Tim Walker - Fashion Photographer

For fashion Inspiration I always turn to one of my favorite fashion photographers, Tim Walker. Tim Walker is always featured in Vogue, Harpers and Bazaar and without a doubt dazzles the readers with his extravagant and imaginative photographs.

I am truly taken back by his phenomenal and captivating photographs, where I become lost in his surreal and mysterious images.

Tim Walker recently showcased his incredible photographs in a new exhibition held at Somerset House, which was sponsored by Mulberry. Unfortunately I couldn't make the exhibition but that did not stop me from looking at the beautiful images he featured online.

Here are some of the images from Tim Walker's exhibition, called The Story Teller. They are truly outstanding!

Here is two beautiful images that I took inspiration from at university, in a module called 'Visual Studies'. I was creating a fashion photo shoot to feature a bag I created for Spring/ Summer , and thought these images were so wonderful and so inspiring, and perfect for how I wanted my fashion shoot to be. 

Spring/ Summer 2013 Trends

Time is flying by quickly and before I know it I will have graduated from Birmingham City University. I have thoroughly enjoyed my three years studying Fashion Retail Management but now the scary part in my life begins, where I find a job and begin my career! It is vital that I keep up to date with new trends and styles so I am aware of the latest looks, have a strong awareness of the upcoming trends, and am commercially aware. Here are some of the upcoming Spring/ Summer 2013 trends which I am extremely excited about! I don't know about you but I think it's time to ditch the wellies and bring on the flip-flops!

  

 All That Shimmers

I love this trend! This look is inspired by the ocean waves, which reminds me that summer is soon to be here and I will actually be in sea enjoying the waves! This trend is seen by designers such as Burberry, Viktor & Rolf, Rochas, Giorgio Armani and Jonathan Saunders.

The look consists of jewel-coloured sequins, gorgeous fabrics and lace! I can't wait!

 Sports Luxe

With the Olympics taking over 2012, why not bring it in 2013! The sports look is seen on the catwalk from designers such as Paul Smith, Thomas Tait, Tommy Hilfiger, Lacoste and Richard Nicoll.

Monochrome 

Just as I expected, the monochrome look will be huge in Spring Summer 2013. The high street will be jammed with stripes, checks, zigzags and geometry! Just what I love! I have black and white checked trousers at the moment, which I love and I am so pleased to know this trend will follow on in the summer. The trend is seen in designers such as Marc Jacobs, Balmain and Alexander Wang, and it is even seen at Topshop Unique. (Yay)

Cream Egg Campaign

Made In Chelsea stars Louise Thompson and Binky Felstead feature in the new Cream Egg campaign - a perfect way to market the company!

The campaign re-creates scenes from the iconic films; American Beauty and Mission Impossible! Louise recreates Mena Suvari's famous rose petal scene from American Beauty - however instead of being buried in flowers, shes buried in Cream Eggs! I know what I'd rather be surrounded by!
In another campaign shoot, Binky and Louise recreate Mission Impossibe, where they are suspended from the ceiling in skin-tight black catsuits as they reach out for the giant egg!
Check out the campaign below!

No Noise Campaign at Selfridges

I have been watching the new ITV period drama 'Mr Selfridge', (and turned slighly obsessed with it!) The drama tells the story of Harry Gordan Selfridge, the founder of Selfridges department store! The ITV series has brought the store a gigantic amount of attention, with a whooping total of 7.2 million viewers watching! So the new Selfridges campaign could not of come at a better time!

Selfridges have created the No Noise campaign in attempt to lower the non-stop noise that Londoner’s experience every day. When I live at home, I am one of those busy Londoner's who seem to run from place to place, always in a rush! So I can say without any hesitance that this new campaign is perfect for people like me! 

The store have designed a Silence Room, an extremely clever way which will help their customers relax. I think most people can agree that this is one hundred percent needed after Christmas. Although I love Christmas and cliche as it sounds, wish it could be Christmas everyday, it really can be stressful buying everyone presents! 

Annette Cremin, spokeswoman for Selfridges said: “It is a chance to turn the volume down on London. It is an experiment to see how people react when they are taken away from their gadgets and forced to be silent.”

As part of the No Noise Campaign, Selfridges have decided to drop their name from the iconic yellow shopping bags, as well as some of its high-profile brands. The store will continue to do this until around the end of March ! Some brands who have removed their logos from products are Beats by Dr Dre, Creme de La Mer skincare, Levi's jeans and Marmite. I LOVE the Marmite and beans can! 

Here are some amazing pictures that show the new No Noise Campaign window displays. The windows give an immediate image, showing exactly what the meaning of the campaign is! I love how each displays scream out to the busy shoppers - STOP, come in and relax! Have a look...

Creating costumes for Celebrity Big Brother 2013

I don't know if you are Big Brother fans but I am proud to say that it is without a doubt the best way to end my day! I know that after a hard day of uni, all I will want to do is sit in front of the TV, with a cup of tea in one hand and a galaxy chocolate bar in the other, and watch the 24 hour highlights of the Big Brother house. Not only that, my sister is a fantastic Researcher for Endemol Productions (who produce Big Brother), which means she is one of the highly creative people who make our nights fun by setting up the funny tasks for the contestants. So if I don't watch it - I will get a major telling off from her! 

On the launch night the hilarious Xfactor star Rylan Clark and jockey Frankie Dettori decided which housemates should live in luxury in the main house, whilst sending the remaining celebrities down to the dreaded basement!

I extremely enjoyed watching this as I was lucky enough to help my sister create the costumes for the basement! It was a lot of fun to be able to help with this and I found myself becoming extremely jealous of my sister's day to day job! 

To make each costume suitable for the basement, my sister and I distressed and aged each garment, by dusting them, ripping them and covering them with webs! The outcome was amazing!! I have posted the clothes underneath so you can see what we created!

Here are pictures of the basement! I'm glad I'm not spending a night in there!

New York Christmas windows... Saks Fifth Avenue

The windows at Saks are also spectacular and this stores holidays Christmas windows portrays a theme of sensational snowflake scenes. Sakes Fifth Avenue is in close proximity to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree so it was particularly crowded when I visited the gorgeous store. But as I am a huge fan of visual merchandising, I pushed past everyone to get a glimpse at the amazing visual displays! I was amazed and not disappointed!

The windows show snowy and frosty images and I was amazed to see how the children in the windows were extremely life-like.

One window consists of a banquet scene at Saks showing the snow and ice indoors—in the form of crystal chandeliers, snowdrift-coloured tables, and sparkling white table settings.

Another window shows a child, a puppy, and lots of snow which showcases children’s outerwear. The best thing is that the windows are just as amazing as they sound!

New York Christmas windows... Macy's

Macy's windows this Christmas has stuck with a classic theme of a magical Christmas.

Throughout the six windows, this store's windows show NYC traditions and landmarks, such as the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, the ice-skating rink at Rockefeller Center, and the department store's iconic wooden escalators. The windows pay tribute to the store itself and also to the amazing city.

I loved how each frame of the windows portrayed a open book and each visual display looked like a childhood dream. The Magic of Christmas was exceptionally demonstrated, through colourful and magicial scenes and I thought they were all beautiful! 
I just couldn't wait to go into the store!

Paul Olszewki, Macy's Director of Windows and Visual Marketing said, "New York during the holidays is so inspiring that I couldn't help but base the theme of this year's windows on the city itself and the part it has played in generations of holiday traditions".