It's been three years! Three years since I started my journey as a dewy eyed, fresh out of high school, 18 year old, starting a bachelor degree with the dreams of being a designer. Three years later and 21, I am proud to say just that, I've finished a bachelor degree and gained the title of a designer.
Over the last three years of study, I have grown not just as a student, but as a person, developing a taste, that has led to signature. Late nights, coffee, and tears has led to a very strong work ethic. I have grown to push my self hard to achieve my overly ambitious design style consisting luxurious fabrics and endless hand finishings and embellishments. The last three years of study and growth can be seen in my final collection "From The Inside Out"- a title which means just that, from the inside of my deepest thoughts to the outside of my design aesthetic.
From The Inside Out, a collection made from 7 looks, 17 garments, 7 pairs of shoes and 7 head pieces, was a collection that pushed me to my limits and kept pushing to a state of calm. I found that once I over came the obstacles of a large, demanding handmade, hand embellished collection I was able to sit back and enjoyed watching my collection unfold.
I was worried that cutting out all social events and focusing purely on my graduate collection would eventually wear be down and dampen my spark of wanting to continue a career in fashion but it has done just the opposite. Sitting back and directing a photo shoot, and standing proud in the panel of my collection and seeing my finished work has made me hungry for that feeling again.
As a designer nothing feels better then seeing a concept that was once just imagination come to life in the shape of a garment- in my case the shape of of pink shimmering, textured garments.
From The Inside Out as such a raw and personal reflection, I wouldn't change anything.
