ENCORE ENCOREEE!

yo. I can not get my pp report into moodle, since the file itself is actually 30 MB. talk abt exceeding limits. -_-

so anyways there isnt much that I can do about it, so I decided to just use a CD and give it to Ibu Poppy. Bu eva resigned, as we all know, and for a reason that we all DONT know -_-.. she went 'missing' just a week before the due date, practically ditching us year 10 in a clueless state of personal-project-minds. So here we are. brain-missing.

well, i am just so glad that I finished my PP that I don't care at all abt all the above. Ill be giving the CD soon, have a swell presentation with bu sarah and pak matthew (have i mentioned he turned out to be our moderator? no? my bad) soon, and get the exhibition over with on the 14th of may. nah, im just messing, it'll be awesome, can't wait to let the world see Fabuleux. BOOM. and there it goes, my first showcase.



horrrraaaays. to me.

Journal- 12th April 2009

Continuing Report

I am now continuing writing the report and then I will submit it on the 17th of April. I am currently gathering the appendices.

Journal- 11th April 2009

My Catalogue

The catalogue that I have been making for this past 2 weeks is finally finished. I went to Subur, a professional digital printing place located in Kebayoran Baru, as recommended by a friend of mine, Belinda Mursidi. It took me about an hour because there was a long line, since it was on the weekend people were trying to finish their works too. When it was my turn, I talked to the person in charge of the printing, how I want the catalogue to be printed, what kind of paper I want to use (there are so many choices so we discussed that too), and how to bind it.

I ended up with 2 spiral-bind catalogues and 1 hard cover catalogue. I will give the hard cover one to my Supervisor, and the spiral ones for me and family. The spiral-bind catalogues are with me now, but the hard cover one will be finished on Monday, so I can show it to Bu Sarah on Tuesday.

The report is going great, I e-mailed Bu Sarah to give me a statement to be put in all my meeting forms in the blog, and I'm going to put them in now.

Journal- 10th April 2009

Today I am completing my catalogue to be printed tomorrow. I am still completing my report too, and the due date is in one week.

Schedule for the week:
10th April: completing catalogue and continue the report
11th April: print catalogue and continue report
12th April: continue report
13th April: finish report
14th April: submit to turn it in and print them
15th April: photocopy three times
16th April: final checks
17th April: submission to supervisor

Personal Project Meeting #14

Wednesday, 8th of April 2009
After School

Items discussed:
As requsted by supervisor, I handed in my report. It is not finished yet, but Ibu Sarah asked to see what I have written in there until now and make sure I am on the right track on writing the report.

Achievements:
I am now finished with my product which is the set of clothes, the catalogue is almost done, and my report is 50% done.


Problems:
No problems to address.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Personal Project Meeting #13

Tuesday, 7th of April 2009
Lunch time

Items disscussed:
Today I gave my corrected proposal to Ibu Sarah, she already checked it and signed it. I also have a new AOI which is now only Human Ingenuity. I had to remove the Community and Service since I will not be hosting a charity fashion show anymore. We talked about my progress and then I showed her my catalogue on my laptop. I had questions about how the referencing will be like, so she explained it to me briefly.

Achievements:
I now have an official new proposal and already made it clear to my supervisor of how the catalogue is going. She was impressed that qe handled the situation fantastically in a short amount of time.

Problems:
No problems to address.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Personal Project Meeting #12

Friday, 3rd of April 2009
Lunch time

Items discussed:
We talked about how I am making a new proposal regarding how I want to change from having the fashion show into making a simple catalogue. It is necessary to make this change bwcause there is simply no time for the hecticness of organizing an actual fashion show with such little time. The catalogue is additional to the actual products. It will consist of pictures to present the designs, just like actual brands have catalogues to show their products to costumers. I told my supervisor how I am already in the middle of creating the catalogue, and also assured her that I will be done on time for the due date. I already hand in the new proposal for her to check.

Achievement:
I am able to acknowledge problems and find an immidiate solution to overcome it. I also have a new Guiding Question: "How can different fashion tastes refer to different individuals and do they change overtime?" and changed to just one AOI: Human Ingenuity.

Problems:
Ibu Sarah told me to add a statement to address how I am changing from the old plan to the new one. I will do it ASAP and get her to sign it in our next meeting,in order to sure it is a relevant new proposal and is under her approval.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 6th April 2009

Interview with Denny Wirawan

Denny Wirawan is a very famous designer well known for his brilliant ideas in haute couture. I have seen his designs in the internet and they look very vibrant, earthy, and some are very wonderfully created with bright color combinations. My mum contacted him so that I can meet him in person ASAP. luckily he was kind enough to have me in his studio in Cipete. After school, i went straight to his studio along with my mum and Kristina. I brought all of my designs including my sketch book. I asked for his advice on designing clothes, he even commented each and every piece that i brought with me.

I already had a list of questions from a few weeks ago in my laptop, so I successfully got satisfying answers from him. He was very chatty, he talks in specific details, i asked him about his journey in the fashion world from the start. He became one of my inspiration in designing now. I even got to look at his designs first-hand. They are quite astonishing. The result of the interview will be included in my report.

Here is a picture of the interview in his studio:

Journal- 5th April 2009

Another Photo-shoot

Stefanie and I had another photo-shoot today, but thankfully it is a less hectic one. We only had 5 items to be shot, and unfortunately we didn't have much time so we only shot 4 items. I guess I will be doing the last one alone with the help of my Mum or someone else.

The catalogue is going well, i am putting fashion quotes from the world's famous fashion industry people. It is very hard using Photoshop because I have never been quite a fan of it before. Still, it was fun looking how the pictures look different and more eye-catching. I tend to make the items the center of the attention in the picture. one of the example that I'm most proud of is one that looks like this:

Journal- 4th April 2009 (II)

Interview with Indah Kalalo

This afternoon I met with Indah Kalalo, she is a very well-known fashion model in the Indonesian fashion industry. My mum helped me getting an appointment in her house. Before i met with her, I already made some research on what her job requires her to do, look at some of her pictures, etc. to get the idea of what to ask her.

I alerady made a list of questions to ask her for the interview, and I decided to interview her in a chatty conversation. She turned out to be a very kind woman, very pretty indeed, and heart-warming. I will include the interview in my report.

She gave comments on my designs, and even tried out a few of them. She told me she loved my animal print black coat, tried it for a couple of times in front of the mirror. It was shocking to me that she said she really wanted to have it, but i told her i need it to be graded first.




and here she is with my coat:

Journal- 4th April 2009

Last designs finished

Today is probably my last meeting with my tailor. She came a bit late today but since I didn't come to Family Fun Day at School on this Saturday, I was able to meet her after all. She brought a friend from the Tasha House of Tailor, she wanted to meet me in person after seeing my designs. I was happy to hear it and she also gave comments on my designs.

The tailor brought in 3 of my last designs, and they turned out to be really good. I have an animal print black coat which fits perfectly, a purple plaid jacket which doesn't look exactly like the sketch but they did mention it to me on the phone because it was hard to interpret my drawing -_-. Last but not least the yellow and black dress, it looks nice but unfortunately the yellow did not stand out because of the black cloth behind it.

Journal- 29th March 2009

Photoshoot for the Catalogue

I asked my friend's help, her name is Amelia STEFANIE Aris, to help and be my photographer in this photoshoot. I am doing the same thing for her because she needs her designs to be taken photos too. The photos then will be edited in photoshop software by myself. I only took photos of the designs that are finished. The rest will be done later. The shoot took place in Stefanie's house, I took a car full of props, costumes, shoes and accessories with me to her house. It was very tiring because we took hundreds of photos ready to be picked out.

Tonight I am starting to edit the photos, so that they'll look good in the catalogue. My plan is to make a simple catalogue, not a very complicated one, as it is only an additional thing to present my product. I use an old ELLE magazine to help me decide how to edit the photos. I will include it as a reference in the report.

Journal- 28th March 2009

I see the tailor again today. I have 2 more designs finished.. and I gave her the rest of the materials...
It is going very well with the tailor because she understands my sketches, and she is very detailed with the drawings that i gave her. Every detail she would ask to me and i would answer to explain a few parts that is not included in the drawing. Occasionally she would reach me by phone at lunch break in school, and i would even talk to the cutter or pattern writer in the tailor so I can make sure they know what they are doing.

The tailor cannot come tomorrow so I'm giving my 3 last designs today.

NOTE: My partner and I realized that there might not be enough time to conduct a fashion show for the charity. Therefore we has to think of another way to present our product. I decided to make a simple catalogue instead. My supervisor will be noticed ASAP.

Journal- 24th March 2009

Today I want to point out the highlights of the dates in the near future, regarding my PP achievements. I think this is the best way for me to remember and check the schedule in order to finish my PP.

- 24th of March. Until now, still completing my report
- 25th of March. I will be doing PP together with Kristina at a friend's house
- 26th of March. Check on the designs in the tailor.
- 28th of March. An Appointment with my tailor at home for fittings. I am expecting 2 more of my designs to be finished.
- 29th of March. Giving in 3 more designs
- 4th of April. All designs finished
- 17th of April. Due date of Personal Project.

I think it might be better to put all these in my Google Calendar, put in reminders,etc. I do this in order to be more organized.

Journal- 23rd March 2009 (II)

My Last Material-Shopping

This time, I am shopping at again, next to D'Best. The place is called Gossip textile shop. I am even beginning to get to know a few people in the store. The store keeper himself, probably he's from Middle Asia, such as India or Pakistan, helped me picking out the suitable materials. He himself designs the materials and patterns that the store is selling. He designs clothes too, i found out after talking to him more. He gave me advices on how thick the materials should be to make certain clothes, different for jackets, dresses and blouses.

Today I bought a purple jacket material and a replacement for that yellow material which was too thick. I bought the chiffon ones and I got great advice on that material from the shop keeper too. He talked about whether I needed the silk chiffon or regular chiffon, what they are used for, etc.

Journal- 23rd March 2009

Seeing the Tailor Again.

Today I am seeing the tailor again to give her my 2 designs to be made. Which is the pink long dress and blue tutu dress. These are my favorite designs so I hope it'll turn out great too. It was first difficult to think of the easiest way to structure the dress with the perfect sewing techniques, and then I went on the internet to look for examples of frills, tutus and some other details, and showed it to her. I know realize that even how detailed a sketch is, we still might need examples, and a way of communicating that can explain it to the tailor clearly. Thankfully she's a fast learner and surprisingly enough I understand everything she's saying to me regarding the details, which means this tailor suits me the best.

Journal- 22nd March 2009

Important Problem, and a Solution to go with it.

1. My Tailor yesterday only brought the 3 designs instead of 4 which i left her with last week, because one of the design seems kind of complicated. She brought the material back to my house yesterday and talked the problem out. The problem is, the yellow matterial which is made of pineapple tree, is too tough on the chiffon black material, which means it wouldn't fall as gracefully as the black chiffon.

2. She asked if I still want to use this material, but I was thinking, it wouldn't look good, wouldn't feel good (uncomfortable), and would probably be a waste of money D: So what we did was discuss it for quite a bit of time, and we considered a few ideas, such as changing the composition of the materials when sewed, a different sewing technique, and finally, the solution of the problem; to simply go with a different material for the yellow color. It would be the best solution because we can find a light weight material, perhaps the same as the black one, chiffon. It would fall in place easily, and would fall loosely on the black material.

3. First I felt a bit sad because I really like that yellow material, it's made out of pineapple plant woven together, has a different texture and look naturally shiny, perfect for a dress like the one I designed. I first thought it would be perfect, but of course there is no other way to make it work. If I don't change the material, there will be no yellow-black dress.

Journal- 21st March 2009

My 3rd, 4th, and 5th Designs are Finished

I especially woke up early this morning because I have made an appointment with my tailor. I have actually been in contact with her over the phone every 3 days to check on the dresses, and to make sure she knows that she can call me anytime if anything needs to be asked directly about to me. I also told her that she should contact me anytime outside school time, which she had forgotten about once, but thankfully I didn't get trouble for it at school.

She brought in my high waist batik skirt, my black medium-lengthed dress, and my maroon strapless dress. We did quite a long fitting, to make sure it fits nicely, no zippers are stuck, no buttons are loose, and stuff like that. For the Maroon strapless dress I had to let her bring it back to the tailoring to fix the chest part to make it a little bit tighter, which I recommend we do so that it wont slip down accidentally. Overall i love the results and they look exactly like what my designs look like in the sketches, and I thank my tailor so much for that.

What I have realized in the process of this fittings, I learned about new stitching techniques, how the process is done in the tailor, what steps they do and who do them. I found out that:
- firstly they try to make the design with a similar material which they have in their supplies, to make sure it will turn out good and proportional with the stitching and other details that I wanted them to have.
- if it works as planned, they then make a pattern on the dress before it is being cut. They do this with the measurements ready in hand as a guide.
- After that, they cut the dress pattern
- Sew the dress into place
- Seam the edges of the dress
- Put details such as zipper, or buttons.

Personal Project Meeting #11

18th of March 2009

Items Discussed:
Bu Sarah gave me the corrected sheets of our draft report. We'll be typing up the corrected things, and continue to do the report. I made sure some things about the report, and Bu Sarah told me that the 4000 words is maximum in the report,and not minimum. this actually made me think over about the whole report, careful not to get over the limit. Good thing I asked because I firstly thought it was the maximum number of words in the final report.

Problems;
No problems encountered here

Achievements:
Able to see the mistakes or things to be added to improve the report.
Understand the limit of words in the final report.

I have read Jenisa Kamayana's journal entries and blogspot and the information provided is true, detailed and accurate.
Sarah Hawkings

Journal- 14th March 2009

Tailoring Once More

This saturday, I asked my tailor if she was available to come to my house, where I squeezed in the time between basketball tournaments. I only got to see her in half an hour because I had to go immediately to continue the tournament. Fortunately I managed to explain 4 designs of mine in detail and hand her over all the materials needed. SHe had me all measured for each of the designs.


image taken from http://newyorkette.com/wp-content/mannequin_small.jpg

But of course there is always some difficulties when it comes to explain a design to a tailor, because obviously it is sometimes so much more difficult for some one else to picture something that we created in our minds. This case happened while I was explaining to the tailor, there were some confusion and she kept asking so many detailed question, so I ended up explaining all the small things, every detailing and asking several different stitching/sewing methods that will might be useful for each of the different dresses. I even learned some new sewing technique names, which I found very interesting and new.

She said she'll try bring all of them finished on next Saturday, 21st of March 2009, and then I will give her another 4 dress to sew. I am planning to visit her sometime during the holidays.