STUDY ABROAD
In a four week summer program I signed up to study abroad taking two classes that were out of my comfort zone. The first-Â Vintage to Haute Couture and the second- Editorial Fashion Photography. In four weeks I received four credits while being in class Monday through Friday from 9-5. To see more about my class work, keep scrolling!
FASHION DESIGN IN PARIS
Vintage to Haute Couture
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Inspired by the beauty, art and fashion of Paris, we explored the process of designing and producing a fashion collection from concepts and sketches through production and marketing. With a hands-on look at elements of style, textiles, and trends in fashion from vintage to couture with visits to Palais Galliera City of Paris Fashion Museum, Galerie de Valois, Les Arts Decoratifs, Paris Flea Market, vintage shops, and attend the Galerie Lafeyette Fashion Show as well as private tours of a designer’s atelier and the backroom of Chanel Champs Elysee. Class projects included fashion sketching, mood boards, critique, keeping a fashion sketchbook and designing and creating a high fashion inspired garment from manipulating used materials.
EDITORIAL FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
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This interdisciplinary course provided an overview of the creation of a fashion editorial for a magazine. With a main focus on art direction, we were introduced to all the steps and aspects involved in a fashion editorial photo-story, from initial research and mood board construction to styling, photography and magazine. The course consisted of individual and collective projects to address the necessary skills for the conception of a fashion photo-story such as story telling, concept development and experimental styling.
The practice-based approach of the course was inspired and supported by various lectures covering topics such as: fashion media, surveys of key fashion photographers, stylists and art directors, genres of fashion editorials, significance of the fashion magazine and its role in contemporary culture.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Define the system and significance of fashion media
Define the elements and skills needed to create an editorial fashion shoot
Create a moodboard as a communication tool
Recognize the work of leading players in the history of fashion photography
Style and photograph an outfit as part of a team
Understand the significance of the fashion magazine as a major catalyst in the fashion industry
Create a simple layout for photo-stories in magazines utilizing InDesign software and understand the importance of design and typography in fashion magazine layouts
In the first week of class we were challenged to come up with and style a "parisian" photo shoot. I went for the classic black and white polka dots, pearls, and red lipstick.
Then we each described each others final photo using one word. Those words were then to be used as inspiration for the next photo shoot. My words included Sex & the City, spoiled, and Greek goddess. Which lead me to style this photo shoot. I styled my photo keeping in mind Carrie Bradshaw- I wore a skirt as a top and placed a belt over that. I carried shopping bags as a way of showing that I was spoiled. And finally, wearing a white bohemian dress and greek sandals in a older building with amazing columns- I portrayed the Greek portion of my assignment.
