annanemone photoshoot.

It's been embarrassingly long since I've written anything here and yet again I'm determine to improve. 

These photos are very long overdue as I am now properly finished with my MA (yay!) and will do the whole robe and graduation thing this coming Monday so it's soon to be official. 

We took these photos in the photography studio at uni before our fashion show, which is what these clothes were designed for. It seems so long ago! I still can't get over how good my models were, these babes sure know how to strike a pose. 

It was quite a task having to choose my favourite photos for the look book so I'm just going to whack a load on here for you to hopefully enjoy!

So without further ado, here are some of the pieces from the first annanemone collection presented by the beautiful Liv Tutton and Louise Seiler. Feel free to comment below! :)

Fashion Show preparations.

..aand we're back. I got out of blogging mode for a little bit there but shall be better from now on. I hope everyone's had a good month! England seems to finally be realizing it's almost summer so that's good. 
I just spent a nice couple of days in London, caught up with some great friends, got locked in Holland Park, fed peacocks, made the mistake of walking into Primark because I needed some cheap tights, which resulted in me wanting to kill everyone there and had a meeting about illustrating my friend Filip's book of short stories. All very exciting stuff. Spring: so far so good. Now I'm listening to Two Door Cinema Club and they've inspired me to write a little post because of their lyric 'it's only late you have time'. Better late than never!

Our MA Fashion Show is happening on July 17th so if you're anywhere near Birmingham you must come! Here's the Facebook event and the poster that my friend Fika designed:

It's all very fun getting it ready, we got some pretty great sponsors too so I will definitely be buying some raffle tickets (that will all go to Cancer Research UK) and hoping to win some exciting prize. Apart from that, I'll be the super red girl on stage after the show probably wearing something colourful. Come say hello!

I dropped off my fabrics (see below) at a local seamstress the other day, what a sweet lady. Because I haven't fully mastered the act of pattern cutting and sewing yet, she will make the clothes for the show for me. So now I just wait, eeek! 

All the garments will be for sale at the show and I will also be making lots of additional little things with my designs on them- wrapping paper, notebooks, purses, jewellery, brooches.. I will also be setting up a proper website where you'll be able to buy things, as most of you won't be able to make the show I presume. 

I've been spending lots of time in the printmaking studio at uni (as seen in this post) - such a lovely atmosphere (much better than the screen printing studio unfortunately- the Snape of our uni works there)- classical music and lovely people, you just forget all about the outside world. Here's their Instagram page- I was lucky enough to make it there, woo! Be sure to follow them, people do create some pretty great things in that studio.

Which brussel sprout linocut design is your favourite?

uni- behind the scenes.

It's our big deadline tomorrow, which means I've spent most of my time at uni and really cannot wait for a break away from the place. No more grumpy technicians who answer 'guess' to 'how are you' and people stealing your masking tape in the screen printing studio!

Here are a few photos from the last few days, all from uni- surprise surprise. Can't wait to share some from a short trip to Edinburgh this week and then to Prague for Easter. About time!

Almost ready for hand-in!

Patterns I bought for the fashion show.

Printmaking studio- I'm honoured to have my cabbage on the wall!

Printmaking studio fancy letterpress machines.

Screenprinting studio- my own blueberry trousers.

First final piece for the fashion show- blueberry shirt!

Uni on the left- crazy evening light on the right.

Could we have sunshine tomorrow after a week of clouds? Yes please!

annanemone - square one.

I've got a week until I have to set up the exhibition at the Warehouse Cafe. It's been a bit manic planning it but really good practice- deciding which work to pick, how to hang it, how to promote yourself..
Last week I made some A2 lino prints (which I can't wait to share, they're preetty psychedelic) and it was really nice going back among more fine art-y people as opposed to fashion all the time. It feels really good to work with your hands the whole day and then come home and feel like you've actually accomplished something. 

On another note, I finally made a Facebook page for my brand annanemone! So like it and spread the word, I promise not to spam your news feed too much. Thanks so much for the support!

Yesterday my lovely housemates Louise and Sophie (who have been featured here before!) were my models. Also Louise promised to be one for our MA fashion show in June, I'm really excited! Now that it's on here you can't back out Louise. Ha! 
I photoshoped my patterns on their clothes to see what they would look like, which will be helpful with deciding which prints to choose for the fashion show. Which ones do you like/would like to see more of?

 

face puller

We were told today that we can have a fashion show towards the end of Masters which I found really exciting, I hope we can do it! Apparently we get to model our clothes too so I thought I'd practice a little bit, which is a tough one for me since I tend to pull faces quiite a lot. So most of the shots ended up in the trash. Long way to go!

 

The shirt I stole from my mom, the skirt is from a second hand shop in Prague (for about 20p), shirt is Michael Kors (stolen from my Mom), hat is from Forever 21, tights from Dorothy Perkins, shoes are Dr. Martens (brand new so my heels are sliced, anyone got tips on softening the back bit?) and the bug ring is from Cow, a great vintage store in Birmingham. Oh and the necklace I don't actually remember. I guess I'm turning into someone who talks about every single item of clothing they wear? The whole fashion world must be getting to me.

Tomorrow I'm off to London to see the London Textile Fair and hopefully get inspired and talk to some designers.. Roadtriip!

PS: photo credit - Kim Smith.