Five year Plan

Over the next five years there are many things i want to do and achieve. Firstly i want to gain a degree in fashion at the end of this course. After the completion of that i think i will carry on working with the photography company 'Lucca Photography' as their stylist as i very much enjoy working with them and feel it will give me lots of expirience and portfolio work in an area i may want to work in, in the future. Alongside this i will be designing posters, flyers and banners ect for two different bars in Bournemouth, Hamptons and DNA. I have always had a personal interest in graffic design and using Adobe software and feel this is an area i want to work in at this stage.

After working to save money i hope to go travelling for a year to tailand to train as a Padi scooba diving instrutor. Having recently revieved my placment with Buddah View Diving resort i will definatly be working towards this opportunity over the next year.

Once returned from my travells i hope to find a job in either graffic design and promotion or styling and settle with a job i really enjoy.

Proffessional project

For my professional project i have chosen to create a photoshoot in the style of the iconic designer D&G. After lots of research i desided i wanted to take a more editorial aproach to their style. I wanted to keep thier current theme but desided to do a shoot that contrasted the typical advertising style of D&G with an editorial fashion shoot looking purely at the clothes and trends of spring/summer 2010.

work expiriences

After shooting my D&G Fashion shoot i have become the permanent stylist for Lucca Photography. I am doing my second shoot with them on tuesday to do a Shoe advertisment. I will be scourcing all the clothes, shoes and accessories as well as doing make up and hair for the modals. I really enjoy working with the team and will stay styling for them, keeping all the photoes for my porfolio.

On the 28th April we are organising a fundraser night out at Hamptons Bar to raise money for our exhibition. After designing flyers for the event i have been offered a graffic design job with Hamptons bar and DNA nightclub to create and design their posters, flyers and banners for forthcomming events. I was very excited to be offered such a responsibility and will be continuing to work for them in the future.

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Samantha Francis - Mason

Address: Flat 10 Dean Park Road Bournemouth BH1 1HY

Telephone/Fax e-mail: 01202 780338 Mobile: 07855 046469 e-mail: samasonx@hotmail.com

Date of Birth 18th September 1988

Nationality British

Employment History:

Company: The Tanning Shop
Dates: June 2006 – Present, Part time.
Duties: Tanning consultant - Receptionist.
Customer service, Product knowledge, Product sales, Tanning advice, California Tan Trained for professionally applied spray tanning.
Responsibility for daily cashing up, stock checks and stock orders.


Company: Colour Care – Make up
Dates: May – Sept 2005 Full time. Sept 2005 – 2006 Part time.
Duties: Manufacturing make-up products, testing, packaging and stock checks.


Educational History:

Establishment: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Dates: Sept 2008 – Present
Course: FdA Fashion
Pattern cutting and construction principles. Fashion Design. Buying and merchandising techniques. Creative design and Promotion.


Establishment: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
Dates: Sept 2007 - July 2008
Course: Arts Foundation Course


Establishment: Burgate Sixth - Form
Dates: Sept 2005 - July 2007
Course: A’ Level: Art, Product Design, Fashion & Textiles, English Language


Establishment: Burgate Comprehensive School
Dates: Sept 2001 - July 2005
Course: GCSE Level: Art & Design, Design & Technology: Textiles Technology, English Language, English Literature, Maths, Geography, Information & Communication Technology, Media Studies, Science.


References: Alex Leat (The Tanning Shop) Tel: 07766411287
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth Wallisdown Poole BH12 5HH.

Profile:


The majority of my personal interests lie within Fashion, having studied both fashion design and make-up. I like to set myself goals and achieve them, whether it is personal goals or professional targets. As you will notice from my C.V. I have a broad base of numerous disciplines. For over 3 Years I have worked with many clients and have excellent verbal communication skills. I conduct myself in a professional manner, I am highly motivated and a strong team player. I am punctual, smart, trustworthy, have a great sense of humour. I have managerial experience and possess good interpersonal skills, I also have the desire to achieve and develop my skills within the work environment.

Further Information available upon request

Futuristic Magazine Photoshoot

STYLE MAKE - OVER REPORT

Character profile



Name: Kate

Age: 28

Size: 6-8

Height: 5.4

Shape: slim, boyish figure, inproportion body
and legs

Colourings: dark hair, fair skin, green eyes

Haircut: dark shoulder length, always in a
ponytail

Accessiories: doesnt tend to wear any, keeps
outfits simple

Style Icons: Cheryl Cole

Current style: smart/casual/plain block colours
(no patterns etc). As a beautician she has to wear
plain smart/ casual clothes to look clean and tidy.
Doesnt want to look outrageous.

What do you like about yourself?
Legs and face

What do you dislike about yourself?
Hairstyle, bust, bodyshape

What would you change?
Would like to be more curvy and put on weight and be taller.

What suits you?
Most colours suit, but needs to mix and match colours together better

What do you find hard when buying clothes?
Find it hard to get a good fit and length in trousers, in between sizes 6-8. Feels there isn’t enough petit clothes on the market

What shops offer you a good fit?
Miss Selfridge, New Look, Topshop (because they all have petit sections) River Island is good for trouser fit.

If you had a personal stylist what would you like them to do?
Help to put outfits together as a whole as only has an eye for individual garments. Wants to expand on a different veriety of clothes as only goes for the same style all the time. Wants to be shown something new. Also want to learn how to accessories!



Styling Preparation

For Kate’s make-over I firstly styled her hair to make it look more elegant. As she only feels comfortable with it up in a ponytail, I had no choice but to work with that. Therefore I simply added some volume and clipped it tight on the sides to accentuate her face shape. This already showed a great improvement. I have also added make-up in neutral colours to accentuate green eyes and that would go with any outfit, day or night.

Things I had to consider before styling Kate:

Colours: I chose bright colours that would show good contrast with each other when put together as an outfit. Kate tends to wear quite dull colours that make her look paler, I wanted to brighten her up to make her dark hair stand out and make her skin glow.

Style: I wanted to make Kate more funky, as I felt she wears clothes that make her appear older and less vibrant. Adding some funky clothes will make her look younger and more fashion conscious.

Body shape: As Kate is very petit and slim I wanted to draw attention away from that by putting her in clothes that make a statement taking the attention away for her shape and size. Her clothes before where very plain and shapeless, this did not accentuate any of her good assets. Firstly I wanted to find a good trouser fit, tops with patterns or detail across the bust area to broaden a small chest. I also dressed her in heels to give her more height. As her body is in proportion she can wear any balance of clothes.

I also had to consider what she would feel comfortable in and is likely to wear. This meant I had to choose outfits that where not too daring and creative. Something safe but fashionable.


Outfit One

Casual Daytime

For the first outfit I wanted to try something Kate wouldn’t normally choose. I dressed her more casual than she would normally dress. Firstly I looked for a pair of jeans from River Island as I knew she finds a good fit of trousers from this shop. I found a pair of worn denim jeans with small tears and bleached. This showed Kate how to try something with a more interesting texture than just plain jeans. The jeans where a size 6 and where a perfect fit. They were in a straight leg style, to lengthen her legs, to make her appear taller. I added black leather boots to add even more height.






I then chose a bright coral coloured t-shirt that went really well with the jeans as the top was also textured with funky details. The top has a text print across the bust area that made her bust appear bigger, with a medium neckline again to make bust appear larger. The colour suited Kate well as it made her look less pale and accentuated her dark features. I wanted the top to be a loose fit as the jeans where tight fitted, to balance the outfit. Also the length of the top sitting just on the widest part of the hips made them appear wider giving her a more curvaceous shape.
To add a contrast with the bright t-shirt I added a black leather jacket to make to top stand out and to tie in with the black leather boots. The jacket went really well with the outfit making it an autumn/winter casual and funky alternative for Kate to try. The texture details in the outfit drew attention away from her shape, and accentuated her best features; her legs and slim fame.

Outfit Two

Evening

For the second outfit I wanted to make Kate look glamorous for an evening occasion. Normally Kate wears dresses so I wanted to show her a different possibility, dressing her in something more adventurous. I chose to stick with the colours black, white and silver to give a big contrast between each garment. Also having a basic colour pallet meant the outfit could be based on glitz and glam and accessories. I wanted Kate to feel comfortable in this outfit so it is important to keep it simple and not to have too much variety all at once. I added some accesories to dress up the outfit, adding some black and silver bangles, some big black sequined earings and a diemante belt.






I firstly chose a white low cut top with a sequined detail on the bust area. I chose white to make her look lass pale and to make her dark features stand out. I then added a sparkly sequined waist coat that went really well with the sequined detail on the top. The waist coat was loosely fitted hanging to the point of her waist. This is to conceal her straight shape and to give the impression of having a shapely waist underneath. The top stopped at the broadest part of the hips to make her hips appear wider. I also added a silver sparkly diamante belt to focus on this area and to sit below the waist coat. I dressed Kate in leggings to show off her best asset; her legs, along with some platform black studded shoes to give her lots of height. Again this outfit is not something Kate would normally wear but it suggested a glamorous but not too outrageous alternative to wearing dresses out of an evening.


Outfit Three

Smart daytime/ casual evening

For the final outfit I styled Kate in something smarter to wear in the day as she likes to look smart for work. I suggested a block colour of royal blue and black. This again kept things simple but showed a lot of colour. I chose a knitted blue jumper that had a high neck line to make bust area appear bigger. The fit and length was perfect as the bottom of the top sat on the broadest part of the hips to make them appear wider. I then added a thick black belt to narrow the waist. The bulkiness of the jumper made her appear more curvaceous with a pulled in waist. This was a good way of concealing a boyish figure and making it appear more womanly. I dressed Kate in black leggings again to keep the colour pallet simple and to show of her best feature, her legs.





The black belt and the leggings tied in together and contrasted with the blue. I added blue and black bangles and black earrings to dress up the outfit, showing Kate how to accessories but keeping things simple, making it more appealing and confident to wear. I also added a matching blue jacket form New Look. This jacket when done up was very shapely with a waist band pulling in the puffed out area on the hips. The bulky collar filled out the bust area giving the impression of an hourglass shape. The blue jumper and legging where found in Topshop both in size 8. They were both a good fit. The jacket size 8 from New look was slightly big as they did not offer a size 6 range, but it fitted well over the thick jumper she wore underneath.