upon running into an old / new friend at the QUT Fleet Store launch recently, i realised that perhaps i shouldn't have been so lazy and should have also posted on here that i am actually no longer stocking my own pieces in the store.
in a nutshell, it came mostly down to money / time / my current skill level - all of which were not in as much of an abundance as i would have hoped. but, no regrets! i'm so glad that i worked up until the sampling / quality control point, i feel as though i have learned so much about myself and about the whole process.
also, i know that my teachers (/ lecturers ? i don't know what to call them for my close-knit studio subject) are constantly harping on about the fact that in this particular course, much more is learned out of class than in..but it is so true. being able to bounce ideas of the other gentlemen and gentlewomen while cooped up in the studio late at night has been such a great opportunity, and as i'm largely self-taught, it is great seeing the actual norms of creating certain seams and finishings. i'm so new to the whole process but it's all very exciting.
anyway, this is a little blurb i posted on my facebook page and also my instagram a little while ago, my apologies for not popping it up on here as well -
+ i'm extremely glad that i didn't end up needing my swing tags for the Fleet project after all. i received an email on the 20th of last month saying that they will arrive within 5-7 business days, or 2 weeks in very very extreme circumstances. they took almost 4 weeks to arrive, and the sew-in (back of neck) labels were a naff iron-on type (the sort that i remember sporting on my primary school uniforms with my name and possibly even phone number - thanks, Mum) rather than woven. so scary to think that i would have needed those asap.
i'm reasonably happy with the swing tags though.. about a 7 out of 10 on the happiness scale. and i suppose they were kind of inexpensive, so i probably paid for what i got. the Times New Roman worked much better in my head though - less DIY.
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'en route they stopped at a motel so Anna could change out of office outfit into something a bit more alluring, a miniskirt of micro proportions. later, Liberman would say of Anna, 'i was absolutely enchanged with her,' though Mrs Liberman, a sexy woman in her day, was put off by the tiny skirt and the fact that Anna had chosen to bring zinnias as an offering rather than roses or a plant. as usual, Anna had seduced the man and put off the woman.'
- p205
'after years of her husband's womanising along with their other problems, she had come to despise marriage. Anna, though, had a different, more positive view of the state of matrimony, at least one that she had begun expressing to colleagues in London during her editorship at British Vogue - a time when she and her husband talked daily by phone but were lucky if they saw each other and spent time together with the baby once or twice a month.
'Anna was going on and on like she was on a soapbox about marriage and how she felt it identifies you,' recalls on of her colleagues. 'she said she thought marriage was a very important thing. she said, 'marriage says who you are.' she said people should be committed enough to say who they are. of course, she never used her married name. i got the feeling she felt it was more bold to be married than not married. i thought it was David talking through her.
she said, 'right now, i think he's wonderful.' she left it kind of like it might not be forever.''
- p236
''power's Annas's aphrodisiac. i mean, Vogue's just a fashion magazine, a catalogue to sell clothes, for God's sake. and people had to be tormented so she could get a pat on the bum from Liberman and Newhouse, and get Grace Mirabella's job.'
Anna trusted only a few, such as Andre Leon Talley, whose presence came as a shock to her subordinates because of his flamboyant manner and dress: patent leather pumps, striped stretch pants, red snakeskin backpacks, faux-fur muffs all superimposed on this gentle black giant who, in another world, could have been playing for the New York Knicks with his six-foot-seven frame.'
- p238
'despite all of Shaffer's love and support over the years, Anna is said to have gotten bored with the marriage, just as she got bored with the length of skirts, or photographers who had served their purpose, or assistants who didn't act slavish, or designers who no longer turned on her fashion juices.'
- p334
- Front Row: Anna Wintour, Jerry Oppenheimer
in a nutshell, it came mostly down to money / time / my current skill level - all of which were not in as much of an abundance as i would have hoped. but, no regrets! i'm so glad that i worked up until the sampling / quality control point, i feel as though i have learned so much about myself and about the whole process.
also, i know that my teachers (/ lecturers ? i don't know what to call them for my close-knit studio subject) are constantly harping on about the fact that in this particular course, much more is learned out of class than in..but it is so true. being able to bounce ideas of the other gentlemen and gentlewomen while cooped up in the studio late at night has been such a great opportunity, and as i'm largely self-taught, it is great seeing the actual norms of creating certain seams and finishings. i'm so new to the whole process but it's all very exciting.
anyway, this is a little blurb i posted on my facebook page and also my instagram a little while ago, my apologies for not popping it up on here as well -
+ i'm extremely glad that i didn't end up needing my swing tags for the Fleet project after all. i received an email on the 20th of last month saying that they will arrive within 5-7 business days, or 2 weeks in very very extreme circumstances. they took almost 4 weeks to arrive, and the sew-in (back of neck) labels were a naff iron-on type (the sort that i remember sporting on my primary school uniforms with my name and possibly even phone number - thanks, Mum) rather than woven. so scary to think that i would have needed those asap.
i'm reasonably happy with the swing tags though.. about a 7 out of 10 on the happiness scale. and i suppose they were kind of inexpensive, so i probably paid for what i got. the Times New Roman worked much better in my head though - less DIY.
XXXXXXXXX
'en route they stopped at a motel so Anna could change out of office outfit into something a bit more alluring, a miniskirt of micro proportions. later, Liberman would say of Anna, 'i was absolutely enchanged with her,' though Mrs Liberman, a sexy woman in her day, was put off by the tiny skirt and the fact that Anna had chosen to bring zinnias as an offering rather than roses or a plant. as usual, Anna had seduced the man and put off the woman.'
- p205
'after years of her husband's womanising along with their other problems, she had come to despise marriage. Anna, though, had a different, more positive view of the state of matrimony, at least one that she had begun expressing to colleagues in London during her editorship at British Vogue - a time when she and her husband talked daily by phone but were lucky if they saw each other and spent time together with the baby once or twice a month.
'Anna was going on and on like she was on a soapbox about marriage and how she felt it identifies you,' recalls on of her colleagues. 'she said she thought marriage was a very important thing. she said, 'marriage says who you are.' she said people should be committed enough to say who they are. of course, she never used her married name. i got the feeling she felt it was more bold to be married than not married. i thought it was David talking through her.
she said, 'right now, i think he's wonderful.' she left it kind of like it might not be forever.''
- p236
''power's Annas's aphrodisiac. i mean, Vogue's just a fashion magazine, a catalogue to sell clothes, for God's sake. and people had to be tormented so she could get a pat on the bum from Liberman and Newhouse, and get Grace Mirabella's job.'
Anna trusted only a few, such as Andre Leon Talley, whose presence came as a shock to her subordinates because of his flamboyant manner and dress: patent leather pumps, striped stretch pants, red snakeskin backpacks, faux-fur muffs all superimposed on this gentle black giant who, in another world, could have been playing for the New York Knicks with his six-foot-seven frame.'
- p238
'despite all of Shaffer's love and support over the years, Anna is said to have gotten bored with the marriage, just as she got bored with the length of skirts, or photographers who had served their purpose, or assistants who didn't act slavish, or designers who no longer turned on her fashion juices.'
- p334
- Front Row: Anna Wintour, Jerry Oppenheimer
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