LIL'BLOGUPDATE.

Sometimes I feel like life goes too quickly to blog.

So here's an update~

I'm engaged !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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\(^v^)/
Teddy proposed during our Hawaii holiday on Anini Beach on the island of Kauai where we were staying. Such a beautiful place and will forever be one of my favourite places ever.

[not Anini]

And I'm now in London. Was working for Reiss for a small spell. Met some really cool people. I'll probably be down here for around a year.

♥♥

 

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR?

My lovely sister-in-law took me to buy a wig when I was last visiting them and as I've been debating with whether to dye my hair a lighter colour I thought that I would wear it for a while. I like the idea of wearing it on occasional when I feel like a change, the same as I might decide to wear a hat.

Let me know what you think! ♥

SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION: PHOTOSHOOT

Photos of my S/S2012 collection are up on the website ~ www.fifijosephine.com, from there you can go to collections and get access to collections past and present. ♥

This season's shoot was so much fun. It was taken in a Japanese style garden in Edinburgh~ The Edinburgh Kyoto Friendship garden at LauristonCastle - it was so cute and the Sakura blossoms where just out. (^_^)

The Gardens were still open to the public, who seemed to enjoy the attraction. ^-^

 

 I wanted this shoot to be cheeky, fun, and relaxed + so I'm happy I've got some really good shots of everyone being silly.

Thanks to the super awesome models(!!), the people at Lauriston Castle, and a good friend for letting me borrow her camera. ;P
♥ 

SPRING SUMMER COLLECTION: NANBAN

I know I haven't posted in a long time. Truth is I've had no time. :(
I've been creating my collection for spring summer which mixes two themes close to my heart~~

Broken technology + media, and the Geisha + Samurai of old Japan.

Using the idea of broken technology and how data fragments over a hard disc drive I mixed around ideas of garment pattern cutting and digital print. Taking into account what happened in The Meiji Restoration of Japan which was when Western dress was first adopted from the traditional Japanese robes. There was also no more regulations regarding dress from that point which led me to ask the question: What if they only added parts of the suit to their way of dressing? What developed from that isn't really an East meets West mix but rather East downloaded into a fragmented file on a broken hard disc.  

 Nanban [なんばん] = foreigner in Japanese

Here is some of the art behind the collection~

The photo shoot will be up on my website soon - just have a few tweaks but I'm on an Easter break so I'm sure I'll have time. (^ᴥ^)

AWESOME VALENTINE'S ARE AWESOME.

So Valentine's day yesterday,  my boyfriend Teddy + I usually just say happy Valentine's to each other and chat on Skype which is always very nice but this year he sent me this in an email:

I ♥♥♥ it~! Especially the 'Wild Fifichu appears' which is a photo of me in my pikachu kigurumi(onesie), so I just thought I'd share this epic 'e'card. I hope everyone had a sweet Valentines.x

NAIL ART ATTEMPT.

 This is my first real attempt at nail art since I was 9.


I usually don't wear coloured nail polish because it marks my card production patterns that I have to hand in with my collection. But as I'm just working in paper at the moment I thought I'd give it a try.
Any tips or style ideas in the comments below pretty please.x

4 EYES.

I love wearing random things in my hair and recently its been my glasses...

An old pair of Fiorelli sunglasses that I knocked the glass out of.
Originally worn to make my eyes look bigger...
Old photo of me(17)~

In first year at university I was basically known as "The-girl-who-wears-glasses-with-no-glass-in"

Now they've moved up my head to make way for the glasses I have to wear to read (sorry no pics of 6EYES yet... I've currently misplaced my glasses in a typical Velma/Scooby Doo fashion). :P
 

It's a little messy but I'm working on it. Hoping for more good hair days. :3  x