Tangled

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awlBswjJC-g

Topshop

Nice to see topshop is improving, I have not been on the store lately just been on the website. They seem to have a wider range of designers and collections. I do like the fact that Meadham Kirchhoff has created a little collection for the store. Danielle Scutt has been given a commision with her jewellery which also improves the range of products.

new print

Details A/W 11

This Autmn Winter is going to be heavily embroidered paying heavy attention to detail and silloette. We also see some wolf and fox fur creeping into the Oscar De La Renta Collection teamed with Indian embroidery.

Cutting Out Pattern

I am so pleased the print fits alright acording to the sepecific print I designed, it would have been a disaster if the pattern didn't fit on. I have sewed up one garment, i am really pleased with how it has turned out all that time creating the print was definatly worth it. I will get my other two prints hopefully printed out this week and into the fabric dropbox. Then i will have enough time to complete my final garments ready for hand in.

Sarah Beetson

Sarah Beetson. b.1981, Manchester, UK
Sarah graduated with a 1st class honours degree in Illustration in 2002 from Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, UK. She won the Pentland Prize for Fine Art, Presented by Wayne Hemmingway of Red or Dead, that same year, and was commissioned to create 2 giant paintings based on the retro ski and tennis origins of the Ellesse sportswear brand, for their marketing HQ.

She spent the next 4 years in London working in fashion, illustration and design in-house, first as an illustrator and graphic designer at Yellowdoor, the fashion marketing company run by Mary Portas (of TV’s Mary Queen of Shops). Here she created designs for Thomas Pink, Sussan, Sportsgirl, Boden and Clarks Shoes, and was commissioned to create 4 large scale paintings entirely in tones of white for the launch event of the Clarks Pure range.

I love how colourful and vibrant sarah's work is and how she brings the background into the clothes on her illustrationsshe uses dots of contrasting colour to promote the clashing effect further. Although the illustrations are very vibrant the hair always remains a very neutral colour.

shop report- leeds

Leeds shops are of a more sophisticated standard than those of Newcastle! Leeds features eye capturing Victorian arcades they are a centre for luxury shopping, and small independent interesting retailers. Heater designer Frank Matchman, used colorful, richly veined marbles, gilt mosaics, cast and wrought iron, curved and beveled glass, and rich mahogany in his original interiors. Vivenne Westwood, Harvey Nichols and such luxury brands as Breitling and Bulgari are among the top fashion names for sale under the ornate arches of the County Arcade in Leeds Victoria Quarter.The capturing location of the shops puts fashion in a historic frame.
There is a street similar to Northumberland Street in Newcastle, which features all of the low end shops such as New Look, Blue Star, Primark and a few mid range shops such as Topshop and River Island.
When entering the shops in Leeds they are more spacious and the layout has been carefully thought out. Primark in Newcastle is the worst shopping experience in my opinion it is too crowed, clothes on the floor, massive ques at the checkouts. The Primark in Leeds is more spacious, the layout is carefully thought out and you can physically see the garments instead of them being so jam packed together so that you do not know where to look.