Busy, Busy, Busy!

On Friday the 16th of October, all of the promoters met Jo in the town square. Our task was to go into the high street retail stores, such as H&M, Topshop, River Island, Next, Miss Selfridge and New Look, and analyse the coats and jackets they had to offer. Here is a list of things which we had to note down in each shop:

• key colours
• key shapes and styles
• fastenings
• fabrics and linings
• average prices
• collars, cuffs and hoods

All of the information that we collected, helped towards our group projects. We were able to identify which stores our customer would most likely shop in and also the key colours, trends and styles. We had a team tutorial in the afternoon, which went very well. The tutors liked our concept and the trends, colours (and fabrics) we have chosen to use. We have also started a group blog, which can be viewed at fdafashion@yahoo.co.uk

On Wednesday we had ict with Jamie where he taught us another skill in Illustrator. He taught us how to layer different parts of an image to create one image, using the send to back and send to front options. In the afternoon i went into the library and looked at the Peclers Spring/Summer 2011 trend forecasting book. I wrote down notes on the overall trends, themes, colours and inspirations. This information will help me for when i start producing my own trend book.

On Thursday we had our PPRD2 session, where we each had to present to the group;

• how we got interested in fashion
• what we studied prior to the fda fashion course
• how we found our first year of study on the fda fashion course
• what we plan to do now
• what we want to achieve from the course
• where we want to go next
• how we will achieve this and who inspires us

And on Friday we had our morning session with Jo, where she gave us information on suppliers in the fashion world and also how to create a critical path.