Style Icon: 3D Collages

As part of an older university brief we had to style a still life fashion shoot, based on a style icon, which we then had to make into a 3d collage, my style icon i focused on for the brief was the ever so lovely 1960's beauty Anna Karina. Below is the final 3d collage, not only was it based on the fabulous Anna Karina, but we had to reference trend for a season, I chose to look at S/S11: with all it's gorgeous camel tones and feminine shapes I thought this was perfect.


To enhance this story and to further my portfolio direction, I am now in the process of producing a menswear story of the same format, only referencing a male style icon, the handsome and 'King of Cool' Steve McQueen, alongside reference to the A/W11 season. This week I shot the photography of all the clothing I will feature in the collage, here's a sneak peak of the style of imagery and still life pieces for my final 3d collage. I have to now focus my mind on creating these 2d images into a 3d collage.

S/S 2010 Favourite show.....

Chloe has to be my favourite spring catwalk for this season, I love the models natural look, and I appreciate the fact that Hannah MacGibbon showed us that flat shoes can look very sexy and refreshing (I aint a heels type girly girl) and the colour palette for the season is stunning, lots of pastel colours with a variety of beige tones and quick shots of dusk blue.

The first look for me really hit it off, although the look was quite masculine, the cut of the trouser suit and the soft fabric gave it that feminine ideal.

The look had a sense of Anna Karinas style which I love, (very simple, chic styling).
I love to recognise the small details that really help evoke the look; the buttoned up shirt,the cinched in belted waist, the tucked in top. It's all these elements that really highlight the brand of Chloe and inspire me to be a stylist.

Oh, and not forgetting the fact that denim was everywhere for a s/s10 trend, yehay!

New Uni, New ideas, New Briefs, New Me!

Well, I have finished my first semester at UCLAN uni and I've loved every minute of it, even the long commute on a morning, accompanied as always with Chris Moyles and his Radio1 team. It's been a brilliant start to a new life for me.

My briefs have been varied, i've worked alone, in a team, with collage, with a professional photographer on every project, with different models, different materials, it has been a real eye opener, lots of hard work and fun styling ideas. As the course is a lot more focused on the styling side of fashion i have been keeping up to date with the trends up and coming and at present which i have loved doing, i did do this before at UCA but im tending to do it that bit more here, i feel as though i have more free time to be productive here and as im living with the lady my head is really clear and my grades show it, and i dont mind saying it myself (cheeky grin!).

My favourite brief this year has got to be my very first brief. The credit crunch, customisation shoot. It was the first time i have worked with a professional model wearing my clothes and my ideas. The final look im pleased with and in the post production process my shoot only got better, and that little more complex. Im very proud of my sketchbook for this brief, its probably the best i've done in all of 2009.

1st Brief: Credit Crunch Shoot.

2nd Brief: Y.S.L Perfume campaign, group work.

3rd Project: Style Icon, Interview Magazine, Trend Page.

'Nine', Directed superbly by Rob Marshall

Last night i went to the cinema to see the ever so chic, 'Nine', directed by Rob Marshall. I went with the expectation that I wouldn't really enjoy the film as I'm not that big a fan of musicals (and to be honest I went to check out the fashion and the stunning outfits of the film, thank you film reviews and magazines!) but this one, i loved very much. It is the closest Ive been to a musical in a very long time. Im not talking about the sort of musical that's full of glitter, colour and happy go lucky songs, no no, this 'musical' was full of men in suits with slim black ties, women dressed with attitudes and lots of sexy embelishment!

The character that stood out to me for her natural beauty and effortless chic look was Luisa Contini, the wife of the stylish, gritty smoking and main character Guido Contini, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. Luisa, played by Marion Cotillard reminded me of the 1960 beauty, Anna Karina very much there beauty mainly, but there almost identical simple chic elegance mostly.

Anna Karina

I throughly loved the art direction of the film, the stunning setting, the architecture, the music, the characters, everything!

If you want to feel inspired to: read, blog, or something as simple and chic as drink espresso then go see the film.