graduate fashion week

i have to condense my portfolio into 40 pages for graduate fashion week. i also need to add some other elements into my pages to showcase all of the things i have learnt over the past 3 years, this all has to be done by tuesday, so wish me luck.

heres some of my diesel pages i have squeezed into 4 pages instead of 12

i also have amended my customer profile, changing the size of text and the font and adding more contextual images.

some further alterations:

exciting

ive been contacted by a recruiter about a job for a supplier to arcadia, river island etc, very exciting, theyve asked me to create a range board for one of the brands around the woven/denim area. ive started one outfit, which i think i could see in Topshop. here it is:

photography

while working on my portfolio, i realised i had not put in much primary research, a lot of the imagery i have used for research is found. i have taken some photographs and edited them, linking them to my colour palette and theme by changing the colours and contrast. here are some of the photographs:

 the tulips in the photos below were originally red, i edited the colours to tie them in with my fairytale forest collection.

new pages

i have been experimenting with different graphic layouts to go into my portfolio. i am quite pleased with the outcomes as i think they lift my work to a new level, making it more interesting.

more portfolio

portfolio

yesterday i went and bought loads of fashion and photography magazines to research layout and style within a publication. this was in order to develop my portfolios style. i have come up with a few new ideas from this method which are shown below. i am really trying to develop and improve my presentation style in order to look more professional. this should hopefully help me with future employers as i have not heard anything back from the examples of work i have sent out so far. i may decide to only use selected ones of these, but it is giving me chance to experiment with different styles.

final line up

i havent blogged for a while, ive been working on my dissertation (which is now finished!) so whenever ive been on my laptop, thats what ive been doing. as well as the essay, i have been developing my designs and have finally come up with a final line up, which im pretty happy with. i think the whole collection goes together and various outfits mix the look up a bit. i have also added elements like floral headbands and frilly socks to my figures as i think that carries on the look through the styling. i have experimented with print and colour on each outfit and have chosen ones that i think show a variety of different aesthetics to give my customer a range of items to choose from. i think my collection reflects my carefree customer and reflects the theme title as i feel it looks quite magical and mystical. 

here is my final line up, a collection of 24 outfits for the theme Fairytale Forrest