It seems like an age since I have actually written for this blog, but here we are. I realised that I didn’t show you guys my final designs! The feedback from Strathberry was to mute the colours down from the quite primary colours I initially chose. That was a key lesson in this project, working…
Tag: Scarf
Side 1 Designs
While these nights now draw in, I have been designing designs for a beautiful brand. The brief was to make a twill scarf for Strathberry, so this is just one side of it. This is meant to the be the main side, but who is there to say which side is which. I am loving…
Side 2 Designs
The side 2 designs are a little more tame and have more incorporation of the brand in it. From studying other brands, I have made designs that could work whatever the design on the other side. Majority of the designs are in black and white, but can also lend themselves to some colour too which…
Colour Research
For this project, I wanted to find colours in more obscure way than what I usually do. Actually, I don’t know what I usually do! Anyway, for this scarf project I was inspired by the doorways of Edinburgh. Whenever people think about Edinburgh, they always comment about the grey weather. However, around the city, there…
Scarf Research
To really understand what the Strathberry brand want from a twill scarf, it is understandable that you need a substantial amount of research. We had to look at their main competitors which were Hèrmes, Dior and Burberry. Additionally, I also looked at Dolce and Gabbana, Liberty London and Mary Katrantzou. Looking at all of these…
Strathberry Store
As part of the project, we had to visit the Strathberry. I say have to, it was a rather nice excursion on a grey and wet Monday morning. We were greeted by a foliage arch outside the store, between the black Georgian iron railings. To enter into the showroom, we had to press an intercom,…
Strathberry Brief
A new week calls for a new project. This is a bit of an exciting one actually and such an honour too. It is our first live project and competition with the brand Strathberry. Strathberry is a luxury handbag brand. You might know them for accessorising Meghan Markle with their lovely Midi Tote. The brand…