DAY 27

Leah is now away until next wednesday so I have taken over as design assistant!

I got to do another embellishment placement on a dress called Cleo's Dream. After photocopying the artwork I placed the beading around the neckline, armhole and pockets. It was good as I got to arrange the beads however I wanted, I now really want the dress when it has been manufactured!!!

I emailed factories with sample enquieries and sent them more spec sheets. I also did some more research for the next season.

The head designer went off for a meeting with a lady from a vinatge shop and came back with some really nice inspiring garments for shape and print ideas for next season. Although the garments as a whole weren't suitable for the company, Emma and Lyndsey have lots of good ideas from the items which Im sure will make a really nice collection.

DAY 26

Stressful day!! There was so much to do today as all the designers were stressed out and I got given a lot of jobs to do to help them out!

I got to do an embelishment placemnet on a dress, I had to photocopy the beading, cut out sections and arrange it around the neckline and cuffs on the pattern paper. I enjoyed doing it as although I was told basically what the designers wanted I got to place the beads how I wanted. I will be doing a lot more embellishment placemnets on the patterns next week as the design assistant is away, so it all down to me!

I had to photocopy images from a chinese designer book as part of the inspiration for the designers for nexts seasons collection. I also had to scan in more spec sheets to factories and email the factories whenever the designers needed me to (the designers shout out randomly when a factory needs to be told something....and then me or Leah email them!)

DAY 25

I got to go in the sewing room today and it was smaller than I thought it would be as there are only 7 sewing machines and a small pattern table. I had to steam a rail of menswear garments for the show, which was hard work epsecially as the steamer was really heavy!! When the toiles were being made all the details (stitching, buttons etc) where drawn on in pen which made it easier to imagine how the real garment would look.

I did some more research and printed off images of designer Rebecca Moses work and the model Lara Stone for one of the designers. I had to create some more final colourways for a print, scan specs to the factories, email factories about garment styles and fabrics and organise all the farics that aren't being used this season in to files.

Overall quite a productive day!

DAY 24

There was hardly anything to do today. I scanned in spec sheets and emailed them to the factories, then spent the rest of the day researching for next season and looking into 2 new designers.

DAY 23

I had a really busy day, which is good! I have spent the day helping the kidwear designers doing working drawing on illustrator for the FC Baby range. As well as doing some new designs I had to alter existing ones ready for the final collection to be sent off at the end of the day. Most of the range had a spotted or striped print which I had created last week and on the front sheets for each design I had to draw the prints on, which took a while. It was good to learn about something different to womenswear!

Before I left I scanned in an emailed some more spec sheets to the factories so they could start on the garments next week.

DAY 22

This morning I had to cut out some pattern pieces for a dress and top that had been generated on computer in the studio. I did a lot of emailing of more spec sheets to the factories and some working drawings of some final designs that needed to be pattern cut. Other than this and some general errands there wasn't much else that needed to be done today.

DAY 21

I spent the morning looking through yarn samples for the knitwear, I got to see hundreds of yarns in different colours and styles and had to pick out suitable ones with sequins for 2 particular designs. It was interesting to see how creative knitwear can be, as I have never really looked into it much before.

I did some more research for next season, emailed factories to order yarns and samples as well as sending them more spec sheets, and other general errands (mainly making tea.....im an expert at it now!)