Girl With A Paper Heart: Work Diary

The Dress

I was very pleased with the final outcome of my dress and quite surprised at how smoothly the making process went, the hardest part was the leather bodice as it was fiddly and difficult to sew however the end result was definitely worth it.
I think my dress reflects my chosen theme well and the photo shoot went brilliantly, I loved the styling aspect of the project.
Here's a photo from the shoot (Un-edited)

Trend Bible

Trend Bible are a trend forecasting company based in Heaton Newcastle. they have agents across the world in eighteen different countries all gathering information which is used to compile a trend forecasting book which is sold on to companies helping them produce products that will be in trend and sell.

When brands don't look ahead they fail, this is a way of looking forward and staying ahead, which is why companies invest so much money in to the books.

Trend bible look at different areas in thier research and jouney to creating the books.

These range form New technologies, art and design exhibitions, news, inspirational brands and alternative industries.

Networking

Our group had a talk from a ambassador from business link today. It was all about networking to build up contacts and get your name out there. Afterall They do say it's who you know, not what you know.

Networking can create oppertunities and help you build new skills

Bodice Detail

To make the dress more grown up and sexy I decided to have part of it backless. I've shaped it to be flattering and so that the dress doesn't lose its structure.

Here I've sewed down the honeycomb shapes for the bodice detail, however I have now decided I won't use mixed fabrics for this part of the dress as there will already be a lot of that going on in the skirt part. Instead I will use just leather which will keep it looking classier and more expensive. I have also decided there won't be as many different sizes and overlapping going on.

Skirt Pattern and Gathers

I created the underskirt with a slight flare, however most of the fullness of the skirt will be in the layers of gathers to be sewn onto the underskirt.