Wild SOS

So I  had a wild night last night watching DIY SOS. As usual it was incredibly touching and made my Mum teary. It was also very inspiring for me as a creative individual. 

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This was the first time I have properly come across  Laurence Lowell Bowen and his work as an Interior Designer. 

For starters his dress sense is individual, smart and altogether super in my opinion, and his design style is very similar. 

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What attracted my attention the  most is, despite his extreme success in the field he still is very hands on; creating fabulous paintings to be included in his Interior Designs. He also was shown to be painting chandeliers to fit the colour scheme, which I thought was a great idea. 

Checkout his website: http://www.llb.co.uk

If for nothing else the visuals are amazing!

LLB produces and collaborates with a number of home and decorating brands from Littlewoods to Graham&Brown as well as having his own individual company.

The Pink Elephant in the room

So a pink elephant is due to take residency in my room this summer...

I've always loved the saying  - The elephant in the room. A weird thing to love granted, but a very common problem with society.  

Dumbo was also a favourite childhood film of mine, and so this has influenced my desire to do this rather strange wall-art feature. This has links to the extended phrase: 'The pink elephant in the room'. The pink elephant being something a person sees when they hallucinate, due to alcohol or otherwise. 

Pink Elephants, Dumbo, Disney

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Due to the above and a very inspirational photograph I remember seeing when I was younger, of a silhouette of an elephant in front of a pink sunset, childhood nostalgia has created my project. 

Having this idea for years to have my own pink elephant in my bedroom, this summer my madness is going to be expressed on my chimney-breast wall.

Here is further inspiration produced on Pintrest:  

http://gb.pinterest.com/jesjasfashion/pink-elephant-wall-painting/

Keep following for the results! Pictures will appear as soon as complete! 

Hopefully this will further inspire me for a fashion project after as well. 

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Style Study

Day two of being awake at 5 am. This time I am being an (arguably over) supportive girlfriend and am at the library whilst my boyfriend prints and scans his final bits of work for his hand in 5 hours from now.

Whilst I sit here I casually look around at the two dozen or so students busy working away and I am surprised how they are dressed. The majority in skinny jeans and a t-shirt, I find myself shocked at the lack of comfy clothes I see: no tracksuit bottoms in sight!

I've heard  both from the individual and of many people who come here after a night out to work. Does this raise the style question: is fashion in general becoming more about the practical in today's modern society?
It does baffle me how an intoxicated student could produce decent work. But then I suppose art students work could result in being imaginative, wild and free. Will this evolve to be a new form of art or is it a spin off hippie/ psychedelic art?

Inspiration can come from anything

Not the best photograph in the world, but as I lay awake at 5am trying not to disturb my boyfriend it's the best I could do!

One positive of being awake at this time is that it allows you to take in your surroundings and let your creativity compensate for your denied dreams. 

This curtain to me could be a great mini skirt. Dyed with the darkest shade of red at the gather and descending into brighter tones. 

The embedded ceiling circle light further suggests a basic high waisted panel with four buttons. 

So there you go people - that's how my crazy designer brain works!