Summer fashion classes

Come every Mondays and Fridays to our sewing, design and illustration classes, you will also get the opportunity to be involved in the Westfield show!
From 12:00 to 3:00 pm, it starts on Monday 16 July and finishes on Friday 31^st August.

Everybody can come in our workshops so don't hesitate and if you need more info please ask at fashion@caramelrock.com.

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Fashion summer class by Caramel rock

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Caramel Rock fashion class

Japanese Culture

Rather than just look at the fashion side of Japan. I’ve decide to look at the culture as a whole. So today I am looking at Japanese Art

Looking to Japanese art. I have found
that the images ar every delicate and detailed. I love this piece as it has
everything in it. From birds to flowers.

This image reminds me of a Japanese embroided silk dress. Actually reminds me of my childhood (I had a red and blue one). :-)

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Gareth Pugh's - Samurai-style

Continuing with our Japanese theme, I’ve decided to look at more subtleinspirations.

For example, one of my favourite designer Gareth Pugh designed a
collection for Paris Fashion Weeks’s S/S 2011 collection:

Source: http://www.haute-world.com/2011_01_01_archive.html

Samurai-style took over showcasing Sharp tailoring, high necks and tight up-dos abounded on the models, in a marked departure for the usually eccentric Sunderland-born designer but the collection kept with his theme of darker colours as models were seen in a grey and minimalist clothing.

Origami and Structure

Source: http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-lily.html

From looking into Japanese culture for inspiration. I decided to look further into Origami. I love the way you can have a flat piece of paper and manipulate it into something 3D. And that’s exactly the same with fashion.

Dress by Thierry Mugler.

Source: http://morttobesophie.blogspot.com/2011/04/thierry-mugler-origami-dress.html

I suppose that the one thing I find most fascinating about fashion design. With a little bit of creativity you can do anything.