Event: Digital Print Design with Casette Playa

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This weekend the British Museum are hosting a great free event 'Digital Print Design with Cassette Playa'. The event is taking place twice this Saturday 7th January at 11 and 2.30, it's completely free you just need to book online beforehand. Cassette Playa is a contemporary fashion designer whose worked with people like Dizzie Rascal and MIA and regularly shows her work at London Fashion Week. 

Inspiration: The City

one Clare Toughs Graduate Collection, two Freddie Robins 'Knitted Homes of Crime', three 'Vertical' Sharon Elphick, four 'Letter Landscape 9' Jette Clover, five 'Trellick Tower' People Will Always Need Plates, six 'A Tale of Two Cities' Charlene Mullen

These are a few artists/designers who have taken inspiration from 'The City' when creating their work. Our AS students last year used the same them so if you have a look back through old posts you'll find previous posts that might relate to your project or give you inspiration; like these posts about Matthew Harris and Hella Jongerius who both create textile wall hangings!

Inspiration: Vivienne Westwood

I've gone a bit Vivienne Westwood crazy this week! I've found another great video, this time it's the  Red Label SS12 catwalk show. To have a look behind the scenes at the Gold Label show have a look at our previous post.

Inspiration: Vivienne Westwood

This video is great! It gives you a sneak peak behind the scenes at Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label SS12 show! The collection had 3 main influences; China, The Desert and 17th Century corsets and you can read more about those influences in this article.

Inspiration: Devon Dagworthy

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I adore these knitted drawings by designer & stylist Devon Dagworthy. If your thinking of creating fashion accessories this approach of drawing onto vintage photographs could be a great way to create some beautiful realisations of your design ideas on the figure. 

Christa van der Meer

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Christa van der Meer is an upcoming Dutch designer who takes inspiration from the beauty of everyday life. When talking about her collections she states 'My collections are an atmosphere-statement and can be translated into wearable fashion' Not only are her finished garments stunning, she is a prolific drawer and considers drawing an integral part of her design process; 'Drawings and paintings - from portraits - always form the base for her collections' 

Fashion in Motion at The V&A: Yohji Yamamoto

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On Friday July 1st The V&A are hosting what is going to be a spectacular event as part of their Fashion In Motion catwalk events. This catwalk show will feature menswear and womenswear pieces Yohji Yamamoto's archive. The pieces will be modelled by real-life London couples echoing Yamamoto's SS 1999 menswear show which used real-life couples from the streets of Paris.  

There will be shows at 13.00, 15.00, 17.00 and 20.00, tickets are limited so booking is essential. The tickets will be available from Monday 20th at 9am, to find out more information and how to get tickets please see the website.