11th & 12th APRIL 2012

The part where I become an intern! 

So Wednesday was the first day I went into the studio and met Carly for the first time. Having been speaking to her frequently for nearly a month now, I was excited (if not a little nervous) to finally meet! More nerve-racking was the fact I was going into Parsons - this was a chance for me to get a sneak peak at where I may apply for a masters. Better be on my best behaviour! 

I spent a lot of the day out on errands, which I took ages doing because I kept getting distracted going down interesting streets and sticking my head into eye-catching stores. It was a great way to see more of the city, however this brings me to:

NYC Lesson #2 : The subway is there for a reason! 

Because I wanted to see everything I decided to walk between nearly all of my errands, rookie mistake.

Even my favourite, and usually comfortable, shoes left my feet feeling like I'd been walking on hot coals all day :( 

NYC Mission #1: Buy trainers!

Beautiful leather boots I love you, but my feet and the heat of this city do not. 

My first mission is to buy trainers. I have found some amazing Nike's, but I'm going to search a bit more before committing - shoe purchasing is serious business! 

Back to the studio after my adventures in the Garment District and beyond (no photos, I left my camera at home...silly Hannah!) to begin re-drafting patterns onto acetate for Carly's collection. As a lot of her collection includes printed garments, the acetate will make it much easier when it comes to the placement of the print within each pattern. 

I continued doing this today (Thursday) and have nearly completed the patterns for the majority of the collection; in a beautiful colour coded manner. Photography doesn't do it justice, but all layered up it looked pretty cool. 

 

NYC Lesson #3 : Expect the unexpected... 

By some freak chance, whilst waiting for the subway this morning I bumped into an ex-Salford student, Jonathan, and it turns out he lives on the same street! Insane! 

I was also really lucky to listen in on a talk by a designer who worked at Hussein Chalayan for 8 years, and now is a senior designer at Calvin Klein. She gave a really interesting insight, but it was weird to think she went from such a conceptual designer where she had so much freedom and opportunity to be almost ridiculously creative in the innovative and exciting, to a fairly modest and all-American company, where research comes a lot from Vintage pieces. Spending 8 year exploring the future, to then move onto looking backwards? It makes her an extremely versatile designer, but it must've been one hell of an adjustment to make!

I'm excited to see what tomorrow brings...