Paris

Paris Trip

For the first time in February of 2013 I visited Paris withthe rest of my peers on the FdA fashion course. The place as a whole wasextremely inspiring and it is always exciting to visit new countries andcities. Of course there was a lot to take in and unfortunately we did not havetime to go around and see everything that I perhaps would have liked to. Butwhat we did see was beautiful and it is easy to see how many great fashioncollections could come from just one visit to the city.

While onthe trip we had the chance to visit Premier Vision, which is an industry usedtrade show and networking event. The main purpose of Premier Vision is so thatsuppliers and specialists from all over the world get together and showcasetheir produce and stock samples so that buyers from industry can pick andchoose what they want to order. It gives them a chance to see the fabricquality up close and personal as well as the company who supplies it ratherthan ordering things off the phone and not having the face to face contact.Each company had its own little booth with they made their own with different propsand styling accessories to give the buyers a feel of the type of company andsuppliers they are.

It was agreat experience been able to visit this event as not many other students wouldever have the chance or opportunity too. It was wonderful getting an insightinto something that we could possibly be returning to again in our professionallives and careers. This could be the same with Paris its self as well as manyof us could be returning to the city for work or just an inspirational trip totake in the sights and cultural atmosphere. My only disappointment with Paris was that there was soo much that wewanted to see and do in not so much time so if I ever have the chance to returnI would like to visit all the attractions again and spend more time in each andalso would like to have the chance to have a proper look around the shops andlittle boutiques that we missed out on this time.

Dress the stars

While driving to work I noticed signs on the edge of the road for a new exhibition that was on at a local museum. The exhibition was called 'dressing the stars' and it was/ is to be shown at woodhorn museum in Northumberland until the summer. So obviously I was interested to find out what this was about I headed straight onto the Internet to find out more about it, opening times ect as it is a mining museum which i have visited many times it was exciting to see something new, glamorous and very different there, i did not want to miss seeing anything.

After reading up about it and deciding when to go I was like a child getting all excited to be able to see costumes from world famous films up close. What made it especially fascinating was the fact that all the films where British which meant that the styles of costume was too and designed by British designers (which is becoming a huge thing at the minute, for this to be celebrated as people are becoming more crazy for BRITAIN!!!, British design and manufacturing). Some of the films included where ; The Duchess, Sense and Sensibility, Pirates of the Caribbean, Elizabeth, Shakespeare in Love, and The King’s Speech.

So what started as a simple idea to entertain myself and my nephews while off school turned into such an inspirational day!! All of the costumes where displayed beautifully around the room each grouped with other costumes from that film or films that were similar. Each display also included photographs from world famous actors and actresses in the costumes in the films. At some points I felt even star stuck just been so close to theses beautiful creations let alone the fact that such fabulous people had been in them!! As well as the imagery there were also plaques next to the costumes one about the film itself, one about the costume designer, there were also idea/imagery board which showed the prowess that the designer would have gone through before coming up with the end result.

The exhibition as a whole for me was fantastic to see so much in such a small area was amazing I was completely inspired and could have spent the whole day looking at and analysing each costume and accessory, they were all beautiful and you could tell the type of craftsmanship, time and effort that went into each piece, it was amazing. Defiantly a must see.

Below are some of the photos that I took while I was there, I have only included a few but can upload some at a later late if people would like to see more.