The next Steven Meisel maybe? (Styling - Week 6)

  So I was pretty much expecting a week learning the basics of styling and trending and maybe do a few lessons where we had to style each other - but there was so so much more to it than that. The week started off with a very basic task off taking a few Polaroid pictures myself displaying my personality. On Tuesday we were required to go around the high streets in London as well as other places where premium fashion shops were and make photographic notes for a trend report that needed to be presented the following Wednesday. I decided to go to Knightbridge as I'm more into premium, high fashion. The trip was pretty overwhelming; simply because I am so used to appreciating the 'Details of Chanel' and other labels from behind a computer screen, so it was almost surreal to be touching and analysing such phenomenal craftsmanship for real. Not particularly up-to-date with fashion trends ( an awful start as a fashion designer to be... I know) I felt like the trend report an enjoyable and constructive way of being able to keep on top of that. 




Susie showed us some of the work that she had done for magazines such as USED and Wonderland and I was so inspired by her work that I wanted my photo shoot to convey as much thought and preparation as hers did. 
For my shoot I wanted to have my model show my reserved and observant attitude but merging this with my strange necessity to stand out. Mood boards immediately! Hair, makeup, casting, mood/lighting, location, style - staring a bank of references that would help me in really pulling the shoot together. 
Thursday was so stressful! Making sure everything was in place for Friday was not easy but despite the organisational issues, I made it happen. A 9 o clock start to an 11 o clock finish was killer but my determination to really show how much effort I had put into the shoot drove me to working all throughout the night - working into my sketch book as well as editing over 100 photos....on an ipad. The most difficult part of this all was choosing 3 images to present as my final on Friday. Once these images were selected and finalised I felt like a weight had finally been lifted off my shoulders. 
On the day of presentation there were some compilations with printer so I could only print out one photo and to me, this image was strong enough to stand alone so I ended up scrapping the other two images. 


There aren't any ups without any downs.
I really need to improve on my organisational skills and time management because I've realised that they are the two factors that have a real impact on my work and tend to dictate how much I can do and also to what ability. After all time waits for no man. I know somewhere somehow I'm doing myself a dis-justice by not staying in control of timing and organisation.