getting organised........

So we've been on "holidays" for a couple of weeks already, due to the campus move... I've purchased most of my fabrics now, which is a massive relief to be honest. Certainly a challenge to pay for on a student budget though! I really wish I'd started saving a lot earlier now!


I still have to buy the organza and duchess satin for the wedding dress, as well as the black (possible knit fabric) for the gloves that play a huge part in my collection. I just can't find an exact match anywhere in the organza for the gorgeous duchess satin that completely ties in my entire collection. So I can't really buy the duchess satin yet until I know I have a match in the organza. Devastation. Hopefully something presents itself in the next couple of months. Or maybe the Hong Kong trip will prove fruitful...


I leave on Wednesday for 8 days in Hong Kong with a big group of other students. Although I'm incredibly excited to go, I know I have a lot of work to come home to. This trip will be the calm before the storm.... Hong Kong doesn't have a lot of eveningwear fabrics, but maybe I will get lucky with the organza and the gloves fabric... We'll see.


Bon Voyage, see u when I'm back in Oz - hopefully with good news.
I'll leave you with an image of my mood/storyboard...

Design Process = COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!

So I've now finished the design process and I'm in the midst of producing my rangeboard! Kind of scary to think that these six outfits will be the end of my time at tafe... I really want this time to end on a good note, so I'm going to do everything that I can to make this collection the best that it could possibly be. My blood, sweat and tears are certainly going to be put in to this collection... Kind of exciting when you think about it like that.


So my six outfits consist of six dresses... The first three are cocktail, the fourth is bordering on evening, the fifth (my fav) is an extravagant evening gown that has a fishtail sort of shape and the final piece..... drumroll... is a gorgeous wedding dress with a sweetheart neckline and a skirt with layers upon layers of ruffles in organza... hopefully i can find the right organza to match my incredibly softly coloured mauve duchess satin!!


My collection is POSSIBLY going to be called Wine and Roses... and I am naming each outfit exactly what it reminds me of... e.g. Cosmos and Canapes or Champagne and Chandeliers... The colour theme plays a big part in these names and... As the theme is COCKTAIL WEDDING, the names are also very fitting....


We now have approximately 5 weeks of holidays whilst our campus is being moved to the City... This worries me a bit because I don't exactly have the facilities to patternmake at home. It could be an interesting next few weeks! I don't think my Mum would be too happy if I ruin her fairly new kitchen bench... keep tuned, lots of drama ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I'll leave you with a few inspirational piccies to give you some idea of what's to come...