Life in photos #8

1. Eat your heart out McDonalds, scrambled egg and bacon wrap for breakfast | 2. Dominos with the girls | 3. Syrup sponge pudding is life | 4. Bae cleaning my bathroom hahaha | 5. I'm so healthy | 6. Ice skating | 7. Christmas market in Notts | 8. Churros aka heaven | 9. I love Christmas

Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colours and ages

I thought I'd share the post that really inspired me when researching for my debate on Thursday, and it also gives links to find out more information about each person.

9 Women Who Represent The Unconventional Beauty 

Melanie Gaydos

Fashion does more damage than good. Does it?

In yesterday's seminar we debated in teams whether fashion does more damage than good. Split into four groups, a whole variety of topics and issues were raised about the consumer and industry:

"Fashion does more damage than good"

• For - focusing on the industry
• Against - focusing on the consumer
• For - focusing on the industry
• Against - focusing on the consumer

I was in the group arguing that "Fashion does more damage than good - AGAINST", focusing on the consumer. This led to researching into how the fashion industry is a beneficial and positive to the consumer and society.

I love Love Actually

Chanel x (Cara + Pharrell) = Reincarnation

A collaboration between one of the hottest models and one of the biggest figures in music of the moment? If you're anything like me, just seeing the (quite simply, stunning) portrait shot of the two mega stars, I was taken aback. Cara. Pharrell. Cara AND Pharrell?! Just the sight of two such incredibly talented and, let's face it, famous and rich individuals posed together, not to mention as husband and wife, is quite frankly jaw-dropping. Oh, and did I mention it was for Chanel?

DEBATE ON THURSDAY - QUESTIONNAIRE

On the right sidebar is a little questionnaire that I have created for a debate on Thursday, it would be great if you could do it, it'll take less than 2 minutes!

Thank you!

The Ways of Seeing

John Berger explores the impact of photography and discusses the different ways we can now see an image. He also compares this new way of seeing an image to art from the past.

One comment on the video from YouTube said that if you have ever seen, taken, made or captured an image then this programme is worth watching, and I couldn't agree more. 

This programme was made 42 years ago (1972) for the BBC, and it amazes me how relevant it still is. Technology and the way we see images now has developed far and beyond anyone's imagination in this period of time and a lot of theories and explanations just aren't relevant in today's world. It was really interesting watching this and being able to relate to it so well.

Life in photos #7

1. I am not a morning person. No. No. No. | 2. I was up and awake and it was still dark outside | 3. The V&A | 4. Burberry flagship store on Regent Street | 5. Christmas Starbucks - Honey and Almond hot chocolate | 6. Inside the V&A | 7. Who Are You? | 8. navigating our way around the underground (quite impressed I figured it out so quickly, it had been a while!) | 9. A detail of Grayson Perry's Comfort Blanket (also sums me up)

On Monday we had a trip to London predominantly to see The Horst exhibition at the V&A. It's strange being so far away from it. I didn't go there that often, but it only takes me 40 minutes by train from home and the traffic on the coach journey there took almost 5 hours from Notts *shudder*. However I did sleep the whole journey!

In the space of 6 hours we went to:

• The Horst exhibition at the V&A
• London College of Fashion to see Simon Costin's Impossible Catwalk Shows
• Oxford Street and Regent Street
• Burberry flagship store on Regent Street
• Grayson Perry: Who Are you? exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

In Vogue: The Editor's Eye

After thoroughly enjoying The September Issue, a documentary showing the creative process of a Vogue magazine coming to life, I was looking forward to watch In Vogue: The Editor's Eye (Bailey and Barbato, 2012), which takes a closer look at the past and present editor's of the world's fashion bible. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy it, I found it one of the most inspiring and entertaining films I have ever watched.

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz - Image source

2014 Christmas adverts have arrived

"It's the most wonderful time of the year" if you didn't sing that in your head you should be ashamed.

Summer (and let's face it, the sun) seems like a distant memory now, with the crisp winter winds creeping in, and your scarf becoming your best friend. And what gets us through these chilly mornings, it turning dark at 4pm? Christmas!

Life in photos #6

1. Break a work | 2. Celebratory Christmas Costa after our presentations | 3. Kate Moss interview for December Vogue | 4. Never a good start to the day (it's okay, I had another box) | 5. I want to try all of the Christmas Costa drinks! | 6. I demolished the whole tub in two sittings. I have no regrets | 7. My friend sent me this of my cat, I want a cuddle! | 8. Watching a film in a lecture with the essentials | 9. Tea makes the world go round

It may be evident I like tea. Well, I do. A lot.

The One and Only: Adele

""When I sing ‘Someone Like You,’ I know that every single person in the room will be able to relate to it. That’s where that emotional connection comes from. I have sympathy for myself, I have sympathy for them, they have sympathy for me, and I know that we are all there knowing exactly how each other feels.""

Life in photos #5

1. A new side of my wardrobe to go with my newly tidied room | 2. The perfect tea timer | 3. Tea (perfectly timed after using the timer) | 4. The greatest lip balm ever | 5. Dinner with my family at Wetherspoons | 6. American style pancakes | 7. Breakfast wrap | 8. The essentials: break at work | 9. The only thing that got me through the wait for the bus home after work (I had just missed one!)

Life in photos #4

1. Pesto pasta | 2. Favourite | 3. Oh MAC, can I have everything please? | 4. The usual make up mess | 5. A lovely postcard from one of my oldest and best friends | 6. My speciality: chips, beans and cheese (and BBQ sauce) | 7. Lovely lunch with fashion friends | 8. New dogtooth and tartan scarf | 9. Heavenly chocolate cake at Wetherspoons

Compositional mood boards

In a recent seminar we looked at different ways to compose a mood board. We focused on 4 main types:

• grid
• freeform
• minimum
• maximum

Life in photos #3

Bonfire night and fireworks

Life in photos #2

1. Reading about Coco Chanel | 2. Pointed shoe heaven in Zara | 3. Magazine analysis | 4. "I have so much to do" - Alexa Chung knows | 5. View waiting for the bus | 6. A rainy evening in Notts | 7. Scaffolding | 8. Pesto pasta, pancetta and peas | 9. Olivia's roses