Reviewing my second year

Gender Games (Studio Module)
At the beginning of the module I struggled to get motivated for this project, maybe being it was the first of the year or I didn't feel entirely confident with the task in hand however after a few weeks of collecting information, various research and guidance from my peers and lecturers I was filled of ideas and was excited to start my designing process. I was pleased to find out that we could choose to produce a fashion or textile outcome or dabble in the both, which meant I didn't have to break my boundaries and create a textile outcome. I was really pleased with my final outcome for the project as I felt it reflected the message I wanted to create along with having the research and information to back it up.

Development of Fashion Construction (Support Module)
I was already looking forward to this module as I feel that construction is one of my strengths and I enjoy practicing and developing my skills. Rather than creating various types of samples with a fairly directed outcome which not much freedom to explore and design we were given the opportunity to go almost as crazy and innovative as we wanted. I enjoyed this freedom as I was able to independently design and develop my ideas into an outcome which I was satisfied with.

Next Childrens-wear Brief - Encounter Culture (Studio Module)
Although I have not completed this brief yet I feel like I have successfully pushed myself out my comfort zone and am completing a good standard and variety of work. I think that the Encounter Culture trend is an extremely successful mix with the Next girl's (2-6 year olds) clothing as there are so many possibilities and ideas to be explored. Although I am slightly disappointed that there is no physical outcome to the project - because how adorable would the tiny clothes be?! - I am excited to present my ideas to the company and am looking forward to their feedback.

Development/Breaking Textile Boundaries (Support Module)
As you can probably guess, I wasn't hugely excited for this brief given it being as one of my weaknesses. Again, we were able to have the freedom to choose what trend we wanted to follow and show through our work which I was happy about as I was able to choose a monotone and minimalistic trend. Reluctantly I have enjoyed the module so far and am looking forward to completing and having a successful print collection.

Developmental Research
Admittedly, I often struggle to keep concentration during lectures as I tend to become distracted easily. However I do enjoy the variety of information we receive from the various lecturers and guest speakers which volunteer their time and work for us as I believe all have payed an important and successful impact to my essay and will do leading up to my dissertation. I was able to narrow down subjects which I possess strong opinions for and enabled me to discover myself and my personal philosophy. I would describe my presentation as satisfactory, I know that I could have improved this however I know it could have gone worse.