Uni Chaos

Mad dash to complete, check and finish a pattern for a garment.

1cm seam allowance, name, date, piece, paper, notches, smooth cutting, smooth seam run, drill holes, grainline, balance lines.

For every piece, I had a good 30-40 pieces.

stress.

Mannequins. 

Bit of sculptural, futuristic degree work.

The press.

and Coverstitch.

Laying of fabric and patterns.

Perfection.

Despite the pressure you can always find time for 5 mins of Facebook.

I guess that's a good thing.

My half finished tailored garments for my final collection, they were a dream to sew, thank goodness.

as the silk shorts and blouse sure were not.

This dress I believe is the piece de la resistance of my collection, the skirt has many layers including, a lining, a body, a brown satin underlay and then the lace.

thanks to Charlie for helping me cut the many triangles at the hem of the lace.

Brilliantly British

This is an old fashion shoot for British Vogue from a few years ago, as much as I love Australia, the British are a huge design inspiration for me.

I love the pomp and circumstance of London. the sharp military, yet uniquely British aspects, have the perfect ability to be recreated with both soft and harsh fabrics in many colours.

Classic tartans which harc to the Scots compliment the "pomp and circumstance" perfectly.

Ballet brings a unique contempory but still traditional focus to the shoot.

Public school style, mixed with the Sloane Square couture.

Eton, anybody?

God save the Queen

Flights of Fancy

This is some more work from university, we had a brief given to us, which was to create a bias cut gown from flat pattern-making.

I had been toying with the option of using birds as an inspiration for an assignment for a while but had been putting it off, however it seemed appropriate to use the peacock as a source of inspiration for this assignment.

Exploring with my chosen trim and fabric during the design process.

Moodboard

Final boards, the one above is the dress I took through to pattern making and construction.

This picture is from the initial design stage, while I was still draping the fabric on the dress form. This picture is most like the final product.

Dannevirke Autumn

Painted Espana

Oil on Canvas (2008)

This is a painting that I completed in 2008. 

Possibly my most favourite painting I have done myself.

Since coming to university, painting has become a forgotten talent, in favour of a set square, tape measure, snips, shears, bobbin and kraft.

Current Inspiration

English Woodlands

Play

Project 2010

Regal Opulence

This is a garment from my End Of Year Project 2009 for university, inspiration behind this garment came from the Queens Guards from outside Buckingham Palace. Although, this is not nessesarily a direct reference to them as I softened the colour palette right down to red, gold and dropping  the signature queens guard, black for predominantly navy.

These are the large gold buttons used down the placket of the crop jacket, I really like how they are particularly eye catching in all types of light.

This is my desk during the design process.

I spy, paint, double sided tape, vitamins, iPod, paint brush, rotary cutter, fabric, mess, open drawer, queens guards, computer mouse, paper, visual diary, water, pens, pencils, laptop, printer, usb, opi, scissors.

A little bit of final design work here, with help from Photoshop and trusty Paint for PC.

This garment is just a simple crop jacket, designed in mind to give the wearers look a simple and feminine military edge.

Rachael (right) borrowed my cropped jacket for a 21st in April, she wore it well, with a simple black dress underneath and some chunky gold jewellery which worked well with the gold buttons.