About me
I am a recent graduate from Leeds Art University, attaining a degree in Fashion Design.
I am based in London/Leeds and use my own creative practises to make festival wear and various commercial women's-wear garments based on commission - through Instagram.
I am currently looking for further creative and business opportunities, jobs and experiences to partake in moving forward.
email: bethanylove25@yahoo.com
Projects
- Free-Lance Festival WearUsing my creative practises, I create commercial fashion wear for events and festivals based on commission. This usually takes place via Instagram or Depop, where customers commission me to make garments such as crop tops, bralets, shorts etc, for events such as festivals. Usually I will be commissioned using 'designer inspired' fabric such LV prints or FF, in which shows to be a consumer favourite. I do this part time in order to keep my creative skills up to date.
- C.D.L.R : Graduate CollectionC.D.L.R : Chic De La Rue; street chic. A concept which involves combining high-end chic elegance with the concept of modern contemporary silhouettes for a stylistic everyday wear. My Graduate collection consisted of experimenting with textual placement of frayed tweed ; donated by Alexander McQueen and creating structured modern silhouettes with white denim. The overall aim was to create everyday commercial looks that would suit and feel like the high end market- at the cost of the commercial
Work history
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Free Lance Designerbethlovedesigns
London, United KingdomPart Time
Personal service of free lance design, creating festival wear and other various women-wear garments through commission. I use many social networking tools such as Instagram and Depop to connect with customers and advertise my designs.
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Design TeamThe Roberto Group
- Sevenoaks, United KingdomInternship
Worked with in the design team assisting the production of design boards for current and future clients as well as giving creative direction on upcoming fashion presentations and marketing pitches. Also assisted on visual displays when presenting products to clients
Skills
- Pattern Cutting
- Fashion Design
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Abobe Illustrator
- Design
- Styling
Education
BA Fashion DesignLeeds Arts University
Leeds, United Kingdom
recent graduate at Leeds Art University having attained a degree win (BA) Fashion Design. The degree specifically focused on pattern cutting with elements of creative pattern cutting and mens-wear tailoring, resulting into a 'press outfit' from a final collection at the end. The degree also focused on creative design development and professional portfolio work for industry.
Awards
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Young Fashion Designer of the Year UKyoung fashion designer
Became a finalist for Young Fashion Designer of the year UK:
National competition which focuses on enhancing the talent of students to showcase and promote the exceptional work achieved at GCSE, A-Level and by students studying textiles design, product design and fashion throughout the United Kingdom.