Thursday 27 June 2013
Friday 10 May 2013
S'been a while!
I've had a lot going in since my presentation and final hand in on the 17th!! Had my photoshoot for my final collection this Wednesday 8th and I have my hand in for t foundation degree on the 14th!! So much work to be checked and finished but I'm co didn't I've tried my hardest :) I'm editing my final video today an that looks to be.... Interesting :)
Now I think about it, securing the footage from my photographers will be a little difficult but I'm sure everything will work out fine :)
I have to do a small amount of sewing this morning and then some digital alterations come 3 o'clock.
Wish me luck!!!
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Monday 6 May 2013
Thursday 25 April 2013
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Phew!
I'm super excited for tomorrow!! I love presenting and although I'm not completely confident with my presentation, I am happy to talk about it!
I also am finally happy with my last checks on my essay and have been able to relax this past weekend because I planned ahead,
This is much better than last year when I left everything to the last minute and was stressed and upset with what I had produced.
NOW!
I'm going to have a cup of Lapsang Souchong and relax :D
I also am finally happy with my last checks on my essay and have been able to relax this past weekend because I planned ahead,
This is much better than last year when I left everything to the last minute and was stressed and upset with what I had produced.
NOW!
I'm going to have a cup of Lapsang Souchong and relax :D
Sunday 7 April 2013
Whoops! It's afternoon.... was about to say Good Morning!
So otday I got up to start my presentation for the hand in on the 17th :D I'm actually excited because i have finished my essay so now I just get to babble for 10 mins about something I'm interested in.
I think i'm going to talk about human sexuality and how it effects the way we dress.
I am particularly interested in sexuality in the fashion industry with people like Andrej Pajik, international supermodel, who identifies as a man but wears and models women's clothing and is, in my opinion, more beautiful than most supermodels he works alongside.
I will be using a male model for one of my A/W 2014/15 dresses which might cause confusion for my audience but I want them to question sexuality and what it means.
I think i'm going to talk about human sexuality and how it effects the way we dress.
I am particularly interested in sexuality in the fashion industry with people like Andrej Pajik, international supermodel, who identifies as a man but wears and models women's clothing and is, in my opinion, more beautiful than most supermodels he works alongside.
I will be using a male model for one of my A/W 2014/15 dresses which might cause confusion for my audience but I want them to question sexuality and what it means.
Thursday 14 March 2013
Missed Session
So yesterday I missed the session and I'm gutted but I had a doctors appointment... one I'd rather not explain here... but one that couldn't be missed. I'm in a lot of pain atm but should be fine in a couple of days. So excited tho to get my essay feedback so I can get on with it!
Wednesday 6 March 2013
Oh nooooo!!!
So it's hand in day for draft 1 and I'm am up this early,why? Because last night I got a migrane that lasted me all evening! So I got 0% more done on the essay and have had to start TRYING to finalise this piece of writing before 1pm! It's gunna be tough but I'll try my best. I have about 700 words to write before I start the conclusion so thats fine and I'm pretty sure I can be 10% over OR under the word count so as long as I reach 1900 words I should be in the clear! I know this is just a draft but I want to do well, if I don't strive now then I wont be any better off in a month when the REAL thing has to be handed in.
Needless to say I am really enjoying the subject I'm writing about (Gay culture and the relation to certain identities due to fashion choices). It's really interesting and I keep reading about it.... it's just writing it down.... is killing me!!!
And don't even mention my presentation!!! I know it's gunna be a doddle and I'm great at talking (or rather I can just talk FOREVER!) but I can't help feeling that sense of dread when I remember that this is all going towards a grade and I don't want to fail!
RIGHT, enough of my displacement insecurities! Back to writing!
Needless to say I am really enjoying the subject I'm writing about (Gay culture and the relation to certain identities due to fashion choices). It's really interesting and I keep reading about it.... it's just writing it down.... is killing me!!!
And don't even mention my presentation!!! I know it's gunna be a doddle and I'm great at talking (or rather I can just talk FOREVER!) but I can't help feeling that sense of dread when I remember that this is all going towards a grade and I don't want to fail!
RIGHT, enough of my displacement insecurities! Back to writing!
Monday 4 March 2013
Finally!
I downloaded Blogger for my phone so it's going to be a lot easier to post from now on. I've really been cracking on with this essay and tonight I'm continuing. Writing it all out has really helped me cement my ideas and the question that I'm asking has become a lot clearer!
I've written 1,000 words now so only 1,000 more to go tomorrow night but it's a little harder to stay focused than I thought. As much as this subject interests me I just HATE essay writing. It's not me. I work with fabric at my finger tips and I draw and paint and talk. Writing things down and reading texts just isn't my bag.
I've written 1,000 words now so only 1,000 more to go tomorrow night but it's a little harder to stay focused than I thought. As much as this subject interests me I just HATE essay writing. It's not me. I work with fabric at my finger tips and I draw and paint and talk. Writing things down and reading texts just isn't my bag.
Saturday 2 March 2013
I've actually started writing!
Okay so it's not much and I'm still panicking a bit about this draft hand-in but it isn't all that bad. I started with a quote and it really got the ball rolling!
I just hope I can fill the word count because I've only written like 200 words :( times that by ten and then we're talking!
Nevermind! I'm going to try and get soe more done tonight and then I'm going to work on it a little more before the hand in for the 1st draft on Wednesday.
I just hope I can fill the word count because I've only written like 200 words :( times that by ten and then we're talking!
Nevermind! I'm going to try and get soe more done tonight and then I'm going to work on it a little more before the hand in for the 1st draft on Wednesday.
Wednesday 27 February 2013
Essay and Presentation Talk
We met up today in 1F4 at Bower Ashton to discuss blogs, the essay and the presentation. This was extremely helpful as I have been feeling a little stuck. I now have a little bit more courage to start this essay and to get a draft out by next Wednesday!
- It should be 2,000 words and come attached with a bibliography
- I have been using only book sources so should include some internet and AV sources as well
- I must post this blog to Blackboard
- I have to try and post more on this blog
- I need to make sure that I mention that I am using sources and not primary research
With the presentation (due 17/04/2013) I need to:-
- Choose a source or topic from my essay and research
- Look at it in a different way, from a different angle
- Present back ideas and comparisons
- this can be an avenue to explore things you haven't been able to in your essay
Wednesday 20 February 2013
So I turned up and no one was there!
I assume it's because I was late and they had filtered off to another room but there wasn't much of a way that I could find where they were.
I wasn't going to waste my time spent in Bower library though and started to look deeper into the books I had chosen. There is a lot on gay fashion history in these books but nothing about attitudes of the audience of this fashion. I really need to FOCUS on how the clothes construct identities. Like the fact that because gay men liked other men they were assumed to be women stuck in men's bodies and often adopted women's clothing and feminin characteristics. This might have been true for some but there were other gay men of that time who didn't feel feminin they just were attracted to men.
Maybe I need to look at how identities effect clothing, fashion and taste?
I wasn't going to waste my time spent in Bower library though and started to look deeper into the books I had chosen. There is a lot on gay fashion history in these books but nothing about attitudes of the audience of this fashion. I really need to FOCUS on how the clothes construct identities. Like the fact that because gay men liked other men they were assumed to be women stuck in men's bodies and often adopted women's clothing and feminin characteristics. This might have been true for some but there were other gay men of that time who didn't feel feminin they just were attracted to men.
Maybe I need to look at how identities effect clothing, fashion and taste?
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Stilllll got writers block...
So this writers block i seem to be having is really taking its toll. Every time I sit down at the computer I get like stage fright and then I can't write. I almost can't bear going new my computer to write and I am not being as good as I should at turning up to lectures.
I have had training for my Student Ambassador part time job and doctors appointments but still that shouldn't be stopping me from writing.
I am starting to get a solid idea about what I want to explore in this essay. I want to look at clothing and how it effects how we view someone. I want to focus on the community because these days you can't judge someone to be straight or gay by their clothing because everyone is wearing every style of clothing, regardless of whether it is a specific style which gays have adopted in the past.
I have had training for my Student Ambassador part time job and doctors appointments but still that shouldn't be stopping me from writing.
I am starting to get a solid idea about what I want to explore in this essay. I want to look at clothing and how it effects how we view someone. I want to focus on the community because these days you can't judge someone to be straight or gay by their clothing because everyone is wearing every style of clothing, regardless of whether it is a specific style which gays have adopted in the past.
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Research into my theme
So today I sat in the library and got really into researching my theme.
I used the search system and found some books which I LOVE the look of and am really excited to get this essay underway.
The books I have read so far are:-
I used the search system and found some books which I LOVE the look of and am really excited to get this essay underway.
The books I have read so far are:-
- Cervantes-Carson, Alejandro and Rumens, Nick ‘Sexual Politics of Desire and Belonging’ (2007)
- Cole, Shaun ‘Don We Now Our Gay Apparel: Gay Men’s Dress in the 20th Century’ (2000)
- Dijk, Lutz van and Driel, Barry van ‘Challenging Homophobia: Teaching about Sexuality Diversity’ (2007)
- Johansson, Thomas ‘The Transformation of Sexuality: Gender and Identity in Contemporary Youth Culture’ (2007)
- Suthrell, Charlotte ‘Unzipping Gender; Sex, Cross-dressing and Culture’ (2004)
- Ribeiro, Aileen ‘Dress and Morality’ (1st: 1986) (2nd: 2003)
- Tseelon, Efrat ‘Masquerade and Identities: Essay on Gender, Sexuality and Marginality’ (2001)
I have highlighted quote from these books and will start to think about starting this essay... although I seem to have writers block!
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