Sunday, April 25, 2010

Denim MUST haves this spring/summer


It could be a denim biker jacket, to a blouse or a skirt or even a shirt. Either way one of these need to be in your wardrobe. It doesn't even have to be new. When i felt the return of "All denim everything" this season I rushed to my mothers room to see if she had any throwback denim clothes and she did. Vintage? I suppose, as long as it looks good.
This was similar to what I found in my mums wardrobe but a bit darker, like Alexa Chung's above.
Dorothy Perkins £28

This was purchased by myself a month ago. I bought it for
£25 from New Look a little less on my student discount card, Looks great with pretty much anything, especially a long baggy plaid shirt.


These are both from TopShop and are for those who are petite. Keyword there PETITE. So please, if you have hips like mine keep out!
Denim jeans you can make yourself! The pair of jeans can easily be made using a blade this is to make the torn holes. Other pieces of old denim material should also be used to make a more of "DIY" look. Stitch them on different parts of the legs using either using a machine if you have one or neatly sew it on using dark brown or black thread. These consists of different shades of blue embedded on to these pair of jeans, so go crazy!


Denim cut offs are also something which you can do yourself, so go dig out old pair of jeans you don't wear anymore and create something new. Simply get a pair of scissors and a marker to measure how short you want it. After you've cut it to suit you fold the bottom by 2cm. Turn it inside out and iron it so the crease stays. If you don't want to have it folded up, grab a blade and and carefully as you can cut around so it has more of a stringy denim look.


Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Rethink Type


While reviewing my work, my teacher told me that I need to rethink my type. Aparrently, my type(fonts) choices were not thought out all the way. My line breaks and type treatment also needed some work as well. I'm going to try to to take a indepth look into my type design. I'm looking at Veer.com, Typography.com, and youworkforthem.com. As designers, sometimes we under estimate the power of type. But essentially its the part of your work that communicates directly to your viewer most.So ladies and gentleman whatever you do dont be like me, RETHINK TYPE!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

New Edition to the R.I.S.E.

Hello all, my name is Oloni When are we doing Lunch? I'm from London and I'm the newest edition to the R.I.S.E. I'm here to give you tips and tricks when it comes to your wardrobe, with influences from Kesh to Va$htie and even Vivienne Westwood to the late Alexander McQueen I specialise in making freestyled dresses.I'm also a columnist for various websites. You can catch me at. .
www.simplyoloni.blogspot.com
www.bloginity.com
www.lupefiasco-lupend.com