Saltaire, Salts Mill and Cream Cakes.......

Salts Mill. Saltaire

Baked treats from Salts Village Bakery

Fashion and Art book in the 1853 Gallery

Vintage finds in Salts Mill

Beautiful printed note cards and paper

Grand Canyon. South Rim. 1982. David Hockney

 

One very cold Friday me and my mum enjoyed a trip to Saltaire Village and the wonderful Salts Mill. The mill houses one of the largest collection's of David Hockney's art work as well as textile exhibitions, antique shops, beautiful books, crafts, art supplies and Salts Diner (serving beautiful sandwiches and cakes).
The David Hockney (who was Born in Bradford, like myself) collection includes a variety of pieces,  paintings, sketches, etchings and photomontages. All great and unique in their own way. But my favourite has to be the photomontage of the Grand Canyon.
I wanted to but everything ,beautiful cards and notes pads with William Morris prints and all the books from the fashion table.  The antique shop had some amazing things, vintage cameras and telephones, fur coats, china teapots and even a tea-making machine!
After getting lost among the books and antiques of Salts Mill, Salts Village Bakery provided us with a much needed cup of tea and a gorgeous cream and jam scone.

So far so good.......

So I've spent many weeks creating my collection. Gosh it's taken some time, many nights have been spent researching S/S15 trends on many blogs, websites and in magazines. 

My collection is for a  H&M x designer collaboration, something H&M do very well. I've been inspired by leaf prints and a pantone of greens, oranges and navy blues. 

I love the Pyjama suit and spotty shorts. Enjoy x

My Brand of choice......H&M

I'm still currently researching my chosen Brand H&M for my Context and Communication brief, I have found some amazing information. This quote really defines the H&M brand. 

"Our business idea is to offer fashion and quality at the best price. To us 'quality' includes that our products should be produced, transported and sold with care for the people and the environment."

 My role as Fashion Buyer involves researching colour, shape, design and fabric. H&M are a brand that revolves around low prices and quality. However after researching their current SS14 collection I found these fantastic look book photographs. The pieces in the photos are somewhat different for H&M, lots of bold colours, geometric prints and beautiful silhouettes. They have definitely created a collection that is more fashion forward than their other mainstream collections.
H&M is often seen as the brand you can purchase low cost basics such as jeans, hoodies, t-shirts and vest's. But this SS14 shoppers will be able to get hold of that on trend look for less.

H&M S|S14 Look Book
Image Source | www.glamour-blog.com 

Inspiration No 1 - Graffiti

Inspiration......were to start. Blogs, websites, magazines, journals, art.....the street!

A perfect starting point for me has to be 'The Street'. Sometimes the smallest thing can be inspirational, a pair of shoes a shop window. I just love to scroll through street style blogs, seeing what different individuals from all over the globe are wearing. The Sartorialist, Topshop tumblr and Tommy Ton tumblr

are a few of my favourite's. Take a peek. 

This week I found something inspiring, exciting and creative. Graffiti!

The colours, shapes and marks kind of tell a story, where did the individuals get these ideas? These pieces really are amazing.

As part of my university course I have to create an inspiration journal, these photographs will take pride of place. 

 

Another one bites the dust

So its on to the next assignment, I'm defiantly excited about this one.
The lecture: Context and Communication
The Assignment: Brand and Range Communication.
So my brand is H&M, my role within our team of 4 is Fashion Buyer and so far I've carried out a comparative shop and found lots of exciting information about my Global Brand.
I'm in the stages of researching for my S/S15 collection (part of my assignment), I've found some great colour, design and print ideas.
 

 Image source: http://topshop.tumblr.com/

ELLE UK, January, 2014

Source: WGSN

Source: WGSN

Source: WGSN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracking a Trend:Denim

So my Tracking a Trend project is finally completed and I have to say I'm pretty pleased with my efforts.
After lots of research in the library (a favourite place of mine), online and in journals, I know all their is to know about DENIM!
From where denim originated (thank you Levis Strauss) to today's modern world of denim. Throughout time there has been so many denim highlights and I've tried to pick these out within this project.

That's it there's the finished piece...enjoy x

Lots of Layout

So my 'tracking a trend' project is coming along nicely, lots of images have been collected and I've started putting together some great words from the research I have found. 

Now to look at layout,  I've flicked through a variety of journals, books and mags and found a few that I love. Most of them are neat and tidy and consist of words and images in columns. I'm a sucker for a column and I also think they look professional yet stylish. 

Layout images: 

Vogue UK, October 2013

Elle UK, November 2013