I'VE MOVED!

So, obviously there has been a lack of posts in the past months. It turns out I found university far too hectic for my liking and had no time, or energy, to blog about how lackluster my university life was. Although I met loads of fantastic and talented people, I realised I wasn't enjoying the course and have since left the university.

However, a lot has changed since leaving the university and now I've started fresh with a brand new blog which will focus on fashion and lifestyle (though I'm still not upto much, shocker) I hope you enjoy and follow my new blog and the little things I do with my life :)

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Time For A Catch Up!

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't really been posting much. Between university, nights out and work I haven't had much time (or life) to blog about!

What's Happening in Classes...

We've recently started the design process, so my life is all concept boards and colour stories right now! My university project is to design and create a capsule collection, featuring a key piece, shirt and outerwear piece, based on engendered fashion. Gender is a huge thing in the news at the moment with the transition of Caitlyn Jenner and her advocate work for the transgender community (I highly recommend watching her 'I Am Cait' series for an inside look at her beginning to work as a advocate and the people she meets along the way, AMAZING!), and Ruby Rose's gender fluidity comment at the recent MTV EMAs as examples, so I am very excited to start this!

I'm planning on designing a unisex collection which follows the concept of women's lingerie (the shape, fabrics and prints) paired with masculine codes and colours. Below are 2 images of which I took inspiration from:

Of course, I took inspiration from Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's collection for M&S, 'Rosie for Autograph' and this beautiful green car!

I'm excited to see how the soft, sultry lace and silk combined with deep greens and rich navy blues. I'll keep you posted with how it all goes!

A Few Nights to Remember...

In the past few weeks I've had.. lets say a few nights out but here are the two that I will definitely remember!

A few Thursdays ago me and three friends went to Nancy's Bordello in Newcastle for the quiz night and even though we didn't win, the night was fantastic - although my chat up line for the interactive round was absolute gold! But the night was also a sad one as it was the last night out I had with Brighton Bryony (the girl with the glasses - and yes, I did just call her Brighton Bryony) before she left! Gutter!

At least we've got a few cute polaroids together to remember the night!

This Tuesday just gone we had a fashion's night out in Bonbar, Newcastle. Everyone from the three fashion courses at Northumbria University (Fashion Design, Fashion Design and Marketing and Fashion Communication) were invited to the VIP section at Jaluminati's Club Cobana event so we could get to meet each other. The night was absolutely brilliant - I even ran into a few friends from high school who are also studying in Newcastle!

One of the many photos from the fashion night out and oh yeah, I got a fringe cut in!

I Best Get Saving...

Well, it sounds like the nights out and endless clothes shopping has come to an abrupt end! Not only have I realised I've been spending way more than I had thought, but it's time to get into the 'every penny counts' frame of mind.

One of the main tutors from my course sent out an email this past week about a trip to New York.. NEW BLOODY YORK! (If I could, there would be a million emojis to celebrate my excitement!) So now I've got to buckle down and start saving asap! The trip is expected to be in March which is only, like, 5 months away! The excitement is real.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!

From now until then it will be Welcome to New York and Empire State of Mind on repeat while watching Gossip Girl and Friends. Ahh, the Big Apple!

Yves Saint Laurent: Style is Eternal & Barnard Castle

Yesterday I went on a trip to the Bowes museum, in Barnard Castle, to see the Yves Saint Laurent: Style is Eternal exhibition with my university course.

"Bowes Museum" -Instagram: @rebeccageorginaa

The exhibition was absolutely amazing! The garments were all so detailed. Even the toiles were flawlessly made, it was such a brilliant thing to experience. Before going I watched the 2014 Yves Saint Laurent film which gave me more insight to Yves Saint Laurent's life and a better understanding of his creative processes.

(These are his toiles! WHAT?!)

I was thrilled to be able to see one of Saint Laurent's most iconic dresses of the 60s, the Mondrian shift dress - one of my most favourite dresses within fashion history.

"Yves Saint Laurent: Style is Eternal exhibit" -Instagram: @rebeccageorginaa

Looking at Saint Laurent's suits were incredible inspiration for my current design and illustration module where we are looking at engendered fashion. The masculine suit being translated to work with the female figure was really inspiring and gave me an idea to work with. 

Although the suits were amazing, it was the heavily embellished jackets which really caught my eye. They reminded me very much of the modern Balmain collections (I love Balmain) so I was very drawn to them. There was one jacket in particular that I fell in love with. It was heavily jewelled and featured gold embellishments all around it. It was my favourite piece of the entire exhibition.

"The most beautiful jacket I ever did see" -Instagram: @rebeccageorginaa

After looking around the exhibition and taking a few sketches, me and two of the other girls from my course walked into Barnard Castle in search of a pub lunch. After walking through a narrow alley we came to the main street in Barnard Castle filled with shops and cute cafes. Just to the left of the alley we saw The Turks Head pub. It was such a cute little pub and the food was absolutely amazing! I had a steak pie with mashed potato, carrots and peas. It was lush.

The portion size was HUGE!!

Overall, the day was brilliant. I'm looking forward to using the inspiration I got from the exhibition in my own designs.

Bex x

First 4 Weeks at University!

Hi everyone,

It's now been just over 4 weeks since I've moved to Jesmond and during those first 4 weeks I've started my fashion design and marketing classes at Northumbria University, managed to drop an industrial sewing machine needle, snap an industrial sewing machine needle, miss my library induction and lose my voice (probably from singing Beyonce to loud in the clubs, but it's Beyonce!), so I guess you can say I'm off to a good start!

'Lemon and ginger tea to try and fix the disaster that is my voice' - Instagram: @rebeccageorginaa

(Lemon and ginger tea courtesy of the lovely French cafe, Les Petits Choux)

I've settled nicely into Jesmond, got to know my flatmates and coursemates and managed to spend entirely too much money on nights out and Dominos pizza (I'm a fresher, that's what I'm supposed to do, right?)

I have also mastered the metro (between Jesmond and Monument - any further is still a complete mystery to me)

A slightly autumnal looking walk on the way to uni this morning

Jesmond Metro Station

The Northumbria School of Design is so nice! The sewing and pattern cutting technicians are lovely - so are the design and illustration tutors and lecturers. The first week of full lessons were (hella) tiring, but well worth it at the same time. I'm learning to use industrial sewing machines (mentioned before in the needle snapping incident), overlockers, pattern cutting techniques etc. 

Images of the pattern cutting studio in the School of Design

The first weeks of university have been fabulous! I've met some amazing people! I've also managed to cook a meal for myself and the flatmates - it actually tasted good!

'Last night at Players and Bonbar' - Instagram: @rebeccageorginaa

My successful sausage stir-fry! It was delicious, I promise!

This week I have a night out with my best friend from home lined up (guaranteed to be a hilarious night, but followed by a full day at uni? not so hilarious) and a visit to Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle to view the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit!

Expect a few pictures from the YSL exhibit,

Bex x

Les Petits Choux, Newcastle

Tomorrow is the day I finally move away from my druggy filled hometown and into beautiful Jesmond! In my excitement I thought I'd share my favourite little spot in Newcastle's city centre: Les Petits Choux!

Les Petits Choux is a cute little French cafe near St James' Park (the football ground). It's situated right next to one of the entrances to Leazes Park - another of my favourite places in Newcastle, especially in the autumn.

It's a family run business which does the most AMAZING pastries, cakes and other treats as well as fab coffee. There are even salads and flatbreads on the menu for during lunchtime. The prices are also so cheap, which is even better considering I'm about to start university within the next few weeks and will be skint a lot of the time.

A few photos from inside the cafe.

The inside is so cute and cosy, perfect for sipping coffees and having a gossip while having one of their fab pastries (I personally favour the Ferrero Rocher profiterole and the white chocolate and strawberry/raspberry eclair). Although, you can also grab your drink and treats to go -something I think will happen frequently when I want to have a little walk around the park.

"In my favourite cafe in town with momma" - instagram: @rebeccageorginaa

I think they should expect me to become a regular when I'm not at my classes!

Bex x

University and the Summer Project

I haven't posted on here in a while now so you will have missed my results day news on how my grades were and whether I got into Northumbria...

I DID IT!

I was quite shocked but I actually managed to get into Northumbria University in Newcastle with a D* in fashion and clothing, a D* in business studies and a B in art! As you can imagine I was absolutely over the moon. I still am!

But shortly after came the hefty equipment list and the summer project.

Don't get me wrong, my excitement is still very much alive! But forking over even more money than what I already have doesn't exactly have me thrilled. I've already spent a bomb on decorations and other things for my flat in Jesmond (eek!) and now I've spent even more on arty equipment, and I still don't have everything I need!

Now onto the summer project.

We've been given a little project to do before actually starting the course in September. We have to do observational drawings of 8 items from our wardrobe; this could be clothes, accessories or cosmetics. So far I have started (but not completed, oops) 6 items: a Barbour coat which was my dad's in the 80s, a Next tan leather bag, a silver Marc by Marc Jacobs watch, a floral top from Warehouse, a striped New Look shirt dress and my Rosie for Autograph perfume.

So far I am absolutely loving my summer project and if anything it has made me even more excited to start my course!

Bex x

Art Exhibition

Last night was the art and design exhibition at my school. The exhibition displayed work from year 11, 12 and 13 (so they showed the GCSE work as well as AS and A level). This year I have been doing AS level art and I completed my BTEC subsidiary dimploma in fashion and clothing.

I completed two projects for art titled Collections of Everyday Objects and Light, Weather and Landscapes.

For Collections of Everyday Objects, I focused on tools that can be found in sheds and studied artists such as Jim Dine. I worked textiles into this project and experimented a lot with different materials such as fusible foil and a type of fibre that bonded together with the application of heat (I can't remember the name, unfortunately)

 A piece from Jim Dine's Tool Box collection.

For Light, Weather and Landscapes I started by looking at snow, as that was the weather the day I started. However, the snow vanished by the end of that day which is when I started looking at various artists for inspiration. I mainly studied Hiroshi Sugimoto and Gerhard Richter in this project, whose work heavily influenced mine. I produced a set of seascape images and went on to make Sarah West style sculptures featuring tracing paper panels with some of my seascape images printed on.

 Some of Gerhard Richter's seascape images.

I've attached some photos of my work at the exhibition:

Images from my Instagram: rebeccageorginaa


Bex x