Week One: Passing Clouds

On Wednesday we all attended a welcome dinner. Unsurprisingly we took over the restaurant! But it was great fun getting to know everyone and the food was sooo good! Afterwards a bunch of us when onwards to a bar. This is a picture of where we ended up, it is possibly the most amazing little place I have even been to ... Passing Clouds in Dalston.

 I climbed up the stairs following the dreamlike sound of Sly Blue (the live band) and when I reached the landing I was transported into a world of swing and dance.

Sly Blue, this picture was not taken in Passing Clouds though.

Like the photo, this video was not taken in Passing Clouds but it gives you a feel for the kind of music they play, honestly they are so good, definitely worth a listen!

The room was just filled with laughter and Sly Blue performed music that played on your heart strings. Everyone was so carefree, inspired to just move and dance and to have a good time. 

There were umbrellas and lanterns hanging from the ceiling, fairy lights delicately strung across the room, an old atlas globe precariously sat on top of a pile of books next to an old and television and a complete miss match of furniture.

It was the most amazing place I have ever been to, take me back!
xxx

Week One: Field Trip

Well I have had a busy weekend but I am back to continue my London storytelling! Today I will tell you of a few field trips we had in week one of Summer School. On Tuesday we all gathered outside the Sustainable Centre for Fashion and trooped up to catch a bus to Shoreditch to attend Nike's new App Launch - Making.

Here is some street art I thought was pretty cool, just outside the Nike building.

Last month in London Nike launched its Making App and I was lucky enough to be there! Designers, obviously are at the very start of the design process. I completely agree and believe that if we can better educate our designers to consider the environmental impact of materials used in apparel and footwear, and if we can educate designers to make better choices, then they have the potential to change the entire industry.This app is a digital tool for designers, sharing information drawn from the Materials Sustainability Index thus placing sustainability at the forefront of design.

We were however lulled into a  false sense of security! We all thought we were attending the Nike App Launch to be told the idea and concept behind the app and how it would be used in the industry. We were not. After the presentation from Nike it was our turn, and we were thrust into a task of designing and presenting a product  (all in the space of like 20 minutes might I add!)

This picture was taken in a bar in Shoreditch after we attended the Nike launch event. It had been a stressful day but lots of fun and not gonna lie we were all loving the canapes and cocktails and speaking to Nike designers in the evening! For me it was a wee taste of what hopefully is to come!

Till next time!

xxx

Week One: Summer School

Well heya! Hope we are all well and enjoying this crazy weather (fog so thick I can't see the end of my nose, thunder and lightening and beautiful sunshine!?) Anyhoo I return to tell you of my time in London! Today I would like to show you around London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainability on Mare Street Hackney - my home for 3 weeks...

The Corridor...

The Reprographics Room..

The Staircase...

The door to possibly the sweatiest little room I have ever known!...

Working hard in the sweaty little room...

And where we went after a hard day of studying in the sweaty little room (I can't express how hot it was in there!) This is our local pub, literally a stone throw away from our accommodation, Pub On The Park (clue is in the name, it was just on London Fields, a massive park which was also lovely to chill in after a day in class!)

The best fish and chips in the world...

More soon! Enjoy the sunshine! xxx

Week 1: London Bound

With a hop skip and a jump, uh hum, more like an alarming leap out of bed, followed by some panicked packing, which actually involved me sitting on my suitcase (a first for me!) and then a mad sprint for the car, I arrived at Aberdeen Airport and embarked on my Little Red Flight to London.

Sat beside my two coursemates, Martin and Kirsty I soon arrived in London Heathrow and boarded the Express Train to Central London's Paddington Station.

From Paddington Station we got a taxi to Cordwainers Court, our student accommodation and home for the next three weeks.

In comparison with my accommodation last year in Paris (a white box of a room which was too small for words to express) Cordwainers Court was much nicer than I ever expected. Of course it had nothing to do with the fact that I got keys to the brand new block that opened a week before I arrived!  

After sussing out our halls and a little unpacking we decided to have a wander around our surrounding area of Hackney. We soon stumbled upon a lovely wine bar and ordered a bottle of Prosecco, toasting to the next three weeks!

Post London Adventure Blues

It's ok! I have not been sucked into a vortex or dropped off the edge of the earth. I have in fact been studying at London College of Fashion for the past three weeks, and it was the bestest three weeks ever! 

It was three weeks full of fun and laughter and lots of hard work (in a very sweaty classroom, which might I add had no air conditioning!)

I met some incredible people...

...and so my next few posts are going to be a little diary of all the shenanigans I got up to! I hope you enjoy, keep your eyes pealed!