My theme is hunting, i gathered i should do something different as everyone else in my class seems to have the same sort of idea (no offence guys), so i actually thought to myself "How would you survive, in an apocalyptic disaster?" i mean you'd need to eat wouldn't you so, i thought about hunting, i researched the things that they wear and turns out its pretty trendy stuff (sounded like my mom there! woah!) Using my Barbour coat also as inspiration, I've really enjoyed researching for my new idea. I'm trying to scan some images of my sketchbook to show you, but my scanners playing up so when I've sorted that out i will post some design idea's too!
To be honest i haven't been up too much, just work and college, Topshop have launched their new make up, i think it hit stores yesterday, so be sure to pop in! with every purchase of make up you get a free cute canvas bag but that's if they have any left! I'm not looking forward to my early shift on Saturday, i can just see it now, loads of 12 year old girls trying on make up and then misplacing it on the floor somehow it goes everywhere! joy oh joy! its uniform this month too! i know most of you guys would be like why the hell are you complaining its Topshop! but so far I've only found one item that i like and even then I'm having second thoughts?! so if anyone See's anything that would be suitable be sure to let me know!
Yesterday i was feeling pretty low, never the less I'm so grateful i have my friend Sian to knock some sense into me, she's the best at cheering me up. We went for tea at Starbucks and then decided the only thing that would make me feel better was to buy something!
God it sure did work, we headed down to COW on Digbeth before it closed and i managed to grab some goodies £8 suede leather top (beauty) £14 leather gladiators (so comfortable) and a men's shirt £3, so to me i reckon i had a pretty good day.
I'll post some pictures up of the new possession's and sketchbook, over the weekend, i know it sucks that I'm being so lazy but I've been a busy girl ;) If your not busy though you should check out ELLE photographer Andrew Woffinden, His photo's have been inspiring me a lot with this new project.

FML

Not only do i have 5 weeks to complete my final major project, and by that i mean: i need to have 3 completed sketchbooks and 3 final garments finished. My Sketchbooks are looking pretty poor at the moment and so is my bank, but we've also just been told it's 8 weeks until our end of year show and the last to garments we have made have to be completed and ready for the catwalk, plus we also have design t-shirts, decide where were going hold the fashion show and help the 2 years complete their collections! I'm so stressed at the moment, i don't even want to think about all the work i have to do, besides that I'm pretty much broke again till the end of next week. It's not looking good at all! I guess I'm just going to have to buckle down and get ready for the next few weeks of being stressed to the limit!

Better late than never.

I've been slacking a bit on the old blog lately, although i have been pretty busing, working, sleeping, drinking and working. All kinds of fun stuff. This is my last week off college and thoughts of my project have been looming over me. Its called PROTECT, HIDE, MOVE, SEARCH. We have to pretend we are one of few survivors in an apocalyptic crisis of our choice, however all our belongings are destroyed no clothes, shelter, protection, nothing. We have to design a garment that will be able to protect and help us survive. We also have to experiment with textiles and work with a surface pattern to fit with the design. There's quite going into this project, we have to explain in our sketchbooks and about films, natural disasters, inspirational designers, design sheets, illustrations, annotation (lots of that) you name it! it has to be in there! and so being typical me, I've kind of left it to the last minute! i know it's my own fault but the inspiration hasn't been flowing, I'm just finding it hard to get back into the swing of things! But this weeks things are about to change and I'm going to commit and get some work done, so i might not be updating my blog until I've got a good few pages done and I'll be sure to take some pictures to show the progress. Until then folks, hope you have a good week!