Tuesday, 31 May 2011

12;28 & i have managed to finished the majority of my garment tech unit after another long day at work. got all my shapes, detail and fabric onto photshop & made a mock buying pack - now all that is left to do is my open costing and summary :)

Monday, 30 May 2011

My overall pricing architecture i have also done a pricing triangle for each range in order to break it down.
had a LONG day at work today but am now up at 1am on a role with my 'EcoEra Chic' page and my pricing architecutre - feeling quite calm as i have the majority of the 'big bits' done. been really pushing myself and doing extra pieces to try and get a distinction so fingers crossed ! going to have some time with teachers this week just to oversee everything i have done so far and will let you know my feedback :) xxx

Friday, 27 May 2011

An example of one of my key shapes pages..






Here are some of the images i have used on my key shapes pages to show where my inspiration has come from. I scanned these images from 'Vintage Fashion' foreword by Zandra Rhodes.

today..

RANGE PLAN & CRITICAL PATH - MERCHANDISING & OPTION SHEET
finiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiito
after much tweeking and playing around im finally happy with the 'number side' of my fmp :)
just got home from work so im going to crack on with some additional creative work to pull my work together.
pics will be up later xx

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

MORE NUMBERS - BIGGER BOO.

So i went over my range plan with the girls this morning and tops up we have all worked out our landed wrong so i had to redo them which put me a bit behind scedule. its done now and it looks good :) then spoke to debbie about my quantitys and she gave me an exel document which was a more precise way of working them out.. so managed to get that done too. Tweeked my option sheet and finalising my colour & pattern pages as part of my ranges. pics coming soon xxxxxx

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

the numbers #boo

RANGE PLAN - ALMOST FINITO ! need to talk to angie about my quantaties and make up some fancy factory names.
feel alot better now this is done so i cant crack on with my critical path & sourcing essay tomorrow.
its been a loooooooooooooooooong day.
had my tutorial with rachael (sourcing) and have managed to complete my range plan (line detail) after ALOT of faffing around with factors. going to now fill in my option sheets & will post them later xx

Monday, 23 May 2011

perfect range for that rock chick girl looking for a statement piece for the weekend. found this range quite challenging as i really had to take my personal opinion out and think what was right for the customer.
i dont like to have favourites BUT i LOVE this range. would defo buy everything in it, stil very commerical..
used some fabric i took from my work placement to form the pattern on the items within this range
The 50's.. very sandy & the pink ladies xxx

RANGES.

now for the ranges, although i started the blog late this exact time is the moment i finished all of my ranges - yaaaaaaaaaaaaay. debbie likes them too #bonus
HERES THE 1920'S..
From my compshop, store visits & trip to the vintage fair i have collated a trend analysis of each era in order to show key trends of that time and how i can incorperate them into my own range.
I got talking to a lady who was a retired fashion designer, she was selling fabric samples from the 1950's and 1960's so i snapped a few up..
This lady has a house in france and is constantly travelling all over france to vintage markets..
what an amazing job ! she was lovely too here are some of her twenties pieces..
cheeky bit of 60's xx
AMAZING building

'FROCK ME' Vintage fair @ Chelsea town hall..

Very inspirational trip to the 'FROCK ME' vintage fair with mumma phillips.
You will see later how my findings strongly influenced the EcoEra product.
Met some amazing people, including a lady that served Jean Paul Gautier the last time it was in London - jel !
As well as this trip forming part of my research it was a very enjoyable day for the mother and myself with her constantly saying "i had one of those" with everything i picked up" ! the day ended nicely with a trip to pizza express and a glass of wine.

Here are some of my favourite pieces..
The 80's. Madonna, like a virgin ? desperetly seeking susan ? #crazymakeup&hair
70's. - my most favourite era - fashion, music, film - everthing.
My 60's moodboard, was so tempted to put Austin Powers on here - he sort of lowered the tone though..
1950's moodboard, #thinkgreece

The moodboards to inspire my new ranges..

My 1920's moodboard..