Alexander McQueen

I love Alexander Mcqueen's work, but before I saw these designs I had never really seen any of his menswear designs and I really like them. I found these looks on Alexander McQueen's website and I think it's a great postcard and topic to be 20th post for my LOC as it has got me thinking about my next project...tailored menswear. 

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Maison Martin Margiela

The Maison Martin Margiela exhibition was held at Somerset House in London. I unfortunately only had about 10 minutes to walk around the exhibition...well it was more like a fast walk/slow jog! What I did see however really intrigued me, and has to be one of the best fashion exhibitions I have ever been to. The pieces that stick with me the most were the trench coats and the garments that were made from accessories. One of the trench coats was actually made using two trench coats, and although there were extra arms in places it seemed to work! The other garments I mentioned were made entirely from gloves, or there was another one made entire from leather straps. I think its a really innovative and creative idea...making a garment out of something that isn't fabric. 

It really made me think... what do I use everyday that I could collect and use for a future garment?

Crinoline

Thought my LOC needed a little bit of cool fashion history. 

I have made a made a crinoline before and enjoyed every minute of it. I think everybody needs to know about fashion history and I especially love learning about the corset...as well as the crinoline. 

Mini

Went it comes to cars I don't think there is any vehicle cooler than the classic british mini!!!

Jayne Pierson

Jayne Pierson is a welsh fashion designer. I got the pleasure of doing an internship with Jayne during the summer and loved every minute of it. Jayne was lovely to work with and there must have been an un-written rule about not being stressed as the work room was always so calm. 

Her collection was based on the idea of the twin parallel. 

I went along to the shoot to assist and although it was only a small taster of what goes on in the fashion industry it made me realised that this is the industry I have to work in!!

www.jaynepierson.co.uk

COUTURE KNITWEAR

I have only very recently discovered the work of Tahir Sultan, but I am so glad that a friend of mine recommended her to me. Sultan's couture knitwear collection is beautiful. The S/S 2010 collection is equally beautiful...although it is not all knitwear. I will definitely be researching into her work a bit more as just these two collections have caught my interest immensely. 

Check out her work at: www.tahirsultan.com

Jason Mraz

To keep true to what I think is cool, I had to include a postcard showing my favourite music artist and my favourite song. 

As you can see... it is "I'm yours" by Jason Mraz. 

It is the song that no matter what mood I am I will automatically smile when I hear it playing. And the better the mood I am in, then the easier it is for me to be creative.