9th August!

This was one of my outfits in Aviemore! 

Oversized Levi denim jacket which I had been wanting for ages and I finally bought one, money worth spent! My top I have already done a post about it is an American football top from Topshop, skirt is also from Topshop! And to finish it off I am wearing my lovely purple Dr Martens, I seen Miley Cyrus wearing those and in that colour and I am a huge fan of her so I invested in a pair, again money worth spent! Expensive things are worth buying if the quality will be better and to last longer!

Dream dog!

This right here is Deli, he is a Husky puppy and he is only 4 weeks old, and he is the cutest puppy ever and I mean ever! My mum, Dad and I visited a Sleddog Centre and we saw 42 sled dogs, from Husky to Siberian Husky to some other types I can't remember but they were all beautiful a few had the ocean blue eyes which are remarkable! We went at the right time of year as there were some puppies and the lady who owned them was about to give some of them away, the one I am holding is one of the few who is being given away, I would have taken him! 

This is Deli with his brother and sisters, cutest family ever, they are my dream dog to have but I was told they are not ideal for a pet which is pretty gutting to hear but I can dream can't I!

BFF

My gurl Danielle is finally 18, they grow up so fast! Im wearing a midi dress from Topshop, love it, I'm not one for wearing bright colours but I'm trying to as I always wear the opposite. Footwear I have my favourites on, lita, Jeffrey Campbells, if you don't own a pair I highly recommend it, they are the comfiest heels I have and I'm hoping to buy another pair real soon and keep the collection going! 

          Me and Danielle, beaut isn't she!

We were out in Stirling/Alloa for her birthday (in Scotland) was a really good night, recommend it!

Aviemore

Settled it, up in Aviemore for a week with the family on holiday, I really do consider this as my 2nd home! So many things to do! 

 On Day 1, my brother, mum and I, we went quad biking, my dad didn't fancy it! Love quad biking, would rather buy one of these babies than a car any day, if you haven't tried it, don't knock it till you try it!  Definitely easier than driving! 

My mum and I have always loved horse riding, I've been horse riding since I was a tiny tot! I really enjoy it, we went for an hours trek in the woods and up the mountains a bit, you always see the world better on the back of a horse!

DIY

 

Ok, so since I bought an oversized vintage looking denim jacket from Urban Outfitters(Levi) I no longer wear my other one, so I decided to alter it slightly by using a pair off leggings that I bought from ebay that said one size, should have really said for girls with extremely short and skinny legs, those of which I do not have, so I decided to cut them up and sew on to my denim jacket, replacing the old sleeves, I was inspired by Rita Oras leather jacket from her music video for "How We Do" if you haven't seen or heard that song, you should definitely check it out! After a lot of blood, sweat and tears I am finally finished! Okkk...maybe not so much tears, but blood yes from the pins and sweat just because it has been so hot in Scotland recently! This photo is also on my Instagram, should give me a follow WendyRodger x

Passion.

 I have danced literally all my life, it is a real passion of mine (as well as fashion) I mainly loved Freestyle Disco Dancing, the adrenalin of first dancing in your section to then waiting to hear your number being called for a call back to dance again! In 2008 I was in U16 starter and in the photo above is the costume I wore, I loved it, still do! My heart was pounding as every time it came round to my section I heard my number being called, it was always the last number being called, I can't remember what it was though... When it was results time and they said my names for first place, I was over the moon, I rarely ever got first places! To then I was told I had to dance again, against all the other winners of the Starters, I thought to myself this is it, you have came so far and worked so hard just go out there and dance your absolute best, and I did! My name was then called as the British Champion of 2008 in the section of Starters, I was against the very best and also against 2 other dancers from my dance school! I cried so much after that, my friend Leah had to take my trophy from me as I was shaking so much! You can achieve anything if you go for it, I will never forget that moment! 

Proud sista!

I am a very proud sister, my brother left school with just one higher and now he has graduated from uni with a First Class Honours Degree in Sports Coaching and is now going on to do a Post Graduate course in P.E teaching (following in my mums footsteps) just shows you that anything is possible if you work hard, it will pay off eventually! 

iphone lovin x

Ok Ok, so I have noticed I am very bad at putting up posts very often, but to me this will help, I got the iphone 5 yesterday so I will be able to upload posts of things that are happening then and there, so have no fear, wendy is back!

If any of the people that are on my blog and reading this and have instagram...

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Dance Show x

Ok this is not an outfit that I designed or made but I want to make my blog more personal so by putting up dates on everything!...So here I go

This is me dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz for my dance show, I only have one picture in one outfit as I was only in one dance out of the whole show! A week before the show, I landed a jump very badly and I heard a crack and so did my dance teachers and my friends dancing around me so they all thought it was broken, went to hospital, was seen to after 2 and a half hours, I had torn ligaments which is known to be worse as it can take months to heal, Just my luck that I injured myself, words could not describe how gutted I was, but oh wells the show must go on. It felt so good to still be asked to be Dorothy as that is a main part, we adjusted the choreography so that I was able to just to walk to the areas of the stage and not skip/properly dance! 

Heres hoping next year I will be Injury Free!

Was so proud of my Dancing girls

Second Family

Team TM

CORSET YO!

I was supposed to upload this post as well at the same time with my last but I still needed to tweek a few things! 

This is the corest I designed and made in one of my classes at college last year, we were inspired by Harlequin, Scaramouche, Pierrot and Columbine! I had to design 10 different corsets with those to be inspired by and then I presented them all to the class and the final design that would be made was chosen by my fellow class mates, was delighted that they chose the one I preferred!

As you can see I was inspired by mostly Harlequin with the diamonds, I had never made a corset before so it was definitely a challenge, I did enjoy it though even though times were hard and I nearly gave up with it all! 

I am indeed modelling my own creation again, but why not!

FRILLER

Wow it has definitely been a while since I posted on here, this is me finally getting round to showcase what I have been up too.

In my Garment Construction class, we were given the Brief Friller, being the person I am I actually thought  Thriller, aka Michael Jackson... but no, it was all about frills and ruffles, personally I am not a keen bean on those but in life you don't always like everything you just got to go with it.

We had to have ten sketches done and this is the one I Favorited the most, it is not a very good photo/drawing, apologies. I was inspired by the back of dragons, with there spikes (I know they are not real) and then the colours by the fire that is breathed and just also cause the colours all work together and really stand out. 

This is the only photo I have of in the making, guess I did not want to give too much away of in the process. The hardest part of the making of this dress was definitely the ruffles and sewing them all together, I was literally stopping every two seconds just to make sure I had not made a mess of it, I said in the making that I did not want to do anything to do with ruffles again but I will, it's all the part of learning I guess and the more practice you get the more you get used to it and then it just becomes a breeze in the making so open to all ideas in the future..

TADAAAAAAAAAA!!!

This is it completely done, and if i say so myself I am very proud of it, as any designer should be with there work. I am indeed modeling my dress in the photo, I thought why not, It looked really good on the cat walk, definitely stood out with all the colours.

My Lovely Viewers

I'm sorry that I have not been putting up posts recently, I have been so busy with college work I have not had time to sit down and write about what I have been doing and up to recently however I do have things coming your way, a few of my projects that I had been working on at college.

Have a great day!

xoxo 

86

 

 

For those of you who do not know me as well I am huge fan of America, I really wish I was born and lived there, (no offence Scotland) I do in the future hope to move there one day, even though I have never been there I know I will truly love it. I'm not one to brag or that and even though I did not design it, but I did put this outfit together for my night out on Saturday the 30th March, I absolutely love what I am wearing,

 it is an American football inspired top from Topshop, so plain and simple yet effective and can be worn in so many ways, I decided to wear mine with a black beanie hat and my Jeffrey Campbells. I was given so many compliments on the way I looked that night and I thought I would share.

 

Topshop

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=12556&catalogId=33057#slide1

 

Ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/

 

Jeffrey Campbell

http://www.jeffreycampbellshoes.com/

love for Coldplay.

 

I am a MAJOR coldplay fan, love their songs, some more than others. I disliked it when I spoke about them infront of my friends cause all they would say is all their material is depressing, well its not.

There newest album Mylo Xyloto is certainly not and thats what they aimed to do and succeeded.

 

Either it is a Concert, an interview or an awards event, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland,Will Champion and Guy Berryman all have an input on what they wear, even designing their outfits, especially for their Concerts.

"Making clothes together in our studio makes us feel complete. We probably sound like a group of grannies in a knitting circle but it's the truth and it gives us some control over our visual identity."

 

 

What I also love about Coldplay is there creativeness, the Cover for Mylo Xyloto is Graffiti, they printed it on everything from the backdrops for concerts, their clothes and on all their instruments.

 

"and it was all yellow.."

 

 

So far I have been very fortunate to have been able to see them live not once but four times, two times at the Secc in Glasgow, TITP (T In The Park - Festival) and the fourth at Wembley Stadium in London and what was even more amazing was that Jay-Z was also there perfoming with them and Girls Aloud were the opening act. 

 

These are the wrist bands we were all handed as we were going into the concert, at certain songs they would flash, now just picture these on thousands of peoples wrists, in different colours all flashing, imagine that, I was there I seen it happen, mind blowing, clever. They are without a doubt the BEST band to see live, truly recommend them. Well I shall leave you with a little taster if you haven't already heard them before, one of my favourite songs called "Charlie Brown".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFBJgnNgU4

Experience

For some work experience, I helped at a bridal shop in Perth called Alison Kirk, was very helpful and I also gained a lot. Was very thankful for them to let me work their for a while. As I was not payed they felt they owed me something so they gave me a couple of gifts 'Fashion Designers Sketchbook' which has helped me with my graded unit this semester and a clutch purse from river Island, but it was not one of their own designs, it was designed by a winner from one of the River Island competitions, which I love, for example if I was just to wear a plain outfit out one night I can count on that clutch to brighten up my look just that little bit more.

http://www.alisonkirk.co.uk/

To Buy Or Not To Buy?

Is it just me that whenever I see a particular piece of clothing in either a vibrant colour or bold pattern or even a style that you just love but have no idea if you would suit it and just too scared to try incase you just look silly, well for me it is Maxi dresses..since im quite petite I don't know if I would or not, even if it is just a plain black with a high slit maxi dress I am becoming more tempted to buy this dress from http://www.missguided.co.uk/. As spring is approaching, should I really be buying this, BUT this is Scotland and Scottish weather is not exactly the best, pay day soon so I may infact treat myself.

Missguided -£17.99

ELIZA ROCK'z

Love Eliza Doolittle, she is just so smiley and cute, her style is so quirky and only she can pull it off.

Amazing Shorts collection!!, she is the reason why i love shorts and practicially live in!
http://blog.elizadoolittle.com/

WAX

Some say i go to to college well i say i go to nursery cause all i do is 'play' and experiment with different media. This is one of the papers i made today with wax and dyes, at first it didn't come out the way i planned, but then i just went a long with it and it turned out pretty good, well i thought so. Might not appeal to everyone but this is how designers start off, so imagine it then printed on bags,tops,skirts or dresses. Would you be brave enough to wear a pttern like this?

These two design pages are what i did last year in the NQ Textiles course. The top page i was inspired by Comme Des Garcons and then the page underneath is my own interpreations. i then had to tranfers theses design on to dresses.

Midi dresses are very in at the moment, you can't go wrong with them, very lenghtning to the body and hugs your shape, i know what i am saving up for
Dress from boohoo.com

This is a Denim dress that i made in my NQ Textiles class 20011/12. At the bottom it is the outline of New York, you can't really see it in the photos that well.