We aptly named it We Wish Someone Told Us.... because it could have saved us a lot of questionable glances from lecturers who thought we were retarded. With so little to work with in the Fashion department we've had to learn to make the experience one worth remembering and it would have helped if we could have avoided the smaller problems.
So here is our little slice of knowledge for those who will follow us. Feel free to add, since you'll gather your own knowledge eventually.
Foreword
We’ve
been through hell and wondered why we chose to do fashion. Then we’ve had days
when it seemed like nothing else would make us happy. It took us 3 years to
gather more information than we could ever hope to fit in an A5 booklet. But
here we’ll share the essentials to help avoid those questionable glances from
the lecturers.
Fashion
is not what you thought yet more than you could imagine and the best lesson we
can share is that you have to leap when they say jump and make do with what you
don’t have.
Good to know
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Always have a tape measure and set square in
patterns
Always have a tape measure and set square in
patterns
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Rely heavily
on getting your mock-up right
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Keep a secret
stash of calico… chances are you’re going to desperately need it when your
corset mock-up suddenly doesn’t fit and Jas won’t give you more calico.
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Use pattern
paper sparingly, there is going to be a day when you have final pattrns due and
that precious roll is going to be empty. Don’t be a hog, just waste less and
there’ll be enough for you and the girl who you secretly despise for having
epic drawing skills.
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Attend as
many fashion shows as possible.
SStaying
Inspired and Creative
·
Draw and write down all
ideas, even if they seem irrelevant or off key. Chances are an element of it
will be useful at a later stage.
·
Ignore other people but
learn to take criticism. The less interference and judgement you have to deal
with the more free you can be.
·
Believe in what you do.
If you put in the hours, chances are other people will recognise its worth.
·
Everyone is or can be
creative. Find your creative path and run with it. Having or lacking drawing
ability does not determine your level of creativity. Ideas are what count.
·
Accept failure, it’s a
good indication of what not to do. You can only get better. Failure does not
determine worth.
·
Stop comparing your work
to somebody else’s. This stifles creativity if you limit yourself in this way.
Do your thing and focus on it. Comparing creativity is like comparing rainbows
to unicorns, it just isn’t logical… unless you’re on an acid trip.
·
Inspiration creeps up on
you. You just have to be up for the occasion and run with it.
·
Don’t do things for
approval. Make your work matter for yourself.
WOur Team is comprised of:
TTamsyn Johannisen
HHeili van Wyk
JJacqueline le Grange
BBeatrice Albert
LLaryne Jefferies
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1-3
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4-6
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7-10
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Answering
the brief
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Barely
understood or answered what was asked
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Showed
understanding of brief and answered adequately
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Showed
insight and initiative when answering the brief
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Originality
in expressing ideas
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Barely
expressed originality
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Acceptable
level of expressing an original idea
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Original
and interesting expression of ideas
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Medium
used to express idea
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Used
an obvious choice to present project (lack original thought)
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Used
an adequate method to present and showed some originality
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Interesting
medium used to present idea. Originality is visible
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Creativity
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Very
little creativity is visible
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An
average amount of creativity is visible
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Creativity
is apparent
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Impact
of end product
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Idea
does not really interest one
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dea
may draw attention but not interesting enough
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Interesting
product which holds ones attention
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Total
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/50
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