Pre-collection work

At the moment we are working hard on our pre-collection garments. Toiling and making the final garments.

LACE

Today after uni, I went to see my friend Michelle, who were showing a collection at an event called LACE (London Africa Cultural Event)! It was a cool show, although I felt that sometimes the choreography was a bit too much and too dragged out. 

Theme boards

To be able to start develop our designs, we spent class yesterday creating theme boards. Believe it or not, but we actually spent the entire class, 6 hours, on three boards. When putting together a theme board you have to consider images and layout very carefully, so you have to spend a lot of time on each board. 

The tutor gave us some directions; the first board had to contain three square- or rectangle shaped images, the second one could have a maximum of five images in any shape creating one image together, and the third had to take inspiration from an image found in a graphic design book and also had to have words on it.

I ended up with these (photos taken with my phones camera):

Not a Sunday roast

I met up with Ivy and Nelson today! The plan was to go for a Sunday roast, however we soon noticed that every place we found was completely booked for the entire day (of course), so we ended up going to a Vietnamese restaurant instead. It was still a nice way to spend a Sunday, even though we didn't get the roast, and now we know that next time we should probably book in advance :)

My new skin remedy: Latex

I played around with liquid latex today, to try to get some inspiration for my project I guess. This type of liquid latex is meant to be painted on the body, so I figured it would be fun to paint my face with it. With some help from my friend Sannie, it was turned into a pretty cool photo shoot!

Photo shoot

Part of the assignment that I showed in a previous post was to make a photo shoot with the garment we made, and my flatmate Natasha was nice enough to model for it today!

Design process

So classes have started again, and we already have loads to do! Last week, we started to work on our themes for the final collections, and among other things I made this mood board:

Then yesterday, the assignment was to dye some fabric red (though mine turned out a horrible bright pink...) plus getting a different fabric in another colour, then using the mood board for inspiration while draping on a stand. The draping doesn't have to look wearable, it's all just a part of the creating process. The in the end we were to take one of the "looks" we came up with and make it into something wearable.

Just a little insight in what we're doing in class ;)

yesterday

There's been a lot going on lately, with preparing for the school start, finding a room etc, and I've had very limited access to wifi. Now, all of that (except the wifi, I'm at a café writing this) is taken care of, so you'll hopefully see more on here from now on!

Yesterday, Terés and I went to Muswell Hill. We looked in stores then sat down at a café to have some coffee. After that, I went to the Swedish church here in London to see the results of the election that has been going on in Sweden. Unfortunately I wasn't very happy when I left. The fact that an openly racist party is the third biggest in the country is seriously frightening! What also baffles me is that there was actually swedish people here in London who voted for that party. If it were for that party, those people wouldn't even be able to live abroad.

To change the subject - My classes started today, and I'm really excited about this term! I will post more about it once we've started working on the projects!

Life right now

I just love being back in London! There is always something fun going on! Yesterday, after looking for flats most of the day, I went to the covent garden area and found a really nice cafe' so I decided to treat myself with a cup of coffee and a muffin!

After that, I had a long conversation with Tobias over skype, while waiting to meet up with Anna and her friends Greg and Mona. We had a few drinks and a bit of food, then we found a place that had some form of free event and disco going on (right now I don't remember what it was called). There was a section where you could dress up and be photographed and this is what we looked like:

Then we walked over thames, looking at this fantastic view!

Friday drinks

Gee and I met up with Ivy today after she finished work and the three of us went to a bar in Soho. We talked about when we used to work together at GBK and lots of other things. The bar was quite cool as well. Their cocktails all had unusual names and flavors. Mine was called Aye Pod and tasted of cardamom and blackberries! It was actually surprisingly good!

I am back

It's been a bit of delay with this post. I arrived in London on tuesday evening, and since then I have had so much to take care of. I am in the middle of looking for flats, which is not an easy task here in London as there are so many rubbish flats out there. So many rooms are way over prized for the size and location, and the sad thing is that the landlords get away with it since there are so many that are desperate for rooms. While I'm looking for a room, I am staying with my dear friend Gee and her sister.

Yesterday, Anna had tickets for the football game between England and Norway at Wembley stadium, so we went there together with some of her friends. It was actually a pretty big difference going to a game here compared to what it's like in Sweden. All I can say is "meh". The game itself was boring (but that might be because I'm not very into football) and the atmosphere was not as exciting as the games I've been to in Sweden. Most people weren't even cheering. Seriously England, I am not impressed. But at least now I can say that I've been to a football game at Wembley stadium...

Now, I am just about to go out and meet up with my friend Ivy. We are going to look for flats together!

Regent's Graduate Fashion Show!

Sadly, I wasn't able to attend my school's graduate fashion show last thursday, since I was here in Sweden. It's a shame because this year I knew all the people showing their collections, so it would have been fun to be there.  Luckily the show is available to watch online on regent's website, so at least I could see it there.

The designers are so talented, there was nothing in the collections that I didn't like. The ones that I liked the most were the collections made by Henna Abdulkarim (15:54) and Beverly (21:12).

If you want to see the show online, you can watch it here!

Almost there...

So it's been a while since my last post. There's been so much to deal with, since Tobias and I have decided to move back to Sweden!

Yep, it's happening. Didn't expect me to move back...

 I have a break in my studies until September, due to my school being bought by another one, so we thought it would be best to work in Sweden during that time. So I'll be back in London in September to do my final year in uni :)

Both of us had our final shifts at work last weekend, so that we'll be able to spend our final two weeks doing things we haven't had time to do before, and of course to pack what we want to bring with us to Sweden. It's insane how much stuff you manage to collect despite the limited space we have in our flat...

I feel good about the move, though I know I will miss London a lot. It will be nice to spend time with family and friends back home :)

The View and Afternoon Tea

I spent the day today celebrating Tobias' birthday by taking him to The Shard and then to Afternoon Tea. It was a lovely day today, so the view was amazing, and we had a lot of fun :)

First day of term!

Today was my first day back at uni! This term I have Womenswear 1 and 2 and CAD for fashion 2. I think this will be an interesting term. In Womenswear we are creating two outfits, based on the theme "Surrealism". One of the outfits will be Avant-garde and the other will be commercial. With the theme, it seems like there really are no limits to what we can create. We have also been asked to keep a dream journal to use in our work somehow! Needless to say, I am really excited for this term :)

London Fashion Week

As some of you know, I helped out at the Top Shop showspace during fashion week! I worked a lot backstage and it was a lot of fun!

As usual I am a bit late with this update, as it happened last week, but I took a lot of pictures and thought I would share them with you!