Sneaky Peak Of Whats To Come

Model - Charlotte from Finesses
Photographer - Natalia Chippillo http://www.facebook.com/pages/Natalia-Chippillo-Photography/201129409926337
Hair and Make-Up - Gemma Vandetta http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gemma-Vendetta/63247654068
Location - Vintage Carousel http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vintage-Carousel/332261872379

Had my photo shoot last night and it went amazingly! Had such a good mixture of people, make up, atmosphere and the photos are a reflection of that. I can’t thank Rachael enough for letting me borrow her shop for the night. Without that my shoot wouldn’t have turned out as well as it did. I managed to get pictures of a mixture of five different outfits which equaled to 140 photos! Of what I saw on the night it is going to be so hard to pick just one for the booklet. It was all such good experience and opportunity for me and will give my portfolio a big boost.

However the end of the shoot reminds me how little time is left to finish my collection! Time is disappearing so quickly now....

Photoshoot

Photoshoot at Vintage Carousel  http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Vintage-Carousel/332261872379

Ideal Holiday Girl Collection

Photoshoot

On the top of my to do list lately has been organizing the photo shoot for my collection. It has been a semi stressful time trying to organize everything to make the shoot perfect. I didn’t want a studio shoot because the theme of my collection wouldnt get across and for me I wanted something a bit more interesting and different. So me being the shopaholic I am I knew of the perfect location at Vintage Carousel on Hawker Street Bowden. It’s an amazing vintage shop where I always find a little gem www.vintagecarousel.net. It also has a wall covered in very cool wallpaper which will be the backdrop of my photo shoot.

I also found a girl who does 1950s makeovers at the North Adelaide Vintage Fair who’s doing the hair and make up for my shoot. Her names Gemma Vandetta and she does fantastic vintage hair and make up for all occasions www.gemmavendetta.com.  I wanted 1950s inspired hair and makeup with lots of bounce and a bit of fun in it to suit my holiday theme.

A picture Gemma sent me for inspiration. I love it! I wish i could look like this everyday...



Self Confessed Hoarder

So my major weakness in life is vintage clothes and its fast getting out of control. Recently I was taking the other pictures for my blog in my granny flat which has been taking over by me and is now my sewing and storage room. After looking though the pictures I took of my sewing room I realized I must have a filter over my eyes that look over the clutter. This rack of clothes is one example it has two levels and is jam pack with clothes and these are the ones that don’t fit in my wardrobe! You don’t want to see what surrounds it! I think I am a borderline hoarder.....

I love vintage clothing and the best past of them are quirky little homemade add ons. When designing my collection I knew I wanted something extra added to it because I think it’s the little things that make and outfit. Lucky for me my mum has an amazing friend that knits me a jumper from old knitting patterns every year and offered to help me with my range. Of course I jumper on this offer and since then she has been knitting me meters of frill in yellow, white and, navy. She is also knitting me a white and navy striped knitted cardigan to go over my bathers. By having knitted frill on collars and cuffs in my range I think it adds a special touch and attracts interest. 

Colour of the collection

So I have finally got around to doing another post. It’s been awhile ....Pictured below is my range of material for my holiday collection. Besides the lycra for my bathers I wanted all natural fibers for my range because I think they feel allot softer. I ended up choosing allot of silks and some cottons. This decision has ended up costing me alot of money....aha

The driving force behind my choice of colours is from the butterfly pattern pastel yellow fabric. I was it in Catwalk fabrics and knew i had to use it. I chose navy to go with the yellow, white that matches the white in the butterflies and chose baby pink as well to lighten the whole collection up and make it more girly.

At first I wasn’t sure about how all the colours would work together because in my head they didn’t classically go together but now that I can see them all together I like how they are a bit odd and quirky.

The Ideal Holiday Girl

I found this picture of a girl at one of the holiday camps in the 60s. I love the idea of having a competition for the "Ideal Holiday Girl". I have also used the "Ideal Holiday Girl" as the title of my holiday camp collection. I think it sums up the fun and playful vibe I want and fills the space of me wanting to win the ideal holiday girl pageant too....haha

The holiday Collection

I want to design a collection based on holiday camps as they were in the 1930s to 50s. I love the idea of these family camps, with days spent laying in hammocks by the pool to taking dancing classes in one of the many theme halls. I want a range of outfits that could be worn by the “Ideal Holiday Girl”. The carefree, playful, relaxed and fun atmosphere of these holiday camps will be a big influence in my collection.  My outfits will be able to be worn in the day, walking along the beach or out to dinner in one of the camp restaurants.

 

Creepy............

This girl is a sexy bitch! Love the clash of colours and textures it says look but dont touch....I can see it in her eyes...amazing.

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                                                       Horses should always be this colour

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Mr Pink-Whistle

Made this collage from one of of my Enid Blyton books called "The Adventures of Mr Pink-Whistle". Thought it was a crazy drawing becasue its got two kids wearing glasses which allow them to see pixies.......bit creepy.