Luv

Kris Van Assche - campaign images for SS14. photographed by Alessio Bolzoni, each ambiguously tantalising portrait shows the backs of two models contouring their  bodies into a strange layering effect, yet still able to display the unique patterns of the season.

PREZ

To the right are some of the slides I have created on photoshop for our presentation. I designed the opening page, the page displaying our mantra and the page briefly explaining our concept.

I Catching

This is the work of Akima Aizawa, a spanish artist/ photographer who focuses on the real world and what happens in it.
Here are some pieces that caught my eye, they are simple and honest yet very real and raw; portraying powerful messages

Meeting with Product Designers

As part of our project we were teamed up with a product designer from the 2nd year, here at Trent. We had to brief them about what were doing and how we wanted the perfume bottle as well as packaging to look.
Jack seemed to have a good understanding about what we wanted so hopefully he will get back to us regarding designs!

Consumer

After speaking about our consumer a lot we wanted to 

get it down visually so we decided to come up with a 

mood bored illustrating this.

Unfashionable becomes fashionable

NORMCORE 
The big trend for SS14

Within days after fashion week, the forecasting agency and journalists from all over the world were fixed on one big trend; ‘Normcore’. 
To describe it best, normcore is the attire traditionally worn by individuals with no interest in style, logo’s and patterns. The trend includes items such as non-labelled trainers, the plain white tee’s which come in packs of 3’s and straight legged high street jeans which give a simplistic look, with a fresh spin of youthfulness.
It’s not really about being ‘on trend’ but more of a new way of describing essential clothing that most people swear by. If you’re talking brands, think American Apparel or A.P.C; the majority of the Women’s SS14 Celine collection, or the Men’s spring/summer Burberry campaign for an up-market alternative.

Jamie Campbell Bower

The Un-Titled Project 

this video acted as a source of insipration

Old meets new

Starting point for our project:

After doing our market research in both Nottingham and London

 we were ready to start collecting our findings together to come 

up with our concept for this project.

We starting to focus on the lost generation in the 1920s and how 

we could combine this with the 'New' to create a unisex fragrance

 aimed at a specific group of people, mainly those who are more 

interested in history, the natural form, museums, literature and 

architecture. Here is what we came up with to get the ball rolling

We then started to look at competitors  and
our target market  as well as potential bottles
  for  our perfumes .

NEW HOBbi

While scrolling down my instagram homepage I saw something my sister had posted which was a little weird and unusual. Under the photo, which looked like a pea was the  the caption 'our first geocach Sam and Meg 10/3/14' I immediately text her asking what an earth a geocach was. Meg explained the me that these little objects were hidden all around the world for people to find, admire, sign and date; an ongoing  scavenger hunt for all ages to enjoy. She explained to me how you locate them and what you do once you have found them, this then led my flat mate and I to do a little exploring ourselves round Nottingham. Here are our findings……

I love the idea of finding things which only a small proportion of people know about and how when you sign and date the paper or packaging it just creates a time capsule which is so personal. 

SMELLS NICE

UNLIKELY ICON?

So-Cal outfits….Bomber jackets, hoody, board shorts and hi tops; this is SS14 in a nutshell.

GO BY IT

EL DE EN

On the 5th of Feb my sister I and one of my friends from home, Ro, took a trip to London. We went all over the place, from Spitalfields to Brick Lane, Oxford St. to Southbank.

INSPO PL

I follow Phoebe Lettice on tumblr and whenever one of her photos pop up on my dashboard I get insanely jealous; I adore what she wears and envy her entire lifestyle.  Her wardrobe is my dream, every outfit is unique and so chic.
all photos taken from http://phoebelettice.tumblr.com

looking at Fred

Here is just a starting point for my chosen brand, I started to select images which I felt summed up the brand Fred Perry