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The open day at BAU was great. The overview of the fashion and costume courses were very informal and definitely made me consider Bournemouth as my number one option when it comes to university. It is a good distance away from home and I feel like I would really enjoy my time there if I decided to go.

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Vocational Maths - I used my maths skills to book the right date and time for this open day. 

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Buckinghamshire New University - Open Day. 

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Buckinghamshire New University - Open Day. 

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The open day at BNU wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. There wasn't a very good explanation of what the fashion and costume courses were about, I left with a lack of information. It was very close to home and I don't think I would consider it as one of my top 3.

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Vocational Maths - I used my maths skills to book the right date and time for this open day. 

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Vocational Maths - I used maths skills to book the correct time and date for the UCAS event. 

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The ucas fair was a fun and interesting experience. I got to speak to a lot of universities and discover what fashion and costume courses they had to offer. I didn’t get to see many universities but the ones I interacted with were very informal and enthusiastic.

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Step By Step:

1). I started off by opening up photoshop and creating an A3 page.

2). I then went onto Pinterest and picked out a black and white picture of three cogs.

3). Then I used the magic wand tool to select the background, I then selected a colour for the background which was a light brown as my theme for my waist coat is steampunk and I feel this colour goes well with it.

4). I then saved my little brown cog as a pattern square. I then opened another A3 page a filled the page with my pattern, I tried out a lighter brown colour and also moved the pattern so that I could decide which one I would like to add to my waistcoat.

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I wanted my portfolio to show how much I had progressed last year so I planned to have the first ever project to be first and my kimono last. I also wanted to add some of my personal projects from home so that I could show my full abilities. This will help me as I can go back to it and remind myself of what I wanted my portfolio to look like.

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Huda is going into her third year of her BA Fashion course at Middlesex University. Some of the things that she does for her portfolios is: her portfolios were all make digitally, she included lots of life drawings, samples and research. Her University expects her to do a total of 60 designs but this varies between universities. One thing she said was very important is knowing how to make a technical pack. some of her Tips were: consider your background and printing choices wisely, take lots of pictures and have as much fun as you can while at university so that you don't overwork yourself!! Huda said that after University she Was thinking about progressing on to be a teacher.

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I helped my mentee with threading her sewing machine, this was relatively smooth sailing as she knew most of the steps already. She understood how to do a straight stitch and had no problem doing the zigzag stitch. It got a little bit tight towards the end apart from that she did very well. We spoke about past experience and she had a lot which was great. I gave Remi some tips for her sketchbook as she hadn’t done a lot of work however the work that she has done is very good and her background was very impressive.

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Next year I plan to move onto doing an apprenticeship in Costume. However I am still keeping Universities in mind as I could change my mind and feel like university is what is best for me. Costume for me is what I’ve planned to do for a long time I love the magic that a great costume can bring to a piece of theatre, a film or a tv show. I think an apprenticeship is best for me as Uni life doesn’t suit me and being away from home and my family isn’t something I want to do anytime soon. To be able to get a great apprenticeship I plan to try my hardest this year to produce the best work I can as it means a lot to me to get a good apprenticeship.

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1). I started off by collecting some fallen leaves ans flowers from around the grounds of the college. I collected mostly leaves and a few brightly coloured flowers.

2). I then used some mordanted fabric to lay my leaves and flowers on I did this on one half of the fabric and then folded it in half.

3). I then used a stick that I had found to roll my folded fabric onto I made sure it was rolled up tightly. I then tied the fabric up with string tightly.

4). It was then placed in a steamer so that the natural dyes from the leaves could bleed onto the fabric. This created a nice pattern on the fabric.

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The fashion business students that I am working with are called Jess and Hana. I have spoken to Hana about her ideas and have show both Jess and Hana my work so that they can get an idea of what kind of designer I am.

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Jess and Hana had some great ideas. Hana’s pitch was that I would model my shirt in an office setting. Jess had a good ideas for me to model my kimono outside near some trees.

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My tip especially to people who are thinking about doing an apprenticeship is to make sure that you’re tuned in to the fashion/costume world. You never know what might one up.

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So far I have started 8 pages of my portfolio, I try to add to each page as I collect new ideas and adapt my work. I feel like I could add more of my own drawings and opinions to give my work the level up that it needs.

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I have found an opportunity to work on a small production alongside a costume designer who happened to be a friend of a friend. My work experience would include shadowing her and learning about what a costume designer does, as it is only a small production it won't be a representation of a larger project but I appreciate the opportunity go get my foot in the door with someone inside the costume design business.

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1). I started off by amended a bodice pattern to make a waistcoat pattern. I added length and made darts.

2). I then used some scrap fabric to cut out my pattern and sew my toile together.

3). I then put my toile onto a mannequins to make sure that it looked good.

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I started off by tracing my toile pattern, I then lower the arm whole of my pattern as I want my waistcoat to be worn with something underneath it. for the right side of my waistcoat I made it pointed to create the asymmetrical look. I then added my seam allowance and placed my pattern into a folder

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This is an asymmetrical waist coat, the right hand side is a pointed and patterned half and the left hand side is a shorter and darker brown side.

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We looked over each others personal statement drafts. We gave each other some encouragement and constructive criticism. I was very helpful and gave me some good ideas.

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Work Experience - Futuristic Films Day 1

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Work Experience - Futuristic Films Day 1

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I helped set up rails filled with costumes for each character for the movie that costume designer Justine was working on, I got some great insight on the preparation for the costume department of a movie. Why kit a costume trainee needs and how intense the job can be.

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Work Experience - Futuristic Films Day 2

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Work Experience - Futuristic Films Day 2

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I aided Justine with accurately loading all of the things needed for day one on set. it was very physical however it gave me some valuable experience of what some of the harder days of being a costume trainee are, however it made me look forward to moving up the ranks and having people to do these things for me just like justine