-

Just playing around for a photography assignment at school...

ANTI - MAKE UP

I. A week ago i've had this project about anti-make up at school. Decorating a person with all kinds of things except make up in a experimenting way. An interesting thing to do because you can go all crazy with it.
II. I've used the upper skin of a salmon, feathers, the shell of clams, plastic, fake flowers and all kinds of spices.

Have a nice weekend!

THE CLAUDIA STRATER DAIRIES PART II

Late post about the Claudia Strater project

I. My selection of the Claudia Strater clothes.

II. What the selection/recreation became. I wanted to work with an industrial aspect and a organic touch in one silhouette. Transforming the item in another item without to much cutting and stitching. I personally like the skirt which was a part of the inner jacket of the beige trenchcoat, so does the burgundy top/jumper.

SUNDAYS

The typical and usual Sunday.....

THE CLAUDIA STRATER DAIRIES

Hi there! Last few days i've been quite busy with this project :
Claudia Strater is a Dutch womenswear fashion brand who asked us (my classmates and i) to make a design from old Claudia Strater clothes to a new silhouette. Costumers had the chance to return their old clothes and got a discount for the new collection instead. Each student had to pick out seven items which they find interesting enough to recreate a new design with. There were no limits and we could do everything we want except using fabric was not allowed, only the items we picked. Interesting! So we've had five days to cut/sew/rip/recreate all to a new one. At Monday, the Claudia Strater design team will pick 5 winners, and their design will be showed at three different shops in Holland. So at this moment, i'm giving my recreation a last finishing touch. I'll show you my recreation later!

About Claudia Strater:
Claudia Strater was build in 1970 and is 100% Dutch design with 28 shops, 13 shop in shops in The Netherlands, Luxemburg and a webshop. Our vision is that fashion must show personality and individual interpretation. Claudia Strater stands for quality, functionality, timeless and elegant, now and in the future.
Find more at Claudiastrater.com

FRESH START

Probably when you're reading this, i'm at the first day of a new school year again!

Remember when i showed you some close ups of what i've made for the summer assignment? Well, today we (my classmates and i) have to actually wear it to school, to show it to each other and the teachers. Kinda freaks me out to wear my own design and wearing it for a bunch of people.... Still excited though.

Preparing for first schooldays, i never know what to bring with me cause most of the time you'll get an introduction and information about the lessons and so on. At this very moment i've put this in my bag for surviving the first day;

1; A bag to put everything in.
2; iPhone.
3; Macbook Pro for research.
4; Ray Ban Clubmaster sunnies for when the sun decide to come out.
5; Lectra ProMarkers for Fashion Design class (in case needed).
6; School pass.
7; Because i have 29 other classmates, the headphones are a rescue.
8; Agenda.
9; My DIY pen case filled with everything i may be need.
10; Dummy for random thoughts and sketches.

Did i miss something? And how was your first day of school?

FINISH LINE

As you can see in the post from yesterday, i finished it! I'm happy with the result how the fabric works as a short BUT it's not the most finest item i've made. The fabric is horrible to sew because it's a coarse woven material, it's almost impossible to lock the seam. Every seam i sew with the lockmachine (i don't know if you called it a lockmachine in English) but every time i did, the whole weave/fabric destroys itself! Luckily i knew how to fix it, so this is what came out.

As you can see i've made one piping pocket (also almost impossible in this fabric) and i've put elastic in the waistband.

On to the next project!

SO FAR SO GOOD