Spring.

Priscilla, Nancy, blossom & blue.

little bits of late.

Ordered a gorgeous blue copy of Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark, as well as a few other vintage books. Finding time to read a little more, is my aim.

A few christmas treats, blue crystals and pale pink lace bralettes. 

Peach & Ginger tea. 

Pretty tea bags.

Fell in love with this fabric I found. Reminds me of Little House on the Prairie. 

+ Cooped up in the studio as the Ted Baker menswear project deadline approaches... 

Sew sew sew

Been/ sorting through my fabric trunk/ shopping for ribbon/ making pretty things.

Marie Curie / Cloudy friday.

I have a thing against buying books brand new. There's just something so quaint about finding a dusty little book, old and worn, knowing someone before you had appreciated it.

Was looking up Marie Antoinette, and came across Marie Curie. Very far from the Archduchess of Austria, I know, but I was drawn to the texture and colour of the covers, flicked through it and found some lovely little lines.

Saving it for a journey back home..

Of late.

mohair, nude nails, lazy sundays listening to pretty music, essay writing.

Cotton farmin' folk.

Embellished bralette, handmade floral garland on satin coat hanger, close-up, charity shop finds.

Pieces for the Deer Ava collection hanging on my wall... Now i'm wondering if I even want to sell them...
Bought some beautiful 1970's floral fabric in the charity shop yesterday, along with a Roy Orbison vinyl, leather bound sketchbook + one suede + one denim shirt. I do find some gems.
Also, got a thing for Nancy Sinatra.

Latest creations.

Chiffon kimono with pearl embellishments, and pale pink, lace hem shorties.

Lolita-esque Cream Chiffon Bralette.

Here's the second piece I've been working on. The cream chiffon bralette. I always forget how frustrating it is working with such delicate, cobweb-like fabrics. The garment is nowhere near finished yet, I just pinned it onto the mannequin to see how it looked thus far and decided to take a quick shot of the creation process.

The Striped 50's Bralette.

The last couple days I've been busy working on the first piece of the collection, the faded candy coloured striped, 1950's inspired bralette. Clearly, it's not quite finished yet, still have to sew in the back, then add a few buttons for the fastenings and maybe add a little bow detail at the front. I love the material, so many different things spring to mind just looking at it, vintage sweet packaging, waitress's aprons in fifties diners, old school summer dresses. The fabric, combined with the design are both just so expressive of the vision I had in mind... summery, pin-up style, vintage beachwear inspired. I can't wait to get this one finished so I can start making the checkered powder blue bralette, and also a creamy white Lolita-esque one too.

New Material, New Project.

Lately I have a thing for vintage style checks and stripes and since finishing my final major project at uni, I've been eager to start creating again.

I'm currently in the midst of designing ideas for new pieces, more bralettes, more embellished kimono's, think vintage-summer, faded candy colours and beachwear. I think the fabric I picked up today, the colours and the textures really express what I have in mind for the small collection. I've already started experimenting with the fabric, and will continue to post about the creation process. I just have to remember to stay inspired and motivated.

Exhibition Show

A few shots from the Foundation Exhibition Show at London College of Communication. So pleased with how the piece turned out. The course is finished now, and the years been really difficult, but I've learnt a lot in terms of what I'm interested in artistically, what inspires me and what I want to pursue in the future. Next year I'm off to Nottingham Trent to do a degree in Fashion Design, so excited.

Embellished Kimono & Satin Lace Pieces.

Shots of the embellished chiffon kimono.

As well as creating lingerie pieces such as bralettes and tap pants, I thought I would create some sort of kimono to go with them. Having purchased a light chiffon material from a vintage shop, I realised it was too thin to make underwear out of, but it was the perfect fabric to produce a kimono. Also, in the process of trying to figure out which lingerie pieces will be placed on the mannequin, and how the installation will appear in the exhibition space. The photographs above show the cream satin pieces as well.

To accompany the lingerie garments in the exhibition, I created photography pieces too, of my model (Laura Marie Keogh) wearing the cream satin pieces. From the shoot, I chose the three strongest photos and framed them, to hang on the wall in the exhibition space.

To see the photographs from the shoot...