EMILY SEXTON BA (Hons) Fashion and Textile Design INDUSTRY PROJECT - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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
• ne 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
• Apply of lots of jobs

LinkedIn / Fashion Workie / Fashion Jobs

• Hopeful internship in Costume

Design

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
• 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

front of people - building my confidence

• Develop my fashion design and construction skills as

well as my textile processes knowledge to enable me to 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

gain knowledge of the industry

• Try out and carry on trying different aspects of the

industry: Costume Design, Visual Merchandising Long term goals:

• Having a career in Textile Design for interiors - this may

lead to working independently or being employed by a company