Mrs Prime Minister at LFW

London-based designer Osman Yousefzada had a very special guest at his London Fashion Week show, Mrs Prime Minister, Sarah Brown, was seated in the front row at Somerset House.

Sarah watched as the British couturier reveiled his new A/W collection. There were high collars, textural contrasts, and even floor-skimming maxi dresses, while one standout evening dress featured jewelled segments on the pockets. Mrs Brown, who chose a navy blue ensemble made up of a blouse by Wallis, jacket by M&S Autograph and trousers by Brit Lintner, was firmly focused on the designs.

Mark Fast DoesVoluptuous!

I wish I could congratulate Mark Fast for using a range of different sized models for his A/W show at London Fashion Week ,but Canadian designer, who claims to be the saviour of larger ladies, didn't do it well.

He didn't do Miss Renn no favours by making her wear an ill-fitted red Lycra frock which was stretched over every inch of her voluptuous body.

I think before he tries to use healthier looking women to showcase his work, he needs to improve his size gradings first!

Maria Grachvogel A/W Collection

This week I was lucky enough to attend Maria Grachvogel's show at London Fashion week. Due to the Competition I'm currently doing, which involves both Lectra and Grachvogel, I and three others on my course were invited to attend the show to help us with our projects.

Although I have seen her clothes up close before, I found it really interesting to see them being worn, you can really appreciate the Grachvogels skills when you can see first hand how the clothes fit the body in all the right places and this is enhanced even more by the way she uses her prints.

Even though I wasn't in the front row and I had to stand, I still thought I had one of the best views in the show, it was an amazing spot to view the clothes and to take my own pictures.

I've noticed when ever I view fashion shows online or in Vogue, you never get to see a back view, which is a shame because some of the key features are on the back of a garment. This is definitely the case in Grachvogels designs and I managed to capture front and back views of all her garments shown.

I've uploaded my favourite pieces from the show and a recording I made at the end of the show to give a feel of the collection as a whole.

I love the detail on the bust and the waterfall at the back of this dress.

You can see in these pictures how the prints work with the shape of the body.

This is my favourite piece out of the whole collection, it fits the body perfectly, the print is eye catching and flows with the body, I also love the open back with the boarding waterfall effect.

As well as attending her show, me and my class friends are also invited to a Learning Lunch this week. At the lunch Maria Grachvogel herself will be demonstrating how she uses the Lectra Programs throughout her design and construction processes. Hopefully I can learn some new methods and apply them to my project. Once I've attended the lunch I will blog thoughts and new techniques.

Life Drawing- My first Sesson

As my Professional Project is linked to Maria Grachvogel, and her garments show her understanding of the female form, i thought I'd start doing life drawing classes to help improve my understanding of the body, and hopefully improve my design processes as well.

I haven't attended life drawing classes for 2 years, so i was really nervous in my first session. but once i got started i was able to get into the rhythm of it. my drawing skills aren't as good as they used to be, but I'm sure after a few sessions my drawings should improve.

These two images show the longers posses, the one on the left was 45 minutes long, the second one was 20 minutes, the image on the right was 30 minutes long.

These two images show quick 1 and 2 minutes poses.

I really enjoyed my first session but i don't think the model was very good. due in the longer poses he would often move which would completely change my view. I'm hoping next time there is a female model as my project is based on a women's wear collection.