This week I was starting to become concious that I was running out of time to find another internship that I could move onto and truly have enough time to be able to get as much from it as I had Story designs. Because of this, I mentioned to Julinka that I was wanting to… Continue reading Story Designs Week 21

With last week’s mood board and sustainability focus in mind Julinka set me the task of designing a conversational piece using a range of different alternative embellishment techniques. So I started working on an orange tree on a sweat background. This was quite a fun design to do as I decide to write it up… Continue reading Story Designs Week 20

This week Julinka was keen to do some research into how we could have a more sustainable approach at Story. It was good to see that this was a concern for the company and that they were conscious of the consequences of unsustainable fashion. This is something I had been toying with a lot in… Continue reading Story Designs Week 19

Having really been focusing on designing for the past few week Julinka was keen for me to catch up on a few more of the administrative processes, so she introduced me to the financial system that they had in place there. This was how Julinka kept track of how much each sample was costing her… Continue reading Story Designs Week 18

After the success of the previous collar design last week Julinka was really into the idea of making another that was a bit more children wear focused, as this was something she felt that we were lacking slightly in the collection and knew that we had some children’s wear appointments coming up in the near… Continue reading Story Designs Week 17

This week it really felt like I had settled into my role. We were finishing off with taking pictures of all of the new garments and putting them onto clothes via photoshop. I was really excited to show the new designs off at appointments and luckily we had one coming up at Mint Velvet. Their… Continue reading Story Designs Week 16

This week we got all of the designs back that we had been working on before Christmas!!! Again, this was so exciting! Such a massive rush getting to see your designs in real life and all the hard work paying off in front of you. This time I got my chunky knit jumpers , floral… Continue reading Story Designs Week 15

First week back after the Christmas break. I was very grateful for the time off to rest and recharge. It was through this that I realised how hard work doing these internships can be and how much they take out of you. In my circumstances, I am also having to work a considerable amount outside… Continue reading Story Designs Week 14

The last week before the Christmas break! Myself and Julinka were making a real push this week to get a few more designs together before the Christmas break so that there would be some fresh designs to take to appointments in the new year. This was the first time where she really left me to… Continue reading Story Designs Week 13

REALLY exciting week this week! We got the first batch of designs that we sent off back from India! It was so amazing to see the work we had done come together in real life! I thought that the artilliers did an amazing job of translating our instructions and designs to the samples we received.… Continue reading Story Designs Week 12