Day Trip in London

   Yesterday, our whole class took a day trip into London to do various things such as, visiting specific streets, taking photographs, creating mini sketches and even recording interviews. I particularly enjoyed this day, despite the terrible rain (I didn't have a hood or umbrella!!) . Nonetheless, I think that this was very helpful with our project in the sense that it builds up inspiration and helps us develop our ideas further. I have also come to a conclusion that I should begin to make twirls now from designing my own prints from inspirations such as, Alexander McQueen when we visited their shop. I even managed to try on one of the pieces, which was a red placement print and to relate it to my piece, it reminded me of an African Poaching scene because it had a tribal aspect, but it could relate to blood, death or anger. Hence, a lot of the things I saw yesterday related very well to textures and animal cruelty.

    It is clear to say that we spent the majority of our time in places such as Selfridges and Dover Market, only because it was very accessible to designer womenswear, accessories, books and staff who were able to answer some questions for us. If I could have done anything better, it would have been to have seen all the places, but it was practically impossible in the short time space and horrible weather. I thought it was defiantly a challenge to move around the city due to buzzing tourists, however I really enjoyed looking at the latest collections and trying items on so that I could get more of a sense of seeing it on a human figure rather than a hanger. In addition, I didn't just look at clothing, I also took pictures and drew thing such as the floor, lighting, stairs and more to get even further inspiration from little things we don't really pay attention to and it adds a lot more of a personal touch to the things we enjoy and that could also relate very well to the aspect of attachment for this theme. Moreover, I have defiantly chosen to stick to a red/orange monotone colour as it is bright and vibrant and will relate very well to my ideas such as textures and animal cruelty. Not to mention, I have also had the ability to get little samples and this has helped me tremendously as I now have more of an idea as to what I want to use and achieve as a final garment.