Fashion Design on a shoestring X Reality Check!

Soooo… back in Feb, I set out to start sewing and teach myself how to construct garments, in order for me to release my first collection by the summer. Well, as you can see, we are now well into Summer and I have no collection. Why? Well, whilst AMBITION is admired UNREALISTIC GOALS isn’t! It [...]

Two empowering quotes that keep me going…

“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way”. Barack Obama “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”. – Winston Churchill Two quotes that mean [...]

I Am… an OVERACHIEVER!

Wow, when I read this excerpt from OverAchieverCoach.blogspot.com, I was stunned at how precise this was in describing me as an individual… Overachievers are ambitious, driven, and motivated to do (and be) the best. They have a unique mindset that keeps their brain on overdrive and a work ethic that keeps them one step ahead. [...]

Fashion Update X iTunes Joy!

Its been over a month since I wrote a post, so here I am, with an update on what Ive been up to. Well, as Im known for waking up each morning, unintentionally with a new business idea, it should be no surprise that since designing the site for my clothing line Fly&Fuchsia, I decided [...]

Inspiration for my shoot…

My draped tops and dresses, along with my line of leggings, will go very well with this sort of “Tik Tok” theme. Very edgy, rock chick, rebellious… absolutely love the whole Ke$ha movement so…

According to Style.com fashion trends…

… Fly&Fuchsia will encompass the following Trends [overall]: Brights. Minimal. Body Conscious. [With some Draping.] All trends that I absolutely adore! I have been busy fine-tuning the Fly&Fuchsia brand over the last few days, trying to ensure that I know what my brand positioning is and my unique design style. I think it’s important to [...]

Edit, edit, edit!

So far, my journey down Fashion Design Lane has been MARVELLOUS, and I’ve been learning a whole lot each day, just by browsing the net and reading up on different techniques. It has however been a battlefield up in my mind, as years of trapped design ideas have come flooding through making it hard to concentrate on one [...]

The art of Fashion Design

Due to my farely obvious untraditional route into Fashion Design, I’ve always felt a little anxious about the method in which I conjure up designs in my mind. What I do, is I tend create fresh, new designs from designs that I see around me; but often feel like this is something terribly wrong and that my [...]

Young Hot Hollywood!

So I’ve been battling with a number of themes and designs over the last couple of days, and as I’m trying to start a clothing line on an invisible shoe-string, I do have to be really careful with the route I take. At the start of my journey, 4 weeks ago, I was super super [...]

Stay focused…

Think angles Elsina… ANGLES!! Angles = sexy edginess!

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