New York! New York!

So I'm back at Sixth Form AND we're going to New York! There's a trip with the art department to New York and San Francisco in the Easter and I cannot wait! I'm already checking out the vintage shops! If anyone can suggest any great places to visit, please do! Thee are always those classic shots of the highrise buildings but i really want to see the people and the streets. And the graffiti Cannot wait! Did I already say that? :D

Results Day! 21.8.08

I got an A* in fashion! I was so thrilled! All my hard work finally payed off! I also got: A* English Literature A* Ethics A* Sociology A Art A Science B Maths B ICT To celebrate we went to an exhibition at the Fashion Museum in Bath about Billy Travilla, the man who designed Marilyn Monroe's gowns It was really interesting to hear how he constructed the garments, many had iron rods to create shape or keep everything in place. The 'Diamonds' dress was actually lined with the felt used on snooker tables and was one piece of fabric folded around the body! There were lots of stories about each garment One dress was made for a premiere and had a large tyre mark and lipstick on the bottom(who knows how it got there!) but Travilla refused to clean it as it was part of the dress' history The illustrations were beautiful too

In the rest of the museum there were amazing clothes some dating back to the 1700s. There was a collection of punk photographs and quotes from the photographers about each picture. My favourite was for the cover of White Riot/1977. they pasted 1977 over Hate and War written on Joe's jacket. I also got laced into a corset which was a very odd sensation. it certainly improved my posture! But I was horrified to learn that in Victorian times, pregnant still wore corsets to hide their bump!

Corfu

I went to Corfu last week which is a gorgeous and green island and was super hot!

It reminded me alot of Venice

I read The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit and Vogue with a Tim Walker and Agyness Deyn shoot!

I ate tons of Greek Salad and went swimming in the pool

Bought Vogue Hellas (not v. good) and fake raybans!

I had an amazing time and I think saw some Banksy!

Does anyone know if this is real?

Its a pretty awesome fake if not!



Also saw some other graffitti
Some in a monastery from 1941!
And some more recent stuff!

River

Last week Emily and I went for a picnic by the river and got really sunburnt!

We finished exams a few weeks ago leaving plenty of toime to enjoy the gorgeous weather!

We paddled in the river with the fishes and lazed around on the riverbank
It was really lovely to just do nothing!