Friday 28 February 2014

Scenario #1

Sorry for not posting in the last two days guys I had a meeting at school and I was just far too busy. I'm picking my GCSE'S and my mums limiting me to picking between art and textiles and I don't know which one to pick because I need both :(. Anyway enough on my life. 

Today I'm going to be tackling some scenarios about fashion so this might help too if you find your scenario. 

You want to be a designer but don't want to go to fashion school. This is very rare scenario because most people who want a career in fashion will Jump at the chance of getting professional teaching and tutoring. However if you don't for some odd reason you'll have to work twice as hard because employers are more likely to take the candidate that has been to the best fashion school in their area over you because you trained yourself. Firstly if your training yourself KNOW YOUR STUFF. You need to prove to everyone that your just as good as those in special schools - even better. You also need to have your equipment and make sure it's good and it's not cheap. Being seen with the wrong materials shows your unprofessional, unorganized and a little confused. Secondly advertise yourself. To be honest  every industry lives by the motto "It's not what you know it's who you know". They're going to top fashion schools and colleges therefore they will be recommended to people and they will build links and friendships with important people in the fashion world. Meaning your going I have to work twice as hard to get your stuff out there. Make your friends wear it and if it's nice people will ask about it and where they got it from. People aren't going to want to pay for your very first garments because your not that expierienced and well known so give away a few freebies I know it hurts lol but it'll bring more people to you. 

Laurey xo

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Things I regret doing as an artist.

Today's post(s) are gonna be short and straight to the point (at least I'll try to) because I have a Chemistry test tomorrow and haven't revised one bit. So I really need to revise lol but I made a promise to myself to blog everyday so here I am. I lost my list of blog posts so now I'm improvising so bear with me! 

Firstly I'm just gonna give you a life/blog update. I'm at that 'pick your gcse's' stage in school so if I don't post I'm probably busy with that but as usual I'll make it up. Also I wanted to say that I follow your blogs too! So drop them below and I'll follow as many as I can. Also remember to follow Laurey's too! Also tweet, like and share us on Facebook and Twitter, we now have a Facebook page. See earlier posts for that! Coming up - hopefully I'll be interviewing one of my favourite Fashion illustrators but you'll find out who she is when I do it Lol. I've got another tutorial coming up from a guest, it may be someone you know, it may be a new guest blogger so keep your eyes on the blog to catch that. 

Today I don't really have a subject I'm just gonna be throwing everything in. I've decided to start with the things I regret doing as an artist. 

Buying cheap fine liners - FROM EBAY. Guys this is a warning. If you use alcohol based markers get a well known fineliner or get the one that the make of the markers sell. Recently I've had a terrible experience with a fineliner entitled 'wb fineliner 0.4'  it's horrible. It bleeds with promarkers and watercolour and turns blue when you draw with it. It's a lie - it's much thicker than 0.4. It's ruined some of my most prettiest drawings so don't just don't. If the fineliner is costing you less than a pound/dollar individually don't buy it. #LESSON LEARNT. 

Not tracing magazine models - I actually think that this would of helped me a lot because I've realised as a fashion illustrator I'm not really good at thinking up new posititions and poses, I stick to the catwalk pose or the normal one. 

Laurey xo
 


Tuesday 25 February 2014

My favourite tunes right now!

1. Beyoncé - Flawless
2. BeyoncĂ© - Partition 
3. Atumpan - N.Y.A.S.H (Afrobeats) 
4. Kid ink ft Chris Brown - Show me (Remix) 

Laurey xo

A Short Product overview: Faber Castell Classic Colour 24

Hey guys, this blog is now looking for guest posters! So if you think you have great fashion art news or advice or a tutorial - share it with us! I'll post it up and you'll be credited for it. Today I've decided to do a short overview of these bad boys (The Faber Castell Classic Colour Pencils): 


First lets go over some basics. It's a pencil pack of 24 however you can get them in a pack of 12, 24, 26 and 48 which is very convenient. They come with their own sharpener. They are not available for sale on the Faber Castell website, like all the other products. So the next place I look is amazon. 12 set - £6.38, 24 set - £11.18, 36 set - £26.99 and unfortunately they don't sell the 48 set on there so you'd probably have to go to ebay or find it from an online art store. I think they are reasonably priced. I have the 24 set which is enough for me because I don't use them a lot. Now the actual product. I actually think I don't know how to use them because whenever I do it doesn't come out as expected. The pencils are strong, they don't break easily for you to sharpen. I mostly use the black and white for shadows and highlights. They don't smudge, i'm not quite sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. They are good quality. They work well with markers and don't cause fine liners to bleed. Try them out today! 

Laurey xo


Monday 24 February 2014

How to write a design specification.

Yesterday wasn't much of a blogger day for me because my phone is half broken and I depend on that really... Because I blog when I'm out and in various places. However it's refusing to charge (DAMN YOU APPLE CHARGERS). Hopefully this problem will be solved soon and I'll be blogging regularly again. Anyway today I've decided to share this useful skill with you. If you don't know what a design specification is it's basically when you write about the product you've designed, review it and self assess it. In a fashion illustrators circumstances it would be their art that they are assessing, as a designer it would be your garment, as both it would be both. Firstly one of the key things you need to know is ACCESS FM, no it's not a radio station. I learnt this in textiles in year seven and it's really helped me. 

It stands for:

AESTHETICS 
COST
CUSTOMER
ENVIRONMENT
SIZE
SAFETY
FUNCTION
MATERIAL

It's basically a whole bunch of questions you ask yourself and then you write down your answers in the form of full sentences and you'll end up with a page of info about your product.

1. Aesthetics - What does the product look like?

  • Does the product look attractive? THINK. -Shape -Form -Size
  • Why does it look attractive or ugly?
  • What inspired you to create this?
  • Is it quality, does it have a quality finish?
2. Cost
  • How much did it cost to make it? (This affects how much it's actual price will be)
  • How much will the product be? 
  • Why?
  • Is it affordable?
  • Is it value for money?
  • How is the product made to attract customers?
  • How much profit will it make?
3. Customers
  • What is your target audience? (Who is the product designed for)
  • What do they want the product to do?
  • What do they want the product to look like?
  • How, where, why and when should they use it?
  • How does the product attract the selected target audience?
4. Environment 
  • What is the product’s impact on the environment? Think batteries, rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, life cycle.
  • Think about its manufacture, general use, distribution and final disposal when it is no longer needed.
5. Safety 
  • Have you considered safety issues?
  • Is it safe?
  • How?
6. Size
  • How big/small is it
  • units? (cm,mm..etc)
  • Is the size appropriate?
7. Function and Form
  • How does the product work?
  • How well does the product work?
  • How could it be improved?
  • What are it's special features?
  • What is the purpose of the product?
8. Materials 
  • What is the product made from?
  • Is it Eco friendly?
  • Would another material work better?

Sunday 23 February 2014

Emotional post 3: Pretty Hurts

This is one of Beyonce's songs off her new album and I really like it. I'm not going to say anything, i'm just going to leave you with the lyrics. If you haven't heard it head to youtube or read the lyrics below:

Mama said, "You're a pretty girl.
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
Brush your hair, fix your teeth.
What you wear is all that matters."

Just another stage, pageant the pain away
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Without falling down, down, down

Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst
We try to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
It's the soul that needs the surgery

(Uh huh huh)

Blonder hair, flat chest
TV says, "Bigger is better."
South beach, sugar free
Vogue says, "Thinner is better."

Just another stage, pageant the pain away
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Without falling down, down, down

Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts (pretty hurts)
Pretty hurts (pretty hurts), we shine the light on whatever's worst
We try to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
It's the soul that needs the surgery

Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
It's my soul that needs surgery
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
Then you break when the fake facade leaves you in the dark
You left with shattered mirrors and the shards of a beautiful past

Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst (pretty hurts)
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst
We try to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
It's the soul that needs the surgery

When you're alone all by yourself (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
And you're lying in your bed (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
Reflection stares right into you (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
Are you happy with yourself? (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)

You stripped away the masquerade (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
The illusion has been shed (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
Are you happy with yourself? (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)
Are you happy with yourself? (pretty hurts, pretty hurts)

Saturday 22 February 2014

My wardrobe: Dresses.

Hey guys, i've picked a few of my favourite dresses from my wardrobe to show you. I have a lot but I tried to keep it short because i'm sure you don't wanna be here all day.

1. My angelic skater dress - Tammy

This dress was a present and I really like it and if you go close up it has little sparkles and gems and it's really nice. It also has the skater kind of pleats. 

2. My black and white skater dress - atmosphere. 

I have a thing for skater dresses Lol. Anyway this is a zebra sort of one. I like it but not as much as the first one.

3. My Aztec maxi - H&M 

This dress is quite long so I had to take the picture in two parts. I love this dress. I got it for £18 at H&M it's like my ultimate occasion dress! 

Laurey xo

Lauren now removes weaves and extensions for just a fiver!

I know people who go to a salon to get their weaves/extensions removed for £15-£20. WHY! For weave I know why because you can't see what your doing but extensions - just why. So I now come to anywhere in surrounding areas (Waltham Forsest) and remove them for only a fiver. Guaranteed safety, I do it all the time for people - I'm not going to pull your hair out. It's all for a fiver so why not! 

Laurey xo

Friday 21 February 2014

Black hair: Last week of my Senegalese twists.

Hey guys so I had a post a while ago on how to style my/your Senegalese twist. This is the last week I have them in because I've had them for about 2 months and it's time they come out. I would of taken them out earlier but I'm having trouble finding a hairdresser who will do box braids for me under £50.

So starting from tomorrow and finishing on Whenever I take them out I'll be posting some hairstyles and posts about Senegalese twist as we say good bye to them lol but overall I've loved having them. I just wished I did it longer. 










The cheapest place to buy promarkers (AT THE MOMENT SO HURRY)

I'm a bargain hunter. I refuse to see the price on TV and settle with that price. I always look around for cheaper options. So the medium I use the most for drawing are my Letraset promarkers and let's face it they're incredibly expensive. 

When I first bought it I bought the 'blender' pack with 12 pens in it for almost £30 from Letraset. Cool but I wanted a cheaper price. So I then turned to eBay where I bidded and got a mid tones packet for £6.99 when they usually cost £8.99. 

I looked around at individual art shops online and found one called art discount. At this time they were selling individual pens for about £1.60 which I thought was really cheap - cheapest on the internet so I went ahead and I bought about 6 pens. They were mainly skin tones.

The search continues and BAM it hit me in the face! I found a website called cowling and Wilcox! They sell promarkers for £1.25 each! When Letraset sell them for £2.49. Bleed proof paper is being sold for £3.95. The promarker six sets are £7.50 at Cowling and Wilcox but at Letraset they're £13.36. The limited edition packs are now £13.95 When the contents value is £32.50. You can get a set of 56 for £79.55, a set of 92 for £124.99 and a set of 148 (the whole set) for £183. Normally the whole set would cost you around £400 pounds so this is a bargain guys! Get in there! I also found out that they have shop around London. For those who leave near me (East London) they have a store in Walthamstow. Simply visit their website and save on P&P. 

Yes I'm telling the truth. It's only this price because at the moment they have a January sale and it ends on the 02/03/2014! So hurry and get yours now. 

Thursday 20 February 2014

Black Hair: Excited and inspired by box braids.

Hey guys, so i'm now introducing a page called 'Black hair' because it happens to be an area that I know loads about. Don't take it like i'm not posting for other types of hair, the reason why i'm not is because I haven't got a clue about other hair types lol.  I've already done one post and that was how to care for your Afro Caribbean hair. This post got a lot of views and I thought i'd post more content on black hair, so here we go. 

Lately I have been inspired by box braids. In my opinion they're so beautiful. The reason they're called box braids is because they part a box at the top of your head. It's my next hairstyle and I'm getting them next week. Why this type of braid is called so many things we'll never know... they're also known as poetic justice braids, solange inspired braids and patra braids. They're very expensive to get done and i'm having a tough search finding a hairdresser who will do it for under £40. However i'm determined to get them done because they are totally amazing (toats amazballs). 



Wednesday 19 February 2014

Our newly launched facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LaureysFashion

Click here to go right there, right now!

I just created a facebook page so go check it out: Click here

Get all the latest news and posts before I blog, so it's kinda like a vip pass. I'll be posting loads on there and on here, so stay tuned.

Laurey xo

How NOT to become fashion designer.

Many of you guys know the steps to getting there but do you know what not to do? 

My first tip would be not to invest into things you can't afford. For example, since last Christmas i've been wishing for copic ciao markers but I know I can't afford them at £5 per pen. In my opinion that's ridiculous. There practically the same as promarkers but they refill however refills cost more than the actual pen so in total your spending about a tenner on one pen. AREEE YOOUUUU CRAZIIIIIIIII? I'll just stick to my promarkers. 

My second tip is invest in things you can afford because remember as a designer your trying to better yourself. Move on from high street things to bigger brands. You'll see a huge difference, trust me. With time learn how to ink sketches.

Thirdly when drawing sketches and your models face is not to your satisfaction don't get annoyed. Think ''It's all about the clothes''. It's only recently that I learned to draw faces and they're still not amazing. 

It's best not to put your head and heart into trends because your meant to be creating them as a designer. Have your own style. People don't wanna buy what they've already seen. 

Also beware of thieves on the internet who want to just save your designs and use them for other stuff. Put a big fat signature on it. 

Laurey xo

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Fashion artventures #2

The second artventures tutorial I did was the BeyoncĂ© at the Super Bowl. However as well following the tutorial I also made my own style out of it. 


Lauren xo

Fashion Art Ventures.

Hey guys, so fashion artventures is a YouTube channel that posts loads of tutorials and videos on fashion illustration. I learn a lot from there and today I did a few. I started off with Kate Middleton's maternity dress. 

Time taken: 1hour and a half 
Media used: Watercolour, Faber Castell Classic Colour 48, silver gel pen and Letraset promarkers. 
Promarkers colours: blush, dusky pink, tan and cool grey 5.
Faber Castell colours: burnt sienna, black and grey. 


Laurey xo

Today! Tuesday.

Today I have hundreds of things to do so I've gotta do them before I blog. So I'll post in the evening. When I come back I plan to do some serious drawing so keep watching. 

Much Love, Lauren xo

But. I can't draw.

Yes, today's title is literally what it's about. I really don't like it when people say they can't draw because in time they could learn and do anything they want to.  Drawing doesn't have to be to professional standards. I chose a particular area of art - fashion illustration and that's become my passion. However ask me to draw still life or draw abstract art I suck at it but it doesn't mean I'm not going to make an effort to learn. 

If your serious about it, then go ahead and do it ... But she's better than me? She's better than you because she took ages practicing and perfecting her skills and she started where you started - on a table face to face with paper and a pencil saying 'I can't draw'. 

If you've read my earlier post on 'me' I said in there that I had some problems starting out but I conquered them in the end. To be honest my first drawings are so bad I'm not going to show them to you but it's a start. Gradually as an artist you will find your own style and technique and become a unique individual artist. It all starts from the heart and mind. It's quite a challenge learning how to draw, a lot of trial and error. With the help of tutorials, blogs *WINK WINK* and YouTube you could become an amazing artist. Why, because I believe in you. 












Monday 17 February 2014

Teen star 2014!!!!

Hey guys! I drop hints in some posts about how one of my hobbies is singing. In about 2 weeks time... 8th March my friend Centainne and I (otherwise known as Elsie) are going for an audition called teen star. We've been dreaming of doing this for about 2 years and were finally doing it so I am super excited! 

Our audition is 8th March in Camden. Hopefully we make it to the regional final showcases and if we get through in that it's the big final held in the O2. I know it's only the auditions but i'm so excited and this is the first audition out of school I have ever done and i'm so glad to be doing it with one of my closest friends. 

Watch out for more posts on this and also a separate blog for our music!

Love you loads, Lauren x


Tutorial: Eyes

Here I've done two types of eyes. One is for a typical fashion face. Another is for trying to create a realistic effect.


The reason why I didn't fine line the second one is because of all it's detail and shaded parts if you finelined you'd get a big black blotch and that's not what you want. So if you do attempt the second one don't fineline. There are loads of ways to do it this is just my way. As you grow as an artist you will find your own sort of artistic style and you'll find your own way to do these things. 

Lauren xo

Fashion illustrator of the week: Laura Laine






Right now i'm obsessed with Laura Laine's art because I love it. I like the effect she has on the hair and she's so gotta teach me how to do that. She's based in Helsinki and also teaches in schools. 

Picture credit: www.lauralaine.net

This half term: My arts award

This half term I'm starting my arts award silver. It's a goal I set myself at the beginning of the year to do because I've already done a bronze. Out of all my friends I feel kinda cool because I'm the only one on a silver. Silver takes about a year to complete. 

Last time (bronze) I did my arts awards on fashion illustration. This time I've made the subject bigger and broader to just Fashion. I did this because silver is supposed to be much harder than bronze. When I did bronze I complete it in one month, silver takes a year so there must be a lot to be done. I also changed the subject because over the last year I've become more interested in other areas of fashion - not just illustration and I've also learnt a lot about those areas so I wanna show if off. 

For those of you who are sitting there going "well what's an arts award?" Arts award is a national qualification. Basically you can do your arts on anything and I mean anything. It doesn't even have to be art. Which I don't get because it's called arts award...? You learn new skills and you get an award so why not! It's offered at five levels: 

• Discover 
• Explore 
• Bronze 
• Silver 
• and Gold 

I skipped Discover and explore because they were way to easy and I had passed the age range to do it. It's offered at places like schools, colleges, community centres and many more places. However it's not free, it does cost to do an arts award. My school pays for everybody because, well.. There a school. You can't participate if your over 25. 

Back to silver arts award. It's a level 2 qualification and it has two units like bronze - arts practice and arts leadership. Even though it's two units there is a lot in it. For arts practice you need to; complete an arts challenge, review art events, researching artists and art organizations and deliver a project with people. All this is put into a portfolio so If you don't have one Arts award practically builds one for you. It can be a diary, a normal portfolio, a blog - HINT HINT ;), a website or anything really. This blog is going to be featured in my arts award so watch out for that. Silver is for young people aged 14 to 25. When you do a silver arts award the standard you are working at is an A* - C GCSE grade. 

My Arts Award. 
There is a lot to do in my arts award so I'm starting right away. 

Researching artists 
The artist I've chosen is Laura Laine because her style and technique is really cool. 

Completing an arts challenge
I'll be doing more than one challenge so I actually pass. 

• I'll be making my first dress. 
• I'll be hosting a fashion show and styling my friends. 
• I'll be posting a mumber of blog posts on my research and arts award. 
• I'll also be designing a number of dresses. 

(Now you can see why this is going to take a year)

Reviewing art events
Last time I went to the fashion and textile museum and I'm going there again. I'll also be getting a ticket to Africa fashion week. 

So that's arts award. If you want to find out more visit their website: 


Arts Award

www.artsaward.org.uk/
Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents.

Thanks a million for reading, 

Lauren xo



Sunday 16 February 2014

BLOGGER BREAK IS OVER!

Blogger break is over guys and it's Half term meaning I have time to blog so get ready for blog posts that are actually worth reading. I'll be doing a lot more drawing to show you. Blogger block has held me back from posting but I'm slowly getting back to normal and I'm really happy about that. Again I just want to say thanks to all my readers who still read my posts because I've been a bit stupid over the last few days/weeks with the posts and timing. So I'm back! Bigger and better than ever. 

Lauren xo

Fashion face.

Sometimes you need to take a break from drawing clothes. That's exactly what I did. Today I drew a fashion face. Normally I wouldn't because they take loads of ink and let's face it, markers are not cheap. I went ahead with it and it's not perfect because I've been experimenting with different shades of brown. It came out quite well although I wouldn't use this technique on a normal fashion illustration because it looks a bit strange but for this particular piece it's okay. 

Time taken: 2Hours 
Media used: 0.4 fine liner and Letraset promarkers.
Promarkers used: tan, burnt sienna, cinnamon, cool grey 5 and blender. 

 

Friday 14 February 2014

Blogger break.

Hey guys. I'm taking a break for now. I'll post soon x 

Lauren x

What is fashion?

If someone asked you this question would it be hard to answer or would you know it straight away? Fashion is many things. 

Most dictionary's definition for fashion is; 
  1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:out of fashion.
  2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode: a swimsuit that is the latest fashion.
  3. The style characteristic of the social elite: a man of fashion.
The dictionary gives the correct meaning and that's what fashion is but hold up... Who ever understands the dictionary?

I am a fashion illustrator so to me fashion is art. Fashion is different to everyone. For most people fashion is a way of using/wearing clothes, makeup and accessories to show or hide something about yourself. 

People but apparel because it's stylish and expensive. The leading fashion centres are New York, Milan, Paris, London. The categories are haute couture, ready to wear and mass market. 

 

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Matalan: My recent purchase

I've had a Matalan voucher since Christmas and I never had time to spend it so on Sunday I went down there and had a look and I did end up getting some good stuff which I plan to wear on Friday so the final pics will be up on Friday.

I got this beautiful aztec style skirt and it cost me £8.00 which I think is a bargain. My aim was to go and buy some red because that is the one colour that I don't have and my wardrobe is full of black and white. I did not achieve that Lol. I ended up buying more black and white. 

 Girls Candy Couture Aztec Print Skater Skirt (8-16yrs)
I also got a black and white cropped top with letters on it. I got it a size smaller because I wanted it to have a crop top look and not be too loose and baggy. I think this goes really well with the skirt.

 Girls Candy Couture Number Print Top (8-16yrs)
To finish it off I bought these block heel canvas boots that match the black and white style. These boots were £24.00. 

 Block Heel Canvas Boots

Life update: Lauren

As you have seen, my blogging skills are slacking a great deal. Lately the content has been real short and boring because time is not on my side and I have bloggers block. It's a fashion art blog but during the week I don't draw because I get bombarded with homework and by the time I'm finished I want to go straight to sleep. Guys, i'm trying. I really am. It's just so hard to come up with content that you will like without knowing what you like. I'm going to take a wild guess and produce something when I can. I love my readers a great deal and I want to post what you want to read but I can't if you don't tell me so get in touch!

Lauren x

Sunday 9 February 2014

How I use pinterest.

To most of the people my age pinterest is a place for old people, really boring or they've never heard of it however I see it very differently. I think it's a great way to get ideas and be inspired before you draw. 

I'm sure I've mentioned in previous blog posts that I hate it when I have a pencil in my hand, a blank piece of paper and there's nothing on it. I go on Pinterest, search in the category 'women's fashion'. It then comes up with loads of styles and ideas, you can even narrow it down to a search like 'black dresses' or Armani or 'shoes'. 

There are loads of step by step tutorials. The hair ones are super amazing trust me. You can pin them and put them on your own boards so you never forget them and also follow other peoples boards. 

Laurey xo 

P.S - I'm still infected with bloggers block. 

Bloggers block

Unfortunately guys I'm infected with bloggers block today.. I can't think of absolutely anything to post so today posts may be delayed. Please help me by commenting. 

Laurey xo

Saturday 8 February 2014

Historical Fashion: Taking it back to the 1960's

Hey guys so today i'm going to be talking about fashion in the 60's which is actually my favourite time in historical fashion.

In the 60's there were a lot of fashion trends, such as culottes, go go boots and box shaped PVC dresses. PVC dresses were very popular. During this time Mary Quant invented the mini skirt. Jackie Kennedy also made the pillbox hat. During the 60's these two garments were incredibly popular. False eyelashes were also introduced in the 60's. People were dressed in psychedic prints, highlighter colours and mismatched patterns.

There was also a hippy trend that was very popular. That included bell bottom jeans, tye dye and batik fabrics. In 1966 the Nehru jacket arrived on the fashion scene and was worn by both genders. Footwear for women included low heeled sandals and kitten heeled pumps, as well as the trendy white go, go boots. Shoes, boots and handbags were often made out of patent leather or vinyl.

Culottes:


Go Go Boots:



PVC Dresses: 



Mini skirt:



The pillbox hat:



Bell bottom jeans:



Batik prints:



Laurey xo

Thursday 6 February 2014

Greatest posts.

Here below are a list of the most popular posts read in the whole history of Laureys fashion. If you've already read them maybe you could recommend or share them with others.

1. The makeup for a perfect day out - Avi 
2. The messy bun tutorial - Narin
3. Beauty has no skin tone 
4. How to care for your African hair
5. Me. 

Laurey xo

2014 portfolio so far

Hey guys, I'm sure many of you know I draw a lot. So I'm going to share what I've done in 2014 so far. Please please don't use these images for anything or crop my signature out. If you do, sleep with one eye open (;. 

1. Elsa 

I drew Elsa because at that moment in time when I was drawing her everyone loved her from the movie frozen. (Which I still haven't watched) I saw loads of people drawing her and talking about her so I had a go and that was the outcome: 

2. Pocahontas 

Following on from the Disney princess theme. I decided to draw Pocahontas because when I was little I loved watching her. 


3. Lady in red 


2. The cheetah corset.


4. The skin colour dress 


5. The casual girl


6. The footwear