My designs

This image is some of my quick designs of dress style and different colours for them. I have also been exploring label ideas for my business and clothing, I have been trying out pastel colours vs. normal colours but I think I like the pastel colours better, they look more classy.

My future business

This is my final logo for my business that I am developing. I plan to run an online business making bespoke occasion wear dresses for women size 8-12.
I have been researching a few existing businesses including BooHoo.com, Missguided and AX Paris who all sell mass-produced dresses at very cheap prices. Although these companies are not particularly my competition since I offer a bespoke service, I still wanted to look at their pricing and postage and packing costs because I would still like to have reasonably competitive prices. I think my main rival is Kate Fearnley from Middlesbrough who sells a range of dresses online and in her store but also offers a bespoke service like myself.

The Peacock Feather Dress

As I am half way through my Final Major Project I am going to share my progress so far in the next few blogs. The image above is a sneak peek of the surface decoration I will be using for my dress. They are real Peacock neck, head and chest feathers which will be attached to the corset of the dress.

The Tale of Two Cities

I am currently in the middle of a project designing and making an 18th century dress and corset for Madame DeFarge from the book A Tale of Two Cities. Here is a few designs from my book and a sneak peak at the dress so far!

Homemade Heaven!

My perfected cupcake #1 Delicious Chocolate chip cupcake with a Baileys frosting smothered in melted galaxy chocolate and chocolate chips... a chocolate lovers dream!

 

 

My second perfected cupcake #2 A refreshing subtle lemon flavoured cupcake with a Limoncello frosting to add a kick, topped off with a flower made of royal icing sprinkled with lemon edible glitter to make is sparkle!

 

 



Professional Studies Report

Our new module in my Professional Studies lesson is to write a 2500 word report on our desired plans after we finish university in terms of careers and jobs. I'm feeling very inspired thinking about what I would like to do and can't wait to put it into practice! I am currently starting to develop a cupcake business specialising in alcoholic cupcakes that taste amazing (even if I say so myself!) I would like to continue to develop that and see where it takes me but also I am looking at starting my own online business for evening/party dresses which I will look into further.

Contextual Studies - The 1950's Housewife

I have just recently handed in my 3000 word essay for my Contextual Studies project at University. My essay was to discuss the backdrop of figure moulding underwear, suburban prettiness, and
advertisements that showed the housewife surrounded by consumer goods and how the 1950s
fashions placed women firmly back within the domestic environment. Through my research for the project i found out a lot of interesting things about the ideas society had of women and the hype about the image of a housewife. It was an extremely fascinating topic to write about and I feel like I did very well in that whole module.