Pipps!

last year i was given the oppurtunity to help with the designing of a range of espadrilles to be launched this year. it was great to have the chance to follow something right through from the beginning stages, to seeing the first samples and finally seeing them actually in shops.

i think i came to the very first meeting with 75 initial designs, and that was twindled down, and then again in a further meeting, to a final collection.

so anyway.... here they are....

go check them out at http://www.pipps.co.uk/

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Lincoln University Graduate Fashion Show

(all photos taken by myself)

So, the fashion show was amazing!

I was really pleased with how my collection looked on the catwalk and my parents were proud, what more can you ask for?

Laura Jayne x

Final Year Collection- TIMES SQUARE

So this is it.... the final year collection!

Something that I have worked 3years towards and paid a fortune in uni and accomodation fees for! But its all worth it!

I wanted to focus on New York as my inspiration for my final collection as I find the city so incredible as it is, and had THE most amazing time when I visited in FEB 2010, so how better to remember it than to base the whole of my third year doing a project researching it!

I ended up focusing on Times Square at night and the neon glare and urban glamour feel you get there, and basically tried to channel that into some sort of collection... and I'm pretty proud to be honest. 

I wanted to use quite random fabrics too, but that worked together in some sort of wierd collabaration. So that ended up being bright orange sequins and flourescent jersey, to dark green wax (that smelt quite bad) and leather.

I've included a couple of technical drawings also that were done on illustrator.

Laura Jayne x

BGA Glove Competition

(images from www.johnlewis.com, designs by myself, copyright John Lewis)

My Gloves!!

Last year I entered the BGA Design Competition and I ended up winning the Dents Award for the most commercial design! And then just to add to that I was approached by John Lewis to put the design into production! Over the moon! So the glove was available in John Lewis over Winter for a few months.

Laura Jayne x

2nd Year Capsule Collection

(Images by Dave Overton, Models- Francesca Bamford and Natasha Staniland, Clothes- Made by myself)

From my 2nd year at University studying Fashion Studies, collection based on the idea of coming out of the recession.... something fancy and lavish and frilly and hopefully to cheer people up....

Laura Jayne x

Who Run The World?

Could this woman be any more stylish??

Beyonce Runs the World!

Alexander McQueen, Emilio Pucci and Givenchy all in one music video...



Few of my 'Creations' to get this blog rolling....

(Images by Dave Overton, Garments made by Myself, shoes from Primark)

So... Thought I'd better jump on this blogging band-wagon.

I made this dress in second year at Uni for a project inspired by English Heritage Gardens. I decided that an Autumn/Winter cocktail dress was in order, hence the ice queen colours. And basically to cut a long process short, I used the rings and lines of the bark of trees as the main fuel for my ideas and tried to recreate this with the gathered skirt/single short leg. And then the detached sleeves/arm warmers (probably wouldn't keep your arms that warm) are made from a sheer fabric so the slender outline of the arm can still be seen.....

Enjoy

Laura Jayne x