Just a Heads Up

Today starts my crazy moving around bit. I'll be going to IN for the weekend and then on Sunday I'll be moving to IL. Monday I meet with the costume people to work out my schedule and will finally be all settled by that weekend. But just a heads up that I probably won't be posting for a week or so, unless there's something that is just way too amazing to not write about, in which case then I'll write! Hope everyone has a lovely end of May & beginning of June, summer is upon us.

Exhibit & Book: Thea Porter

The inside of my book.

 While in London I went to the Fashion and Textile Museum a couple of times. The first time was for an exhibit titled "Knitwear Chanel to Westwood." Then the second was for an exhibit on the designer Thea Porter. It was called "Thea Porter 70s Bohemian Chic" and it was lovely and I enjoyed the variety of pieces they had and how they displayed them in the exhibition space. When you first walked in it was aminly pictures and a few stand alone pieces. then the ones in the main spaces were in cases set up each with their own personalities. One 'box' was set up like her dining room and another like her shop. It was just great and i loved all of the different patterns and colors Thea Porter had used in her designs. She did one of a kind pieces in different styles and also worked with interior design for a bit. her main seven looks included: the Abaya & kaftan, the Faye dress, the Gipsy dress, the wrap over dress, the brocade panel dress, the Chazara jacket, and the Sirwal skirt. i definitely reccomend looking more into Thea Porter and her designs! She wasn't great with the business end of things and that's why she stopped running her shops but she was a brilliant designer.

A glimpse of her shop.

While I was in Bath, which happened to be during Bath in fashion Week, my friend and I managed to snag tickets to the talk on Thea Porter & the exhibit. it was supposed to be held by Porter's daughter and the curator of the exhibit, Laura McLaws Helms, but was only held by the curator. She gave a great presentation and it was really interesting to see how someone goes about curating an exhibit and hearing what goes in to pulling it off and it turning out amazing. My friend Amanda and both ended up buying the book on the exhibit, especially since we had gone to see it in London, and we got them signed by Laura. It's pretty cool to have a signed book, especially a fashion book. It's a good read and has a lot of references and great pictures. If you can, check it out!

Perfect Pattern

If you've read more of my blog then you know I love the pattern houndstooth, especially when it's black & white. While I was in London one of my classes, British Cultural Studies, went to a vintage store during class and I snapped this picture. To me it's a great selection, to others they're all the same. I like the variety that a same colored pattern can have despite sharing the same basics. They're all black and white, all blazers, and all houndstooth but they each have their own vibe. i think it's great and I really wish we had had more time in the store because I would have tried to get one. I did buy a hat that I plan on fixing and using in my senior collection next year. 

My France Shoes

 While I was in France on my spring break from my semester at the London College of Fashion, I bought a pair of shoes that I am still in love with every time I wear them out. They cost me a little bit more than I wanted to spend but they were my splurge item I had planned on from the beginning of my trip. I bought them at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris and they're by Claudie Pierlot, a brand that rocks a lot of black & white combinations. I'm definitely going to somehow include these bad boys in my senior collection even if they're the shoes I wear during the fashion show. I'm really hoping I find some great models that wear US 8's because I've just been collecting and hoarding shoes I think might work for my senior collection for a while now and they're all around a size 8.

Collection: Figures

My latest Pop! figures came in the mail yesterday and I am just so thrilled to add them to my collection. Before these three my most recent addition was a Harley Quinn from Batman. along with these I have Batman, Spiderman, Captain America, Green Lantern, Iron Man, and Sookie from True Blood. I'm hoping to get more of the Avengers and also an old school Batman & Robin. In the future I'd like to get a few more True Blood & Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters as well as other monsters to go with Dracula and the Firefly team. I know that's a lot, but hey it's a collection so it needs to grow and expand. I just love how they're so tiny, and some of them simple in design, but they manage to capture the characters so well. Besides that I think they just fun to have and look great with all of my books! I'm pretty excited to have all of them out on my bookshelves next year in my apartment at school. 

Sweater Weather? Always

While walking around the mall on a lazy day I decided I just had to go in to Hot Topic and boy am I glad I did. I manged to snag this lovely sweater featuring Harley Quinn on it in her red & black! They were buy one get one free outerwear and though I couldn't find another piece for myself I did however grab one for my friend's birthday in the fall. I'm pretty excited about this sweater. It looks really professional and then BAM Harley Q patch. Despite the heat and it not really being sweater weather, I wore my sweater at work in the cool AC and it is just wonderful. Just another subtle way to show my dorky side :)