The Dilemma…

    Next week is probably one of the most important weeks of my life revolving around education, it is the time when we hand in our first official projects for my Fashion and Textiles Foundation course. However, after having a one on one tutorial with my tutor, everything has seemed to turn in the complete opposite direction and not necessarily in a bad way… My tutor came to the conclusion of my work being profoundly based around textiles rather than design, which I had to admit hurt a little bit considering it has always been my passion to do as a BA. Nonetheless, once I got my head around it, it began to make a bit more sense considering I did Textiles as an A-Level and got A*. However, I always assumed it was due to my designs rather than the actual research and textiles side to the garment and even my class mates said they considered my book to be more Textiles than Design. Despite this, I plan on making my book into a hard-core design book for my next project so that I can understand myself more as a person and who I want to be in future.
    Not only this, but it has come to mind that it is going to be very pressuring for me when it comes to applying for courses via UCAS because womenswear design and textiles are completely at the ends of the spectrum when it comes to fashion and as I said, I am a bit doubtful of going towards a Textiles pathway rather than Design because I have always been so keen and focused on designing womenswear clothing. Although, I am also pushing away the Textiles element only because I do not properly understand their role in the fashion industry and I don't want to assume that it won't be what I think it is or perhaps even undermine its potentials, hence I will need to confront my tutor again at a more suitable time and even ask my friends for advice because I seem to be in a bit of a pickle if you ask me! On the whole, there is nothing I can really do for this project now because I am already so far ahead with my current research and development that it would be practically impossible to start again and get a decent grade. Hence, I will continue to push my current work further and begin to construct ideas for a final piece using the advice and criticism I got from my tutor so that I can sustain a better design and grade for the end of this project.