About Me

My great grandfather was a tailor, my great grandma was a seamstress, and my mother has worked in garment design and construction. I am inspired by my family’s history as I have been fascinated by the world of fashion from a young age, and I would like to think that one day I will follow in my fellow ancestor’s footsteps.

My digital portfolio consists of an assortment of my work produced over the previous two years. I have selected examples of both, my recent pieces of work and my GCSE work, including drawing, designer research and photography but my main interest has been garment design and construction.  The garments I have created are all based on certain themes and initial ideas, which I have developed and backed up by research and samples, and are demonstrated in my sketchbooks. By using a theme, I believe I have shown my originality and creativity in each module of the curriculum.

My personal pieces of work, such as my Prom dress which was a copy of a Sherry Hill, and the examples of travel photography (the pictures taken at Lymm Dam) are hobbies I have enjoyed doing in my leisure time. I also enjoy observational drawing and sketching. I like to explore different perspectives of art and design as this enables me to develop new skills.

I would be more than delighted to be considered for a place at MMU for fashion because I believe this course has a lot to offer me in terms of working towards my dream career in the fashion industry. I also feel I have the enthusiasm and commitment to succeed. I am more than willing and excited at the prospect of learning new skills and working along with my fellow students and tutor to achieve my goal.  

Corset Fashion Drawings

Observational Drawings

Shoe Observation

'Rags to Riches' - Dress inspired by Burlesque and Victorian Fashion

This is one of my most recent peices of work. At the front I have specialised in smocking which I learnt to do as a sample in my Rags to Riches project and then practised until it was neat enough to make into a garment. The dress is inspired by burlesque and Victorian fashion, keeping things that they both have in common (the bustle and the corset) and twisting together things that they don't have in common, which in this case would be the look of femininity and purity of an upper class Victorian lady, (hence the rich colours and the lace) as well as making the skirt shorter at the front and a little longer at the back to give it a sense of suggestiveness, which occurred alot in the outfits burlesque dancers wore.    

Recycled Project - Collar and Dress



Collar - this is ironed, white plastic bags fused together into a circular shape. The inner part of the collar is outlined with cardboard and newspaper trimming.
Necklace - this is an example of paper manipulation; long strips of cardboard and paper are cut out and wound round a pencil to make beads, which are then threaded onto a strip of old ribbon.



Bodice - this is black plastic bin bags fused together using a heat press. Tins cans are threaded onto a shoe lace to create the top of the corset as well as having scrunched up newspaper attached to the the top of the black bodice.
Skirt- the waistband is a strong peice of cardboard used to hold books together. A phonebook was used to cut out swirling patterns which were then attached to the waistband. The skirt is attached at the back with a peg.

Prom Dress

High waisted dress, based on 'Cells and View Points'

Corset and Skirt based on my Butterfly Project

Bag based on Sweets

Designer analysis - These are a few basic designs of four outfits by Emilio Pucci. I chose his work for inspiration of my bag design because the dramatic patterns and vibrant colours stood out to me because they reminded me of what I was basing the design on, boiled sweets. He has made all these items different from each other, which appealed to me and inspired me to design something bright and elaborate. 

Photography





Lymm Dam - I took many pictures like these during the summer. Both of these pictures were taken at a place called Lymm Dam, and personally are my favourite because of the contrast of the colours in the sky and the shadowed look of the plants. I also love how these features are refelcted in the water and how the sun played a big part in this effect. The top one was when the sun was just setting and the bottom one is early dusk; I had to position myself in the right lighting in order get the effect I wanted.