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    So with London Fashion Week over for another season. I thought it would be a good time to put together a post sharing with you guys my full graduate collection. I studied BA Fashion Textile at Middlesex University, graduating last summer so this post is probably long overdue, however since leaving university I haven't really had time to reflect and look back on the last 3 years as I went straight into a temp job to save for travelling. However I am now here in Thailand with all the time in the world to reflect and well plan for the future.  

    I had studied fashion since GCSE it being the only subject I was interested in and well soon to learn my passion, I continued to study all the way to degree level. So when it came to creating and designing what was to be my graduate collection it was a very surreal time and I wanted to create a collection that I would love and always look back on and be proud. Specialising in knitwear I chose to knit my entire collection and believe me when I say my life and soul went into those 6 looks. I have never worked so hard before in my life and by the end I was psychically and emotionally exhausted. However it was all worth it and would I do it again. Most definitely it was the best experience of my life, when I look back I find it so hard to believe that I managed to do it, the sleepless nights and the early morning starts seriously it was all such a blur at the time, but it was the most fun I have ever had AND the feeling when you finish and see your work walk down the runway, my god you just crumble aha.  I cried both times. 

    My collection was inspired by Mexico's day of the dead celebrations, taking inspiration from Mexican shrines and sugar skulls. I'm obsessed with everything over sized and wanted to input that into my collection by designing and making garments that were fun to look at and fun to wear. By doing so everything just got bigger, brighter and with a lot more pompoms. My collection consisted of large floral crowns, pom pom beanies, heavily knitted jumpers and dresses oh and a piñata inspired  jumpsuit added to the mix also. I used materials that I thought were never possible and created silhouettes that I thought wouldn't be able to work, but they did and because of this my graduate collection will be something I'll look back on and continue to use to inspire me with future plans and  idea.

    So here it is my life and soul, my graduate collection // 
    Graduate Collection - Kirsty Anderton
    Skull Jumper - Graduate Collection Kirsty Anderton
    Graduate Collection - Kirsty Anderton
    Piñata Jumpsuit - Graduate Collection Kirsty Anderton
    Graduate Collection - Kirsty Anderton
    Zigzag Jumper - Graduate Collection Kirsty Anderton
    Graduate Collection - Kirsty Anderton
    Pompom Jumper - Graduate Collection Kirsty Anderton
    Graduate Collection - Kirsty Anderton
    Skull Jumper - Graduate Collection Kirsty Anderton
    Graduate Collection - Kirsty Anderton
    Skull Jumper - Graduate Collection Kirsty Anderton

    Watch Middlesex University's full graduate show here, or skip to 29:30 min/secs to see my collection. 

    Day of the dead inspired knitwear collection by Kirsty Anderton

    I would love to hear your thoughts on the collection as I am currently designing more wearable/high-street pieces which I plan to put forward with my brand when back in the UK so all thoughts and opinions are welcome, please :) 
    OH and.. Any question about my course at Middlesex or studying fashion textiles in general, please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to respond asap, speak soon guys xo
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    Graduate Collection - Pompom Jumper Kirsty Anderton 2013
    Bloggers block. This feels strange I feel out of 'the loop' with my own blog, it has been 5 months since I last posted and believe me there have been numerous attempts to start blogging again which resulted in numerous fails. I really did not think it was going to be this hard to get back into but believe me I am feeling utterly lost right now. My blog came to a halt towards the last few months of university and if you read my blog you may of notice it was slowing down months before then too. The work load just got too much and I practically spent most of my days and nights in the knit studio, so my hobbies and social life pretty much went out the window for the quite a while,  but it was all worth it in the end! So well I guess this is me now trying to break the ice and rekindle my love for my blog and start reading all my favourites again. I have yet to take some outfit snaps which honestly I'm finding really hard I feel super self conscious at the moment probably because I just haven't done it for so long, but I do have a few bits I am looking forward to blogging so hopefully I'll get back into the swing of it soon. Looking forward to getting back into the world of blogging, speak soon guys xo 

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