A Weekend Excursion

Made a lovely visit to Brick Lane on Saturday to have a look at 'Prime Cuts', which included a selection of AUCB 3rd Year Graduates work. It was a fantastic opportunity to see the sort of high-quality work I will have to produce next year, and also a chance for a good old snoop at what other universities were up to. I was impressed with everyone's work, and although I know I'm biased, I think the Bournemouth stuff really stood out as high quality and well made. Here are a few snaps from the AUCB work at the exhibition:

A selection of Battle for the Winds costumes (left - Aeolus costume in foreground and Breathers in background, right - Doldrum costume in foreground with performance photographs in background)

 The gorgeous reproduction of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Gown, with months of hand-embroidery carefully applied all over the skirt, and dazzling hot stoning to finish 

 Exquisite historical reconstructions (left - Victorian day dress for the Costume Society Janet Arnold Pattern Cutting Prize, right - reproduction Queen Victoria and Price Albert wedding outfits)

Edwardian Elegance displayed in costumes on the left, and incredible design and creativity in one of the 'Peacock' costumes from the celebrations at Brownsea Island

But obviously we weren't the only university exhibiting. Below are a selection of truly impressive and beautiful costumes from Edinburgh and Birmingham:

 Some of the beautiful costumes from Edinburgh College of Art included fantasy and historical inspired costumes with a fashion edge, impressive hand-beading and professional-looking prop costumes

 A selection of the costumes exhibited by Birmingham College - fantasy fashion creations, historical reconstructions and creative opera costumes were all exhibited in the college's space

It is definitely one of my aspirations for next year to get my final show work chosen for the 'Prime Cuts' exhibition. I will continually keep the standard of my work high and keep putting a lot of effort into my final year to ensure I have a really impressive outcome for my portfolio, and something I can be proud of.