Countryside Monochrome

So today I was meant to be shooting a vintage fashion shoot but it all fell through, so it has now been postponed until next week. Instead, my brother and I went up to the lakes, so I could get one of my photography modules completed and I couldn't resist having a few cheeky outfit shots, seeing as I had actually thought about my outfit.

Jacket - My own creation       Basketball Top - My own creation       Jeans - Allsaints          Shoes - Primark


Outfit posts aren't something I have always been comfortable with however I am starting to get into it. The images were taken by my little brother, and are actually very good considering he never holds a camera! Luckily a few minutes after we got into the car, it started to rain very heavily! So our timing was perfect.

I am also showing off my amazing new shoes that I bought a few days ago on a shopping trip. They are from Primark and are my first purchase from there in years! But for £8 I could't leave them and they are so comfortable. Who says you can't get good items for cheap?!



xo

Throwback Thursday - University Research

WGSN Research 

Colour Research

Vintage Lingerie 

Today I thought I'd share with you some of the most inspiring pages from my university sketchbooks. As much as I love blogging about fashion and style, I have a deeper love for research and artistic inspiration, so I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do!

Many of the above images were for a project that I called 'Alter Ego'. The research was based around deformations in the body and how people have perceived the human body through art and design. 

Early inspiration for this project came from life drawing classes while I was in school. 

As much as I enjoyed the drawing I would always think of other artistic ways to interpret what I saw.

As a fashion design student, I took on the challenge of manipulating the human body, using this research, to create something completely different, complimenting problems that occur in the human body, to many of the planets population. It has always been something that fascinates me.

Other pages came as styling and colour ideas. The vintage underwear and 90's styling is something that ran through a lot of my research. It gave the completely strange ideas I had, some grounding, made them seem a little more realistic. 

Some of the images are also taken from the WGSN website, which I was absolutely addicted too while I was at university. They always had really quirky explanations and imagery for where their inspiration came from. This is what inspired me to dig a little deeper when looking for content for my research. 

How many of you are inspired by the weird and wonderful?

Let me know your inspirations :)

PURE LONDON: Buyer's Trade Show

On August 3rd, I attended the Pure Trade Show in London. I took my mum and we had the best time. As a fashion design graduate, I am still designing and creating my own garments working toward a collection to launch during Spring/Summer 2015 which is very exciting for myself, as well as working on my Fashion Photography. I am hoping to incorporate it all into one studio. 

I found some amazing brands on the day that I would love to work with on my journey including Sol-Sana, Y.A.S and From St Xavier. These bands would work very well alongside my own collection and were very inspiring to me on the day.

I also attended the WGSN seminar which was extremely informative and exciting. It made me excited for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2015 and inspired me to design even more.

Here I show you some of the trends and part of the seminar. I also took a stroll around London Town and went into some of my favourite stores, including Liberty. If you haven't yet been inside, you need too. Definitely one to put on your to-do list. 

Carla

OLVOR STUDIOS Design Preview

Shhhh!

This is a sneak preview just for followers.

This is a crop i've been working on as part of a co-ordinated set that will be launched at the end of the month. This is one of the lookbook looks that will be photographed at the end of July and be available for purchase from the beginning of August. 

Starting Over

Hello! 

My blog is having a major re-vamp. I have decided to stop posting generically like I use to because I was posting content that didn't mean that much to me.

However...

I am now on a journey. I am a fashion design graduate documenting life as I start up my design company and photography studios. This could be something that doesn't work out but I will share every experience with you, my amazing followers. 

Over the next couple of weeks I have a lot of work to do. I am half way through my photography course and am also in the process of creating three lookbook looks ready to shoot at the end of the month with some amazing models. 

I will be launching OLVOR STUDIOS ready for Autumn/Winter 14 with a capsule collection and am looking to fully launch the brand in Spring/Summer 15. This is a very exciting time for us as a brand and will be attending events such as PURE to prepare myself for the 2015 trends.

Photography is something I love and will be shooting for the brand in the early stages, which is better for you as all images will be posted alongside design work on here as part of my journey.

I hope your having an amazing summer so far!

xo