It's been a while... this post has been sitting pretty as a draft and we've been neglecting our blog thanks to an abundance of design work and salvaging a social life. 

A couple of weeks ago we fled Leicester and escaped to London where we attended London fashion weekend, the event was a peasants extension to London fashion week...we had a chance to experience a slice of what lfw would actually include. Pretending to be amongst the fashion elite we strutted the cobbles of summerset house, this was the first time that we had visited summerset house the little corner acted as a beautiful sun trap where we could be magpies and ogle at all the beautiful garments. It was a brilliant day filled with catwalk shows, pop up shops selling clothes we could only dream of affording, a lorra people watching and acted as a nice backdrop to take plenty of pictures.  

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So we've dived in at the deep end with our second term at uni and approaching the end of the week without drowning. First day back we were thrown some arm bands metaphorically speaking, major arm bands...arm bands that will keep us mega happy and afloat for a long time! Before Christmas we handed in our summer sundae George collab project which also ran as a competition to win work placements and we won, major inflated armbands! 

 

Megan is wearing: Blazer - Next, £65  Cami - Zara, £15  Skirt - Zara, £20  Shoes - Topshop, £36  Rings - H&M, £2.99  Necklace - H&M, £3.99  Watch and Sunglasses  - Marc by Marc Jacobs

Chelsey is wearing: Old Leather Jacket - Zara, £80  Shirt - Charity shop, £2  Ugly Shoes - Step in Style, £15

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When we started this blog we had intentions of it being the sidecar to our motorbike (uni), but until this post we've failed to really get the motorbike out of the garage and the sidecars been freewheeling. So we're working towards completing a foundation degree in fashion and costume, at first we thought a foundation degree sounded a bit of a cop out compared to a straight forward degree, however it really isn't... in our opinion its a cheaper alternative to being in a class of 30+ people. We're in a class of 11 and we get smothered by our tutor, the tutor and other teachers are passionate, supportive and a wee bit loopy. For our first module we've been working on a project with George, Asda which is a massive opportunity because we never expected to be working closely with industry so soon. we've been given a brief to design a collection for spring/summer 14 our sundae girl trend is based on a pastel palette with plenty of floral's and gingham.

Thanks to our project pastels and gingham have been the centre of our world and for this post the centre of our wardrobe...

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Coventry Students Amazing Work. Can You Believe That Bag Is Made Out Of Paper?!

Fellow Classmate Danielle and Her Hat.

Little Tea Party.

A Coventry Students Hat.

Megan's Hat.

Chelsey's Hat.

We've been slacking...with a good excuse though,we've been fast tracked to a foundation degree in fashion and costume! 

So this week we've been consumed with all things relating to the course plus Chelsey's been hit with the mother of all colds. So with a runny nose and temptations of blowing an overdraft we've made it through the week,during our first week we were introduced to our modules and made a trip to Coventry uni to get an insight into our optional third year, the place is pumping out some major talent! feeling overwhelmed we were thrown into a hat making exercise using paper, we pulled through using origami techniques. The both of us are mega excited about getting stuck into the course but fretting also...we'll keep you updated and try to include our projects on the blog. 

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