Author Archives: Chloe

As 3rd year students this whole situation has come as a shock to us. It brings a lot of uncertainties to our near future and career direction. Due to us going into lockdown, our fashion show, private view, and New Designers have all had to be cancelled, which means we are limited to the exposureContinue reading “What COVID-19 means for us”

It has been announced by our University that we will be shutting, as well as by the government we will be going into a UK wide lockdown due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This was very scary to hear, and on Wednesday we had to pack up all of our belongings and work from University toContinue reading “University Closing”

It has been a very tough week for me trying to balance my home life and university work, as my little brother was air abulanced to hospital due to being in a severe karting accident. He ended up being in hospital for a week with an awful femur break resulting in a 6 hour operationContinue reading “Personal Obstacles”

During the weeks back at university we have been in discussion a lot regarding the fashion show and new designers. As it is coming up quick we needed to get things sorted. We have each got different roles within the committee and mine is finance. However I do have ideas for the other areas, soContinue reading “Fashion show planning”

Ingrid from the Princes Trust gave a talk today about starting a business. The Princes Trust was started by Prince Charles with his mention money to help give people a start in life. The talk was a great source to learn how to start a business, and it gave us a lot of good information.Continue reading “Princes Trust talk”

Looking back over the 1st semester I am very happy with what I have produced. I feel I have worked very hard to achieve as much as I could in the short amount of time we had. My prints, final garments and portfolio have come out very successfully and I am very pleased. I feltContinue reading “End of Semester 1”

Embarking on our PDP module, we have to be very organised because this module is all about planning our future and the fashion show/ exhibition/ new designers. I chose to be in charge of all finances for 3rd year as I feel my organisation skills and handling of money is trustworthy for this job. BeingContinue reading “PDP My Role”

As 3rd years we got asked to participate in the colloquium day. We had to discuss our dissertations with 2nd years and give them tips on how to tackle it. I feel this went great and gave me a lot of confidence when talking about my work. I also got some great tips from otherContinue reading “Colloquium Day”

I was lucky enough to be picked to exhibit my work in the Hay Gallery for the Nicole Abbott award. I feel this was a great opportunity to practise setting up an exhibition and talk to industry professionals about my work. The Nicole Abbott Award is put on every year in memory of Nicole Abbot,Continue reading “Nicole Abbott Award”

We were lucky enough to be visited again by Fashion Designer Ashley Raynor. She discussed with us the importance of a social media presence and what websites are best to use. Instagram and Facebook are great ones to use as they are very interactive and help boost your account well. They are good visual platformsContinue reading “Ashley Raynor- Social Media”