Valentino Couture S/S 12

Valentino's couture S/S 12 collection is beautiful, this stunning lace blouse above is particularly striking. It's crisp white colour and  sparkly embellishment reminds me of a children's book which contained some beautiful illustrations of a 'snowy day fairy.' 

This blouse also reminds me of a piece of design work I completed a few years ago now but is still one of my favourites. I designed and created a mirror based on jewellery. It was during winter so a lot of inspiration also came from Christmas decorations and embellished dresses which were particularly popular around the Christmas party season.

I placed hand embellished pieces of white fabric over a pear- shaped glass droplet. 

Prints, motifs and lot's of Decoration!

"For this new London generation, it's less about the cut and more about the form you can decorate-that's become the big thing in fashion, decoration. It's become the fast, easy way to project your personality on the clothes"

Fleet Bigwood, MA Print tutor at Central Saint Martins. Elle Magazine February 2012 

Giles

Meadham Kirchhoff

Erdem

Christopher Kane

Louise Gray

Mary Katrantzou

These are just a few of my favourite examples from London. So many collections from Spring/Summer 2012 have proved very inspiring. Collections are filled with colour, fluid fabrics and decoration resulting in upbeat, fresh and modern pieces! I've never wished I could afford designer more, but I'm excited to see how some of the trends are interpreted by the High Street in the weeks to come!


Images- style.com

The Sanctuary of Childhood

I came across the work of textile artist Rosie James recently and I was reminded that I had looked at her work before. I found her use of transparent fabrics and loose threads very inspiring for an art project based around childhood. I was originally presented with the title 'Sanctuary' which made me think of an emotional place where you feel content, safe, at peace and therefore confident. I think that it is difficult to achieve this but for me the closet thing was childhood. A child has few inhibitions, a wonderful imagination and is hopefully surrounded by loved ones who provide comfort and security. 

These are a few of my favourite pieces of work from the project.

This is a multi-media piece. I used watercolours and hand stitching on hand-made paper. Making the paper was very much a trail and error experience! I placed pieces of loose thread in the paper mixture before it dried and I really liked the effect created.