Paper paper paper CHILDREN BOOKS? 101 Dalmatians!

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Okay so I was up late (sundays spring clean day) and decided to have a break and post another post? lol This is the 101 Dalmatian inspired dress I made at the end of year 1 of college. I am quite pleased with myself as even though I'm arty, If I decide to get creative it gets messy I enjoyed splatting the paint all on the paper that was fun ( while it lasted). I was also thinking at the time it would be cool to make a wedding dress out of paper because no-one would have the same design and would never be able to make the same one. But now I think thats a Grace Jones kind of thing (CRAZY) lol...Moving off the subject of fashion as I do talk about many things my sister says I suffer from verbal diarrhea but I'd like to think i suffer from verbal... (hmm okay I don't know a word I might come back to that one later)

 I'm sitting listening to some old skool music like Mary.j.Blidge, Changing faces, Monica, Isley Brothers - Busted, Erykah Badu, Aaliyah ect It brings me back to childhood memories of danicing around the dinning room being silly with my sisters all the fun we used to have and still do! It makes me really smile...

I feel so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life like my friends and family at the begging of the year me and one of my sisters researched on "The secret" and its all about being positive and getting rid off all the negative energy in your life and I truly believe it has helped get through a lot this year! Saying affirmations everyday helps you become happy in a way you will wake up feeling happy and not even know why. Yes i admit there has been times i've slipped up on it but you just go back and read through it again we took down notes which I normally refer beck to as it's in my own words and its easier than watching the whole thing again all though it has nearly been a year since I have watched it so I am going to watch it again.

Life has its struggles but I think it is how you deal with them that makes you stronger!

"I am ready and willing to release the past now"

Thats my affirmation of this week.

xx

Jah-may-kah

Okay so the story goes - The summer of 09 and me and my cousins are going to Jamaica to visit my Auntie. Me and my cousin have got up to some crazy stuff as it is we just act like we are 12 all over again haha, making up for lost time i suppose. So its the night before getting on the plane to jamaica we decided to stay up all night!

During that night we watched funny youtube video's made videos eating weird things to try and stay awake then had (what we thought was) a bright idea....

Spray paint + paper and a scalpel +Clothes = picture above lol 

I drew out Bob Marley and we're jammin'! Then cut it out in paper and went into the back garden and got all the different colour sprays and basically - WENT CRAZY

It was confusing trying to think what bits i needed to cut out. But we got there in the end! And wore them on our way there my Auntie found it amusing.

We also made a video but thats embarrassing so maybe one day i will upload it when i can say ahhh i was like 10! lol

Anyyyway heres the other pics...

Then I must have got high of the fumes...

This is what i like to call experimenting haha!

A skirt which has nearly everything on it paint bleach spray you name it by the time we had finished i had to put it in the sink because it was drenched! Good times.

x

PROFESH

College will be a missed memory. It was a big part to me myself as a person and to my future it helped me specialize in something I am really passionate about and even though I would get alot off work at times it has helped me to be more independent and organized. When i go to University i see it as my last shot to really prove to everyone what I am capable of and show off the true potential I know I have I see college as just a warm up if that even to what i have yet to come!

 For all those people who have showed me support n gave me guidance and kept me on track I truly Thankyou! You know exactly who you are!

To all my Tutors Teachers who have also supported me Thankyou!

Mum & Dad, family & God! 

xxx

I hope one day I can show you all how much you mean to me.

POP-ART dress (first ever dress i made)

This dress makes me smile the amount of times a had to redo the top half was ridiculous just to find out that they are as easy as sowing a straight line. This reminds me of when i was really inspired by colour & Roy Lichtenstein and again mainly music. After seeing all my designs my tutor trusted me enough to make the pattern for this which was very interesting at the time but i could do it again no problem and hopefully ten times better.

I took these pictures myself and edited them on photoshop.

FLORA & FAUNA skirt

Down the side of this skirt I did screen printing of floral patterns. The actual making of the skirt was rushed this was when i started realizing about how much time management is important. i enjoy embroidering and screen printing ect so i had fun doing that and This is my favorite sketchbook.

LONDON PROJECT coat

Weeeeeelllll....This sketchbook how ever was the most work I have ever done most pictures I have taken and the most traveling I have done in the space of a month. Yet I did only get a pass. The reason I know within myself that i got this is because i wanted to try and change my style of layout in my sketchbook have the more clinical rather than creative look but as you can tell it went horribly wrong and thats when i realized never change who you are what you do/love doing. I belive we have all got our own reason for being here today and I definitely know mine is my art creativeness (when inspired) and the making. I am  actually amazed at myself with this jacket although it isn't well made to the standard i would want it at anyway i made it in about 6 hours one fridays lesson which is normally 9 - 12 but i had to stay and i actually made two coats but the one before was just not how i wanted it at all I tried making it way to complicated and had a limited amount of time.

P.Y.Twincesse'S

Christening dresses made by me

These are my beautiful niece's and one of my proudest achievements is there christening dresses!

I couldn't wait to be an auntie then I was blessed with two!

I want to make baby clothes in the future as well as woman and mens I find there isn't enough variety of clothing for men and young children although I really like the dresses and frilly knickers they do I think they are adorable.

As I got older I started to realize you start to lose your imagination and hit reality and things are not as fun as they are when you are younger and can be silly and stupid. But now I have nieces I know that there is much more of all of that to come! And I now have the joy of watching them grow each day.


Ps: also made my sisters dress left but you can't really see it

Making of the dresses

Finished dress

The Beginning of Dilmay

My final Fashion show at college - Fashion Fantasy

Inspired my Tim Burton

Happy to finally be moving on from college but sad to be leaving. I had so much fun this day!

On left batman inspired : Hareem pants (Mc hammer) & corset with mirror

Middle: Just a quick dress i had to make

Right: Corset & Leggins (high waisted) with mirror stuck on

As this is only "the beginning of Dilmay" I thought i would start with the last collection I made at college.

Dilmay is going to be my label name.

My main inspiration comes from music especially from the 90's as that was when I was born. I would love to do a 90's fashion show based on the old skool fashion sense so hopefully soon I will upload some pictures soon!.

I don't just want to be a fashion designer I want to do fashion shows and help those less fortunate than myself. Making clothes is something i find fun and relax's (apart from when it goes wrong) mistakes are made, have to be made and are even made by very successful people. So I never mind making a mistake as long as I learn from them.