EMILY SEXTON BA (Hons) Fashion and Textile Design
INDUSTRY PROJECT Collection of 6 garments Collection of prints including placement and companions WHY Develop digital print skills I have never created florals prints before Most relevant to my future career
RESEARCH PRIMARY RESEARCH: Flowers / Leaves / Plants / Plymouth Aquarium / Fruit SECONDARY RESEARCH: Josef Frank (Exhibition) / Whistles Fall 2017 / Christopher Kane 2017 / Abigail Borg
DEVELOPMENT • Drawings to usable motifs on Photoshop • My drawings informed my garment shapes
WHAT I HAVE LEARNT • To be more experimental - yet commercial • Putting my prints all together on one page helped to see what was successful and what was not • To keep the customer and brand in mind when designing • To create professional portfolio pages • To keep referring back to my research constantly to help my prints develop further
WHAT CAN I IMPROVE • Annotation within my sketchbook – this will help when I am reflecting on my blog and make it easier for the marker to see development and how my work links. • Innovation – I need to push myself to make my designs new, exciting and fresh. This is important within the industry as it is how you become remembered • Presentation skills • Referring back to research
SOCIAL MEDIA Wordpress Blog Professional Instagram LinkedIn Account Pinterest Will get Artsthread
CONTACTS • Joana Flint / Designers Guild / CEO’s PA • Ollie Picton-Jones / X Factor and Freelance / Head Stylist • George Antonio / Palladium Theatre • Steph Aman / Couture Embroiderer • Tania Bines / Paul Denicci / Design Manager • Chloe Gardiner / Lavenham Jackets / Technical Manager Contrado / School of Textiles / Lee Lapthorn / Sure Bagenal
FUTURE PLANS Textile Design for interiors • Short term goals: •Pass my second year of university successfully with a good grade (reading all feedback and taking note of what I need to improve on to have a successful third year) •Present my work to Oasis well and confidently Apply of lots of jobs • •Finish this project with a successful portfolio that I am proud of • Develop my Illustrator skills further Medium term goals: •Develop my presentation skills by practicing talking in LinkedIn / Fashion Workie / front of people - building my confidence •Develop my fashion design and construction skills as well as my textile processes knowledge to enable me to Fashion Jobs reach my full potential in my third years •Make contacts that may lead to placements and work experience •Develop my own look and style that people will recognise as my own • Carry out more internships and work experience to Hopeful internship in Costume gain knowledge of the industry • • Try out and carry on trying different aspects of the industry: Costume Design, Visual Merchandising Design Long term goals: •Having a career in Textile Design for interiors - this may lead to working independently or being employed by a company
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