During the summer i visited New York! Ive always wanted to visit and although it was a short stay packed lots in! I was quite suprised to how casual people where i think i expected much more because of how glamourised it is on shows such as Sex and the City. I found that the fashion id expected to see was confined to the meatpacking district and 5th avenue. Although i prefered SoHo because it had a more edgy urban individual style and amoungst popular shops there where street sellers selling amazing handmade jewellery!
I really benefited from going and visited Mood fabrics and was amazed! I purchased some gorgeous fabric i intend to use in my collection and made me realise how little choice of fabric stores we have in Manchester even London.
I think seeing a different city and a different culture has influenced my work as i feel i want to design more metropolitan, wearable and sophisticated garments now. Which i think i have found my strength lies in.
The city itself was beautiful yet ugly at the same time! It was quite dirty and rushed but at night it had a completly different feel. It was busy and looked amazing because of all the lights everywhere, it seemed like a completly different place yet the same! Maybe i can try and translate this mood into my work!
Seeing The New School was quite intresting as i think it would be amazing to study there and moving away and living in a new culture would have a distinct impact on my work, but at the same time compared to London which is just as metropolitan and busy i thought New York felt like a really lonely place. But i guess there are two sides to every decision and to get ahead in fashion you have to be prepared to make sacrifices!
