Gone get gone

During my last few weeks at FIT I styled and assisted on this bohemian shoot. We took ourselves down to the West Village in NYC and after hours of adjusting and styling we finally came away with these shots, which I have to say I am so pleased with!

This is what I had been waiting to do in my styling class for the whole term, however we had to focus on food and objects before we could style an fashion editorial piece. 

The clothing are all pieces we all already had from home (and some of the girls parents wardrobe!). It  was so cool and interesting looking at spring/summer 2015 trends and following their history back in time. We focused on the bohemian vibe and included up and coming trends such as tassels, nude make up and braided hair. 

I love the relaxed look our model conveys on these images as I truly believe it makes the story come to life. 

9/11

How beautiful are these pictures? They just don't look real! 

I took this on 9/11 from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade - which is two minutes away from my accommodation here in New York! It is hands down the most stunning view I have ever seen and every evening I go there it literally takes my breathe away. No photo does it justice. 

The first time I saw this view I had to stand in silence and take it all in. I mean, who ever thought at twenty years old I would be living in this amazing city and this would be my view? I certainly never did. I knew I would always live here one day (it's been a dream of mine since I was ten) but never did I think it would be when I was still a university student!!!!

NYFW

This is crazy..I just worked at New York Fashion Week!!! 

After working at London Fashion Week back in February I just knew I HAD to work at NYFW. It's such a rewarding job. Working hard helping the show go as planned is amazing and the best bit is definitely getting to catch the show. 

I was working at Isabella Rose Taylor's show - she's only 13!!!! Her collection was cool but obviously a little young for me! I could definitely see my little cousins trotting around in her clothes! Her collection is already being sold at Nordstorm but this was the first time she has shown at NYFW, making her one of the youngest to ever show! 

She also had Olivia Somerlyn sing her new single Parachute before the models headed down the runway which was a lovely added bonus!

I preferred working at LFW purely because I was interning for a PR company there so I got to know the rest of the team quite well and because I worked there for a couple of weeks before the actual show so I got to see how it was planned and organised in more detail. 

Now all that's left for me to do is Paris and Milan! In my dreams!! 

The city that never sleeps

This is crazy. As if I am actually living in New York. Okay it's only for four months but STILL! I cannot get over how weird it is! 

I haven't really been able to blog because it's been so chaotic here but I've managed to do lots of wonderful things in this beautiful city while also managing to sneak some uni business in there! 

Welcome week was mental, as always! We had a massive mess up with our course selections so had to start from scratch. This didn't exactly go well as the majority of the courses we all wanted were now full or not running any longer - absolute nightmare! We managed to eventually get it all sorted after countless phone calls and emails to every professor at F.I.T! 

I'm now studying quite a range of subjects here such as Fashion Journalism, Buying, Photographic Styling, Leather Accessories and Jewelry Fabrication! The description for all of these sound really fun and exciting which is exactly what I wanted! I'm definitely most excited for Fashion Journalism and Styling as these are the two areas I'm most interested about going into when I graduate at the moment. However, that could all change after these four months! I'm really hoping the Journalism course will help improve my confidence within writing. I like to think I'm pretty confident when it comes to public speaking but I've always struggled with presenting my ideas to peers for fear of them not being good enough - such a silly thought!!

We've done so many touristy things in the couple of weeks we have been here so I will just upload pictures to this post for you to have a look at rather than me banging on about them all!!

Next up - New York Fashion Week! Ahhh!!! 

What a whirlwind month!

I have no words...
HOW has one month gone so quick?! It's been such an amazing summer and I'm sad to see it come to an end! Although I guess it's only really beginning in some ways!

I've spent this month spending time with my family and friends before I go to New York and it's been lovely. I had an American themed leaving party/20th birthday which was fabulous! My mum and dad kitted the kitchen out so I felt like I was in New York. It was surreal. 

I've spent the past month not admitting I'm actually going to New York but today it has finally hit me and now It's the night before I drive down to London for my flight at 10:30 on Monday morning. Terrifying!! 

Savage Beauty

This is amazing!

Alexander McQueen's exhibition is coming to London!

This beautiful collection, which includes everything from his 1992 graduate show to his unfinished A/W 2010 collection, was originally displayed in New York at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011.  

I've always been intrigued and inspired by McQueen's work, especially during college when I was studying textiles as an A-Level. His Spring/Summer 2010 collection is the collection that stands out the most to me because of the beautiful colours, textures and patterns he used to create the gorgeous pieces. 

When I'm in London for my months work experience at 'Look' magazine I will definitely be paying 'Savage Beauty' a visit! 

New York Trends

After getting back from LFW I had the wonderful task of catching up on the work I'd missed. Fabulous! 
The first brief of my new module was to create a Trend Booklet for New York. We basically had to choose things we thought were interesting, exciting and up and coming around the city. 
I really loved Williamsburg and knew I definitely had to include the street art I found around there in my trend booklet! It made me realise that in the UK the graffiti is nothing near as 'special' and most of the time doesn't really look like a piece of art, as the pieces in Williamsburg did.  

The feedback I got from Chris, on a whole, was good! 
Some of the positives were: 
- Good grid layout
- Simple and clear design 
- Excellent choice of images 
- Really liked the front cover (very punkish - Sex Pistols)

Some things I could change:
- I could make the font size smaller (10pt)
- Develop my point and thoughts on graffiti 
- After the minimalist pages I could include some VM that was the opposite.