Animal Farm

Term 2 at London College of Fashion was split into two units. 'Introduction to Cultural and Historical Studies' involved writing a 2000 word essay on fashion and identity.
'Modifying the Form' included making 18th Century Panniers, Body Padding using wadding and a Late Victorian Corset to fit ourselves. This led to designing for 4 characters from the play 'Animal Farm' (written by George Orwell and adapted by Peter Hall) whilst using what we had learnt in our construction workshops as inspiration on how to modify the form which I think really improved my designs as I could really understand how they would be made.

Benjamin the old Donkey - Act 1

Mollie the pretty white Mare - Act 1

Hen - Act 2

Hen - Act 1

Term 1 at LCF

Helloooo! I thought I would start a new blog seeing as I am going to a new University now.

Last year I studied the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at The Arts University College at Bournemouth because I had no idea what I wanted to do in the art and design world and I couldn't draw for toffee. I would really really recommend this course to anyone arty even if you already know what you want to do for a degree. I learnt so much in such a short space of time and I am so grateful to all the tutors who taught and helped me realise what the perfect (sorry to be cheesey) degree choice was for me.

I now study BA(hons) Costume for Performance at University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion and, lets be honest, it's fantastic.


Term 1 involved learning basic garment construction techniques and designing and making a Victorian Bodice and half scale petticoat.

Half Scale Petticoat 

One of my research pages that inspired my design

Final Victorian Bodice (size 12)

Final Victorian Bodice Design

I also had to write a 1500 word essay on object analysis which I really enjoyed as well as complete a design project based on Roald Dahl's book 'Kiss Kiss' - a collection of gruesome short stories, which was a really good book to start your first project on!

I chose to design for the story 'Georgy Porgy' - a macabre tale where George loves the look of but cannot bare to touch or be within close distance to women.
I designed for the character Miss Prattley - the sensual, curvaceous spinster who attempts to seduce George with coconut cake. George compares her to an octopus - fascinated by watching a creature that you couldn't bare to touch (page 140). So I used this as inspiration when designing a costume for dance, in the sense that the skirt would move in the same way as an octopus.