UNI PREP | LIFE OF A FASHION STUDENT

At this point, a lot of you are finishing off your exams, youve got your university offers and now you're awaiting the news!

For the few (or many) of you hoping to get onto a fashion based course, I suggest you don’t follow in my footsteps and actually get the ball rolling as soon as possible.

My first hiccup was going into university thinking the only fashion magazine that mattered was Vogue... I could not have been more wrong.

When you get to uni, they're going to expect you to be fully read up on the latest trends in the latest contemporary fashion magazines. I went into that Uni thinking Vogue was the only good fashion magazine and that nothing was better. 

I recommend you start with this years S/S editions of a couple of different magazines. I have to admit, you will see different things being repeated from the same companies, however, its a good start in widening your horizons in regards to brands and also for marketing. 

Heres a few I like to read:

In addition to magazines, you should consider doing three things.

Most likely, you will take a unit that revolves around the history of fashion, so I definitely recommend doing some background reading on some more iconic fashion designers, the ones that started it all. I have this book about the life of Coco Chanel which was really insightful and helpful for my projects specifically. 

I would also recommend looking at essay writing study guides. I took essay based A Levels so I didn't require much from the books, and Im sure many of you will feel the same. However, it did help me with writing in a more sophisticated manner. There is a very big difference between the essays you write in English an the dissertations for fashion!

In addition to those, I recommend the 'Fashionpedia' which gives you a visual guide of all of the different collars, sleeves, fastenings etc. Each different aspect of all of the different clothing items you could imagine has a small description and a CAD to help you understand the seams and the way it is put together. 

As well as this, I also have 'Sewing for Fashion Designers' by Anette Fischer, a past lecturer at UCA. Although this cant really help you with the more complex things, its a good refresher book especially if you haven't been sewing in a while.

I hope this helps you all at least a little in your upcoming months to taking a big leap to University!

      

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