Fashion portfolio

This time next year, I'll hopefully be preparing to study fashion design at Central Saint Martins or La Chambre Syndicale in Paris so I've started working on a few projects for my portfolio. I don't really have much of an idea about what I'm meant to do or put in there but so far this is what I have.

I started off with my research. It was actually harder than I thought it would be to find a specific point of interest as I had so many different ideas to organize. I settled on Ancient China, specifically the artwork made out the time. I did loads of research on the internet, reading books and going to a few galleries.

Next I did some initial ideas, just getting all my ideas out onto paper using colour and my mood boards to create a few designs. I liked the colours in the painting but a lot of them were quite dark and dull; I wanted to make a spring/summer collection so brightened the palette using colours such as:

    
And then balancing them with white so they're not too overpowering.

Here is the almost final mini collection, I have a few changes to make for example playing with colours on the two outfits with orange skirts so the focus isn't on the same section two outfits in a row. I also might add an out with both the green and the fish pattern on it to create more unity.

What do you guys think?
Lot's of love,
Tiana x

Central Saint Martins Foundation Show

Yesterday I went to the Central Saint Martins Foundation show and I was absolutely amazed by the creative, original, high quality work that I saw.

This piece was a part of a triptych all drawn with charcoal. From experience I know how difficult charcoal can be to use and the amount of detail and accuracy in this piece is absolutely incredible.  

This drawing was absolutely humongous. I can't even begin to imagine how long it must have taken to do.

These hanging horses made out of chicken wire I think, were definitely one of my favourite pieces I saw that day. 

'You can exist forever, If you have your own world.'

No picture could do the detail in this piece justice. The effort and time it must have taken to complete, just wow.

This guy has definitely perfected his pout!

So beautiful <3

I don't know what it is but there's something about this photo that is really intriguing. 

 There was also a section for the fashion students but unfortunately you're not allowed to take pictures in there. The clothes were so unique and different, I felt so inspired and visiting only made me want to study at Central Saint Martins even more.
Here is my outfit from yesterday. I am wearing my new top from Adolescent clothing, which I love btw, my skirt is from Primark and my bag is from River Island

Click here to see more from Adolescent Clothing.
Click here for the Central Saint Martins website

Lots of love,
Tiana x

Photographer: Ami Sioux

I recently discovered Ami Sioux, photographer and musician, and I was instantly drawn to her work. Her photos almost demand your attention using contrasting values, lights and unusual angles to capture your focus.

This definitely one of my favourites of her photographs. I love the contrast between the white window and the dark room that frames the image but then how the window illuminates the man's face.

Ami Sioux grew up in California. Her parents were Jehovah Witness's so quite strict about her extra-curricular activities. At 15 Sioux became interested in photography and when she was 16, she left home and moved to New York. Inspired by youth culture in early 90s New York, Sioux did a series of portraits of her friends as they showed her their cure for hiccups.

After travelling around Europe for a few years, Ami Sioux settled down in Paris in 2003 and now commutes between there and Los Angeles. Since then her work has been featured in i-D Magazine, French Vogue, Dazed and Confused and several other publications.

To see more of Ami Sioux's amazing work click here to see her website

What do you think of her work?
Lot's of love,

Tiana x

All photographers from http://www.amisioux.com/portfolio/

The Spice Girls: My guilty pleasure

Scary, Baby, Posh, Ginger and Sporty. They will forever be the definition of ultimate girl power. 

I remember dancing around my room when I was about five to 'Wannabe' wishing I could be Posh spice. Although I do love them all for their individuality, I definitely wanted to be her. She was so sassy! Even though most of the clothes that they wore were quite horrendous, they wore them in the most fashionable way possible. I will forever bow down to them for popularizing platform shoes. 

Sporty (pronounced CHAV) spice represented that bad girl street style and although I don't recommend wearing a complete adidas ensemble, you can easily achieve her vibe with a pair of cool trainers, some joggers or a hoodie. 

This is probably the most iconic moment in pop history. When Ginger Spice wore perhaps the shortest dress ever made while performing at the 1998 Brit Awards the whole world's jaws dropped. The catch, her sister made it from a tea towel they'd bought in a charity shop! Arguably the bravest of all the spice girls, Geri Halliwell didn't know the meaning of too much cleavage or too short a hemline. 

Baby Spice was the sweetie pie of the group. She nearly always wore a cutesy babydoll dress in a girly pastel colour. Her style was like a naughty but really sexy little girl. And you could never have a Emma Bunton styled outfit without putting your hair in her signature pigtails, she did this look way before Britney BTW. 

Leopard print, metallic, crazy and massive platforms. If you keep those four things in your style vocabulary you are sure to have an awesome Scary spice outfit. The best thing about Scary, was she literally did not give a fuck. She always wore the wildest outfit and definitely had the attitude to pull them off. 

My personal favourite of the spice girls, Posh Spice. The basic of a Victoria Beckham look, is a tight black dress and platform heels. But there is so much more to it than that. You need sass and attitude, a killer pose and you absolutely must practise the perfect pouting face if you ever want to come close to achieving a Posh Spice look.

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna...  go back to the 90s...

Who's your favourite spice girl?
Lot's of love,

Tiana x

Wishlist

Wishlist by the-romanticiser featuring loose short shorts

Topshop rib t shirt
topshop.com

ASOS crop top
asos.com

High rise jeans
nastygal.com

BDG short golf skirt
urbanoutfitters.com

Zara blue skirt
zara.com

Motel loose short shorts
$54 - motelrocks.com

Vagabond chunky high heel sandals
$125 - office.co.uk

Nylon shoes
$84 - zalando.co.uk

River Island beach sandals
$30 - riverisland.com

River Island black quilted backpack
$51 - riverisland.




So many clothes I crave for, yet so many I probably won't own any time soon :(  What I really need is a new pair of shoes, especially a pair of sandals. I usually go to Office for my jelly shoes but River Island has the most adorable selection of coloured glitter sandals including these green ones. I also love this chunky sandal trend happening at the moment so hopefully I'll have a pair of black ones soon!
Lot's of love,
Tiana x