Shirt for Gwen

Part of my AS course was to design and produce a shirt for a celebrity. I chose Gwen Stefani, and after researching into her style thoroughly, I came up with the design of a fairly simple pale blue shirt at the front, with a yoke and mesh cut-out at the back. I decorated the mesh with embroidery patches and sequins.



Images: top: catwalk image courtesy of Ben Rose.
bottom: my camera.

Yoho Yoho

As shown in my She's A Pirate sketchbook post, this is my final piece that I made for A level Textiles.

[Toille]


[Final product; frock coat, corseted bodice and skirt]




[On the catwalk at the London School's Fashion Show auditions]


[On the catwalk at our annual school Fashion Show]



Models: Alex Clarke & Amy Groom
All images from my camera.

Interactive Fashion Show

Several weeks ago, I attended an interactive fashion show at Harvey Nichols. The models walked around the shop floor amongst the viewers and rails of clothing!


All images from my camera.

London School's Fashion Show 2009

My secondary school competed three years in a row for the London School's Fashion Show, a competition run for London school's to showcase their textiles departments, and compete for some great prizes. The past two years I have been commissioned, with the help of my friend Jake, to choreograph the actual catwalk set. Similarly to the style of John Galliano's shows, we didn't just want to use a basic fashion catwalk routine, we wanted it to be animated. Last year we used Daft Punk's 'Technologic', and turned the models into robotic mannequins. This year, using a combination of Muse's 'Super Massive Black Hole' and Deadmau5's 'Ghosts n Stuff', we created a paparazzi, red carpet feel to the catwalk, accessorising the models with big sunglasses.

Backstage: Designers (& models); Louisa Giardina and Ellie Salvidge



The choreography in rehersals: Models; Mya Chavda, Jade Chilcott, Shelby Clark, Jake Fearey, Louisa Giardina, Amy Groom, Joanna Hunnisett, Ellie Salvidge and Lindsay Wistow



All the outfits: Hair and make up by Jake Fearey



The first year, our school won the prize for needlecraft and skill, the second year we came runner up for overall choreography, and this year, we won the choreography and performance prize.
Congratulations to Shelby & Amy, who won the two university bursaries, and have now gone on to university to study fashion related courses.


All images from my camera.

Vicious

My GCSE textiles outfit themed "Punk", created from adapted pattern blocks. It features typical 'punk' tartan fabric as well as a transfer of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols on the back of the jacket.

These photos were taken at my annual school fashion show in 2007.

Designer & Machinist: Jasmine Virtue
Model: Alex Clarke
Photography: Ben Rose

The Beginning

Let's start with where my blog header inspiration came from. It's a picture I shot from the front row of the trend show at London Fashion Weekend, earlier this year in March.










With a range of designer's work being featured, including the likes of Matthew Williamson, Julien Mcdonald, accessories by Johnny loves Rosies and even shoes by Terry de Havilland, it was a great opportunity to be experiencing from the front row.

All images sourced from my camera.