Design chosen

I've been working on the project for a while, and today the design I'm going to make is chosen.

It's the one with the roses all over the front. I'm excited! Can't wait to see it in reality.

Jersey done!

Finally I have finished my jersey. It was not difficult to do. However, for some reasons I got the neck cuff wrong. I unpicked it, did it again, got it wrong again. Unpicked again, did it again, finally got it right! My mom is an architect but she does sew as well. She told me so many times that sewing means techniques and being patient. I nearly lost mine when I got it wrong the second time. But I did it. I'm proud of myself.

Vietnamese New Year

Today is Vietnamese New Year's day. It's the biggest occasion of the year. New Year is the time when people celebrate a new spring and spend some family time together. In my country, during New Year, people wear colourful clothes, normally a lot of red for luck. However, this year, we wear less red, still colourful clothes but a bit more neutral compared to the previous years.

Jersey workshop

We have done patterns of a basic jersey on Lectra now ready to be printed out. I'm excited. I want to be able to work with jersey. The tutors said that sewing machines won't be used. Only overlockers. Cool.

By the way, R.I.P Alexander McQueen...

Started making a dress

It might not be my toile. It's too early to be sure about it now. I'm just playing around as I like this design. Not bad, is it?

FDP Feedback day

Really not happy about my result.

Smiling models

As a customer, I find that fashion photos with models either smiling or dancing or whatever make them look like they are having fun, make people want to buy the clothes more, compared to photos that models look cold, serious or something like that. I can't deny that photos with models looking cold are very beautiful, but somehow "happy" photos just make me feel happy too and want to buy the clothes. Maybe by seeing "happy" photos, customers are told "Buy these clothes, you will be happy like us!" without knowing it.

Factory girl

Just watched it tonight. I've heard about it for a long time but this is the first time I've watch it. It's a great movie actually. I'm researching about Andy Warhol for my project, and watching a bit of his life on movie gave me a different experience than just reading.

I really like Edie (by Sienna Miller), not only because of her personality but also her style, her clothes and yes, her makeup. She really inspired me. I'm going to sketch some rough designs now.

By the way, Hayden Christensen is so hot.

My PCCP result was not bad. I'm happy with it but really hope I will get much better in time.

Dazed & Confused Magazine - February issue

Crazy dresses. Not realistic but awfully creative and inspiring.

Manifesto is going ok. I'm doing some research about Pop Art and Feminism. Simple, nice colours from Pop Art combined with nice shape of body curves and light, soft materials equal strongly expressive, elegant, sexy clothes.