christmas eve!!! working on our holiday homework!! found some interesting illustrators!!

CRAFT/DESIGN/ART.

i look at craft, art and design as very different things, i would define craft as something you would ideally make yourself, with your hands, or at least be hands on, like knitwear, you can create something completely unique because you choose every part of it, design i look at as your thoughts, ideas, inspiration in an image or drawing, something you wish to create, and i look at art as a little bit of everything, theres art in most things we see, things are made for a reason, and things that arent made, were meant to be that way, weather it be a beautifully archtectured building or a curling leaf in autumn.

SEMESTER 1, evaluation....

This semester i have particularly enjoyed knitwear and professional studies, i have learnt a lot of new skills which will be of great value to me in the future. Doing professional studies in particular has completely changed my outlook on the course and perhaps changed my ideas as to what path i want to take in the future also, im now seeing a completely different side to the fashion industry.
I struggled a little with pattern cutting, simply for the technical side of it is so precise, but i guess that makes sense, you want your pieces to be perfect, i also found settling into manufacturing a little tedious simply because it took a while getting used to the way the different machines worked and how things were set up in a different way.
In a short space of time i think i have picked up numerous new skills, and now that i have had a taster of the different rotations, im beginning to make up my mind about what i want from this course....

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES...

after all our seminars and lectures throughout the first semester, im in two minds about what i want to do now, i kind of like the idea of the more fore-casting and styling part of fashion....we'll see.

Also looking at possible work experience for next year.

would have liked to attend the clothes show this year in birmingham....

http://www.clothesshowlive.com/highlights/style-show/fashion-capital

http://www.thefashionspot.com/

looked at several fashion based websites online, i like this one alot, lots of tips and tricks! news updates...ALLSORTS!
online forums, blogs and websites are a massive help with professional studies,constantly up-dated.

FUR ON THE CATWALK?

another touchy subject, i don't really know what to make of the whole fur for fashion debate, whilst i seem to veer closer to the against side i have an understanding as to why the use of fur is still in motion, yes its beautiful, but at a large cost, i personally wouldn't wear fur, but im not going to get at anybody who does, my mind isn't really made up, so im gonna have to rain-cheque on this one because i don't have an answer....although i looked online and found some interesting images.
this may sound a little in-sensitive, and i dont mean to offend anybody, however i cant help but think its slightly hypocritical when people are OK with animals dying to be eaten but not to be worn...i can sympathise with animals that are endangered or in small numbers, but on mass we eat beef and wear leather?

like i said, I'm not sure.....

(images from google.com)