Colour Blocking

I love fuchsia and orange together plus the contrast of bright pink and soft pink so I designed and made this swimsuit as I have always loved colour blocking too- Roksanda Ilincic is my favourite fashion designer to incorporate this into her work. 

I've also dabbled in some pencil illustration too and mixed it with collage; I'm looking into ways to combine my love for illustration and swimwear together...

A collage depicting a swimwear design idea...

Tutti Frutti

This is my latest swimwear design in Mango with Tutti Frutti beaded tassel embellishment. I constructed the swimsuit top using my same pattern from my previous design of the satin blush pink cami below. I love the triangle shape of the bikini top and fruit salad sweetie contrasting colours < 3

Latest design: Cross front bikini

Cross-front bikini top with reversible matching bottoms in Bronzed Brown & Champagne made by moi!

This is my latest swimwear piece I designed and made, a corset style frill detailed bikini top. I am currently having my logo, branding & website produced- very exciting!

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Graduate Fashion Week 2013

Last week I had the pleasure of attending Graduate Fashion Week in Earls Court; I had a great time and was really impressed by this years graduates and what they had to offer to the fashion industry. I was particularly impressed by Du Montfort's contour graduates who had a beautiful array of lingerie and swimwear collections. I particularly loved the embroidery work of the silk dressing gown (2nd & 3rd image). I also enjoyed the work of Northumbria University with graduates such as Tamara Rimay-Muranyi who specialises in lace work, with her collection named 'Miss Havisham' which was so pretty and amazingly detailed. I loved the event overall and can image it only to grow with the amazingly talented creatives that come out of university every year.

Peachy Keen

I've been working a little more on my swimwear and made a few pieces for my holiday last week! 

I made a peach twist bandeau bikini top and matching high waisted peplum detailed bottoms. I also made a simple bandeau top with a turquoise trinket embellishment- all cut from a pattern made from scratch. Plus I also produced a pom pom customised sarong and a peach satin top with lemon grosgrain ribbon-tie back- pretty cute aye?

I'm currently working on the look of my swimwear brand aswell as the name! 

Watch this space!

Swimwear

So I'm currently doing a short course in lingerie and swimwear construction at Central St Martins and thought I would show off my first ever swimsuit I made! I've also been working on a little inspiration sketchbook as I realllly want to launch my own swimwear brand hopefully next year so I'm just collating research/ ideas and brushing up on my garment construction at the moment so it's all early days!