For my Premiere Vision collection I want to do construction and print. The inspiration for my Construction is Alexander McQueen and the print designs will be digitally printed with angels, cherubs and roman armour. Here are some of the images I took from Hampton Court Palace.

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Costume Society Museum Placement Award

Danielle Sprecher, 29 September 2010, Report from Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service

Katrina O’Brien, a fashion and textile design student at the Colchester Institute, has been working with the Colchester costume collection at Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service from July to September. During this time Katrina has assisted with our project to improve the documentation and storage of…

Katrina O’Brien, 29 September 2010, Report from Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service

Placement

I am a Fashion and Textile Design student in Colchester Institute, when I initially entered the course I wanted to do Fashion design, but as the years progressed I wanted to do Costume design. However this was not possible on the course, I have now decided to specialize in Bridal Wear. My main inspiration is still historically based, I have…

Today I assisted Danielle Sprecher, Costume Curator at Colchester and Ipswich Museums and Catherine Newley, Assistant Curator for Community History at Colchester and Ipswich Museums to set up an exhibition called: Straw: Bonnets to Boaters, at Hollytrees Museum Colchester. The exhibition will open on Saturday 25th September and will run until 27th February. I had previously re-boxed all of the hats during the summer and it was so exciting to see them all come together for an exhibition. The…