Etsy.com Original sample.

A beautiful asymetrical femmine long knit coat with a geargian style neckline and 3/4 short bell sleeve.This coat wraps around and ties or can be worn loose.It is made from pure new wool and is a navy with a fleck running through it.The size of the sample is med/large.It is available in a number of colours and sizes.Please convo me at the top of the page for more details.It can be worn as a knit dress as well as a long cardigan over dresses or trousers. www.etsy.com/shop/originalsample

Fashion Shots Winter Coats

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Winter Coats.

Just the right time to go out looking for your perfect Winter Coat or even make one yourself.Such is the general fast pace and remarkable value in a number of stores,is it cost effective.I have recently been to Primark were I can confirm Winter coats are a staggering low price at Coats starting at £16.00 Uk pounds.

Editors CV.

Victoria L. Meadows

Objective. Fashion Design/Knitwear Design/Fashion forecasting/ Fashion marketing/Sales Manager. Specialising in Fashion Accessories with a strong interest in utilising my skills in the area of people management and confidence building within a team. I am dependable, conscientious and self motivated. Previously running my own fashion business for many years, designing, marketing and sales at an executive level. I feel my experience in management and people skills including a strong creative ability would fit into running and developing  fashion ranges for chain stores and fashion chains. Analysising trends and predicting sales figures,display design to create a strong branded fashion line maximising sales potential.
Dynamic sales/design career reflecting fashion sales wholesale and retail.Establishing strong links with designer lead branded labels.Cutting edge talent in delivery high end fashion designs.Following through initial sales at international trade fairs to quality production and distribution.Maintaining strong relationships with corporate fashion buyers.Exceptional well organised with a track record that demonstrates self motivation ,creativity and initiative to achieve personal and business goals.
Summary of Professional Experience


April 2010-
Volentary Teaching Stage 1 & 2
Primary school
Heathfield Primary
Scotland road,Basford
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire,
NG 5 1JD


2008-2010
Retailing on-line Part-time
www.originalsample.etsy.com
U.S.A site based in New York
Developing on line retail business.
.
March 2008-August 2009. Part-time
EBay site.www.ebay.co.uk shop-
Accessories-by-Designers.
Selling eco conscious fashion accessories
using reclaimed yarns.Up Cycling samples
from previous business.

2006-2008
Part-time
Bar work
Admiral Rodney
Wollaton village,
Nottingham.

2006-2007
Nottingham Trent University. Full time
PGCE course.(Further education tutor)
Art and Design Fashion/textiles.
New College Nottingham.
Fashion Department.(teacher training).
Part-time lecturer
ND fashion Y1,Y2,Betec fashion/textiles Y1,Y2
Year 4 Secondary ed,Fashion drawing.
Foundation degree Pattern Cutting,Photo shop.

2006
Charity work(part-time)
Stock display and stock selection.
Oxfam Stores,
Sherwood,
Mansfield road,
Nottingham,
NG5

2005-2006
Part time
Chris Judge.
8 a Peacock yard,
London,
SE 17 3LH
Freelance Knitwear Design.
Minature swatch creations.
Market-
Fashion chains in the UK.

2004-2005
Part-time.
Knitwear Network.
Unit N, The Business Design Centre,
69 Lower Parliament st,
Nottingham.
Freelance Designer Knitwear swatches.
Tommy Hillfigger.DKNY.Calvien Klien

2004-2005
Part-time
Debenhams Department Stores,
Personal Shopper,
Market Square,
Nottingham,
NG1
Quality shopping experience for customers,
promoting products,choicing Christmas presents.



2002-2003
Part time.
Laura Ashley Stores,
Sales Advicer.
Pulling sales up as a team member
creating the Clumber street store
to 1 position from 5 within Laura Ashely
Sales figures.
Visual Marketing programme.
Fashion department.
Clumber Street,
Nottingham,
NG1

2003-2004
Part-time
House of Fraser Department Store,
Sales Advicer.
Designer Menswear,
Victoria Centre,
Nottingham,
NG1




1989-2003
Original Sample Nottingham.
Designer Director.(Self Employed)
Knitwear Company.
Unit J, The Business Space,
69 Lower Parliament st,
Nottingham,
NG1 3BB

Accessories Designer lead Company, designing and selling knitwear to a designer market world worldwide.
Customers- Paul Smith, Harrods, Selfridges. French Connection. Japanese stores. U.S.A Sax’s 5th Ave, Barneys , Macy’s, Paris Stores.
Celebrity Customers-Sade,Ralph Lauren,Paul Smith,Vita Von Teese,Christian Lacroise,Liam Galagher,Mark Owen -Take that,East Enders cast,D&G designers, Eurnist Hemmingway(Red or dead),Hughin Mc Gregory,Robbie Coltrain,Alexander Mc Queen,Anna Sui,

Achievements
Award. UK business award  Princess Youth Trust 1991
Courtaulds Award Runner up. Menswear Competition.
British Fashion awards- winner. Freelance knitwear collection within Paul Smith and French Connection's fashion awards.
Bespoke knitted hat designs for Prince William and Prince Harry
Freelance work.Window Display Design-Selfridges London.High Street Windows.
Freelance design work-Tommy hillfigger,Calvien Klein,DKNY.
Freelance Costume design consultant-Rolling Stones Concerts 1995
Freelance Costume designs- Play house Nottingham.
Freelance Costume designs-Spice Girls.

Showing Globally at international trade Fairs. Pret-a-Porter Paris.Sehm Paris. New York Coterie,London Show, Birmingham Menswear Trade fair,Harogate fashion fair.London knitwear Show.
Overseas Marketing Missions-Osaka,Tokyo Hilton hotel .Japan
Park Lane hotel,Marketing Suite.New York USA
Shop Reports New York City, Paris,France, London, UK
Overseas Trips Forcasting and buying Shows Fabrics yarns and forward trends Florence Italy.
.
Market Stall Camden Market London 1990-1997 Retail Sales knitwear -Mens, Ladies and Children
Retail Storesx2 Nottingham. Designer Clothing and gifts- Mansfield Road and City centre 1990-1993
Hire, train, and coordinate a staff of 12,
Handle all merchandising, inventory control, ordering, cash control, and maintenance functions.
Coordinate special promotions and events.
Developing local marketing and advertising strategies.
Direct sales floor activities.
Oversaw full range of retail management responsibilities.
Opened/closed store; handled customer service complaints and cash control.
Supervised and motivated employees.


1999-2000.
Part time Lecturer Fashion/Textiles.
Lincoln Demonford University. Lincoln.
ND Diploma Fashion/Textiles.
Capsule module 6 week project.

2000.
Part time
Lecturer Fashion.
(Placement for C&G Teaching certificate)
New College Nottingham. Adams building.
ND Diploma Fashion.

1987-1988 Charterhouse. Loughborough.
Knitwear Designer
Laising with wholesale buyers,preparing meetings.
Designing for middle to lower market designing for major chain stores.
Catologues Primark,Littlewoods,Asda,Tesco.M&S
Burtons,Top Man,Top Shop,Next.
Computer Added design/Story boards/fashion drawing/Speck sheets.
Far east production and circular machine plant in Leicester.
Licensed products N.F.L. Children’s Characters.Disney.

 1988-1989 Open house. Nottingham.
 Senior Designer.
 Computer aided design/Story boards/fashion drawing/Speck sheets.
 Heading design meetings within designer team. Allocating work
 Passing production, making first samples on flatbeds.
 Meeting buyers middle market U.K. and U.S.A.
 Next Stores.Top Shop USA Stores.

1984 Tom Necturline. N.Y.C. U.S.A.
Design Assistant.
Hand Knit designer company supplying Sax 5th Ave.
Assisting production/meeting deadlines.
Colour ways for styles.

Education
1975-1982 Quarry Bank Comp. Liverpool.
O Levels, English, Mathematics, Biology, Geography, Photography, Art, Fashion/textiles, Needlework. "A" Level Art. General Studies.
1980- Ballet Teaching Qualification .Allied Dancing Associastion.
1982-83 Foundation Course, Liverpool Polytechnic.
1983-1987 Nottingham Trent University, B.A Honours 2-1 Knitwear Design.
1984-Student Exchange New York City F.I.T 7th Ave, 21 credits.
2000-City & Guilds stage 1& 2. 7302 Teaching Certificate.  Clarenden college Nottingham.
2007 -PGCE in further education, teaching qualification. Nottingham Trent University.
Computer Driving license course work.
Full Driving license.
Languages Conversation Spanish and French.

References.
Liz Clague .Programme Leader PGCE
School of Education
Nottingham Trent University,
Lionel Robbins Building,
Clifton Campus,
Clifton Lane,
Nottingham,
NG11 8NS

Janet Langford,
Head of Fashion department,
New College Nottingham,
Adams building,
Stoney ,st
Nottingham,
NG1
Tel 0115 910-4747
Extracurricular Activities. Designing clothes and home furnishings. Decorating and shopping for vintage inspired items for my wardrobe and home decoration. Gardening including organic vegetable growing and cooking whole foods for a healthy  and sustainable life style. Walking and bike riding.Playing and educationing my young daughter. Blogging on line on eco conscious home and life style issues.Promoting Ethical and fair trade fashion and interiors.
http://bespokefashionnews.blogspot.com.http://ethicallivingforfashion.blogspot.com.http://zerofootprintfashion.blogspot.com.
http://greenhomesthenewchoice.blogspot.com.http://foodforthoughtandhealth.blogspot.com.http://vintageknittedcardigans.blogspot.com

Storyboards Summer 2010

Fashion Trends.

The neutral look is always a winner.Natural skin,pinks, beige s and creams fill the stores this summer.

Designing a T-shirt and getting it made.

Printing On Shirts And T Shirts

Author: Robert Palmer

Getting t-shirt printed is liked by everyone. T-shirt printing presses make sounds as the warm weather approaches because they make loads of t-shirts for sports tournaments, company barbecues, and favorite corner bar. These days t-shirts have become a universal symbol of good times and brand awareness worldwide. One cannot take the responsibility of printing of t-shirts lightly as it affects the business a lot. Whenever a t-shirt printing project comes off poorly, the brand comes in a bad light. One should not panic on getting an order of printing t-shirts. On following some simple steps, you can save yourself lots of heartache and dollars.

Experience is the biggest weapon in this world. Once you get familiar with work then it becomes an easy task.   The best technique of printing t- shirts is screen printing.  In case you are doing one-off shirts, heat transfer paper is fine. Also it is great for working out your design ideas, too. If the time comes to do a big run of shirts, you'll likely go the screen printing route. Secondly one should leave plenty of time for t-shirts to be printed. You should be clear about the drop dead date for delivery of the printed t-shirts. One week should be added in a week's worth of cushion and work the schedule backwards.

Third step to be followed is to limit the number of colors in the design. One should simply avoid usage of more and more colors as by doing so the cost increases. Thus a large amount of money can be saved by cutting down on the number of colors. Also one should create the artwork in a vector drawing program. In case you want to do your computer design work in a vector drawing program, such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel DRAW, or Macromedia Free hand then do not use a paint program such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. Thus generally speaking, the stencils need to be cut from vectors, rather than pixels (paint).

Also you should have a design pro handle the prep work. A killer logo might have been designed by you but it should be made sure that it will print properly and economically. In case you are working with a good t-shirt printer, you should be able to hand off your design and have them take care of all of the technical details. One should also know that they may very well charge you for that service. A person in the industry of printing t-shirts should always take pre orders. Also you should get folks to commit to reserving their shirts before you place the order. By doing this one saves in the long run. Also you should not order more shirts than required.

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John Bush is a professional fashion designer with 10 years of experience in the  Custom Printed T shirts design and Screen Printing T Shirts design field.

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Photoshop for beginniers.

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Hermes Bags

Catwalk Trends Spring 2010.

Trends for Spring.

Womens Clothing Trends For Spring 2010

Author: Louis B Jones

Fashion experts and ramp show trends are suggesting that 2010 will bring back a lot of the older styles that were once popular. Some of these trends might not seem so appealing but in later months you will see them all over the place. Womens clothing trends are always evolving and changing. Some trends in womens clothing last but just a mere second in the fashion world and other trends make monumental history. It is up to you to decipher what trends suit your body and make you look attractive.

One noticeable aspect of tshirts this year is that shoulder pads are coming back in fashion. Yes they were a big hit for Womens clothing in the 1970’s and 80’s. This style makes you look taller and well defined. This trend in womens clothing would look proportionate on average and tall women. Short women tend to look butch in this type of womens clothing so it is generally not recommended for them. Chain embellished tshirts are also going to be trendy in the next couple of months. Even formal wear have started appearing with long dangly punk styled chains. Some chains come attached to the tops and others can be removed and used on other womens clothing. Black chains look really cool with white colored tees and blouses. The idea is to look punk and feminine at the same time.

This spring expect to see a lot of mint green and coral combinations. This combination will be offered in makeup, womens clothing, shoes and more fashionable accessories. These colors of womens clothing look extremely attractive on olive skinned women. Peaches and pink colored clothing suit women with lighter skin tones. Nude colors are also going to be fashionable colors for womens clothing but you have to be careful or you can look washed out and drab.

Another blast from the past are fringes. Fringes are being adding to tights, tops, skirts, and other womens clothing. This was last fashionable during the 80’s and it seems like it would actually be a hit with certain types of womens clothing. It is a different look and can be horrible on one person and great on the next. It’s important to get a friend’s perspective when buying womens clothing that is so different. They should be able to tell you honestly if it suits you or not. Then based upon your own opinion and theirs you can decide whether you want to invest in this type of womens clothing for your wardrobe.

Double denim is the latest trend in France and should be a UK fashion trend by the end of this year. You need to wear a denim top and something denim below to pull off a double denim look. You could opt for denim skirts, shorts, pants or overalls to wear below. Above you could wear a tshirt with a denim jacket unbuttoned or tied in a knot across the stomach. You could experiment with this trend if you have a number of denim Womens clothing in your wardrobe. By mixing and matching you could see which combination looks best for the double denim look. Now that you have had a peek at the womens clothing trends for this year you can manage your wardrobe accordingly.





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Red Carpet Fashion

Hermès bags fashion show spring / summer 2010

Author: Anna Millman

Many new proposals signed Hermès Spring / Summer 2010. Are you curious to know what has produced

the inspiration of Jean Paul Gaultier? Then read on to discover all the news.




The parade of Hermès Spring / Summer 2010 was definitely one
of the most eagerly awaited by all those of the Paris Fashion Week. The word
Hermès rachiude all a wonderful world, which runs through the history of fashion
handbags giving us unsurpassed.







How can we forget in fact two of the most popular bags of
history, the Hermès Birkin and Kelly? Two scholarships that have changed
the way you think the stock market, no longer a mere accessory but an expression
of their personality.







Dedicated to two icons of fashion, entertainment and
history, like the mythical glamorous Grace Kelly and the icon Jane Birkin, they
have gone through two Hermes bags free of fashion and its ever-changing
cycles, becoming veritable fetish for all the (few) that if women can afford and
unattainable dream for the other (many).







In every collection Hermès repeats the two exchanges
that are more this French maison, in a look that is renewed from season to
season. The fashion show for spring-summer collection
2010 was devoted to tennis, sports chic for excellence,
so here's Kelly renew their look for the occasion.







Gaultier fact apply to the bag icon brand a
portaracchetta courts, transforming it into a sports bag and no longer just an
accessory pouches. Kelly, who can vote in our survey, is available in classic
shades quite like the white, blue and red.







But there are certainly more traditional versions of
Kelly, and especially more valuable, such as those in snakeskin and white sand.
The parade also sees the protagonists Mini Kelly and Clutch, the smallest of the
classic bag models dedicated to Princess Grace, in precious leathers like
alligator.







How could he fail then the
Birkin bag and the
other en of the Maison, which is revisited in a version I think of great effect.
Gaultier fact, the effect achieved with a "trompe l'oeil" that is drawing the
flap on the bag and the characteristic closure but in such a realistic way to
make it look good. But it lacks the model "posh", which perhaps we will soon see
the arm of Victoria Beckham, sand-colored crocodile leather.







But of course Hermes space to other exchanges. It aims for
the new collection especially on clutch, carried out as usual in precious
leathers like crocodile or calf leather, characterized by a particular closure
jewelry metal. The colors are pretty classic, ranging from white to black,
passing through dark red.

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Lady Gaga Leaks More Images From Her Upcoming 'Telephone' Video With Beyonc�- StyleList

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Oscar Fashion Ten Years Later - StyleList

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At the Oscars.

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Fashion at the Oscars.

Fashion at the Oscars last night was a flash back of Hollywood vintage 40's 50's era.Lots of long fitted lacy romantic dress's.

Boy George Stars As the Mad Hatter -- The Cut

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Self help tips on living a nicer life style.

Living a Happier Life – Use These Tips to Make it Possible

Author: Mark J Walters

We always wish happiness to each other at birthdays and on New Year’s Eve, but the reality is that this is not always easy to achieve. However, this does not mean that you should despair and consider it to be mission impossible. You have to keep in mind that this depends on you only – on your thoughts and actions. Here are some tips on living a happier life. They will work for you as long as you really want things to be this way.

Be positive and optimistic. You might consider this piece of advice on living a happier life to be way too obvious, but if you do not keep this basic rule you are simply doomed to be miserable all the time. Always believe in yourself and in your abilities. When you have difficulties or simply feel down, you should think of all the things you can be happy about. Do not dig too deeply. Having a home and family and friends who stand by you is something that many people can only dream of.

Socialize as often and as intensively as you possibly can. One of the great problems of the world we live in is that it makes us more introverted and less willing to trust and share with others. Try not to avoid being in the company of others and by staying at home all the time. Instead, try to meet new people and to maintain good relations with your existing acquaintances and friends. Go out more often and never miss an opportunity to have a quick chat with your colleagues at work.

Do all the fun things that you would normally put off. You should really find the time to enjoy all the small pleasures of life even if they do not always fit into your schedule. Life is not all about work, so try to have small treats that can really make you happy. Going to the movies, to the theater or to sports events from time to time is easy to fit in your schedule, enjoyable and relaxing. The same applies to spa treatments and massages. You should not deny yourself the pleasure of having a delicious dessert or a calorie-rich snack every now and then even if you are on a diet.

Create personal goals and dreams. This is one of the most essential tips on living a happier life. Knowing that your existence has a meaning and that you are working towards a goal always helps.

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