Styling Workshop 1

The presentation for styling got me positive about the upcoming workshop especially as my previous experiences with styling in my previous courses were more negative due to lack of direction and teaching. Looking into the history of styling and key stylists in industry with their own styles made me inspired to start the workshop instead of fearful like my old course where I had little direction or advice on why styling was important.

I struggled with the workshop as I was new with the idea of styling, I had little experience with doing it successfully so I didn’t know how to communicate any sort of message or story with clothing and fabrics. Although, being the model for the project allowed me to trial different methods of wearing a garment in a different way to if I were witnessing it in front of me. I found it difficult to creative a variety of intriguing looks from a simple white shirt even though I knew it could be done however, I soon realized that we were being too safe and cautious with our ideas. As the styling workshop progressed, me and my partner began to be more successful in creating new looks as we thought we had ran out of ideas and began turning the shirt inside out or upside down, seeing what worked and what didn’t.