fedisa, graduate collection show . hello

 

e i g h t   o u t f i t s   .   e i g h t   m o n t h s   .   3   m i n u t e s   o f   s p o t  l i g h t

so . the long awaited exposure of {southern comfort} a graduate collection by Jenna Maree-Kipling has arrived .

The Fedisa Graduate Collection Show was held at the Cape Town Stadium, on Saturday the 5th November. 26 graduate collections, with a wonderful first year collaboration and a second year group effort. This year, we were lucky enough to have the Pink Collection - the creations of the current second year students for Breast Cancer awareness. Fedisa turned pink.

i have been working on my collection pieces throughout the year, but it has been the week that has really brought everything together. I made handbags, jewellry and head pieces. So in the end, my colour pallet choice was key on trend ;)

faded denims . destressed denims . white . peacock feathers . leather
very indie rock and roll

So, all in all. I cannot explain the feeling that follows you when you walk out onto that runway. It is one of accomplishment, happiness, pride and self worth. I could not believe I put that collection together. It was amazing.

thank you to every single person who congratulated me. thank you to those who came to the show to watch me. my Maree-Kipling-Timpson-Fitzel-Kirk-Rohland-Martin-Munro-George-Daniels-Prentice-Van-Straaten family . my home family and my extended family, I love you all.

this post will carry on over the next few as I will be receiving more photographs from other sources, but this is just a taste of what is to come.

{peace and love}

winter has made it's way to us

thought it had forgotten us down here. but, alas, it has arrived. and with a kick too.

college has kept me so busy, I haven't found much tome to actually write. I miss it. My days go by with me continuously thinking about postings and statuses for facebook, and how I can tweet my way through the days.

lets recap this year so far . . .

fedisa is insane, so much of hard work . so little time

basic wrap up of the past four months.

I will be doing my twenty one day internship at Vintage Lifestyle Magazine

which I am very excited about . . . will be being published, involved and will see all that happens in a magazine, just an online version. this will be during my June/July holiday

at the same time, I will have to make my forth outfit for {s o u t h e r n   c o m f o r t}

the whole collection thing is hard . working for thirty seven hours without a wink of sleep isn't fun, and then add the stress of six deadlines to that lack of sleep, and then the occasional attack of hunger . . . third year is no joyride. student life, pfffft.

today I had time to put together my first outfit post in a while . . . just another student outfit . . .

what I'm wearing

leatherette bomber - identity

cabel knit jersey - hand me down

blue pinstrip camisole - pick n pay

satin leggings, leopard print scarf - woolworths

legwarmers - gift

brown amber ring - gift from my mommy

turquoise round ring, turquiose stone bracelet - gift from my love

pendant necklace - methology

pochahontas boots - china town market

okay, lets talk why I'm wearing what I am . . . stripes . spots. because I want to :) Because I can.

don't be afraid of mixing your prints. prints are going to be hot this season, but don't bore the world with your impersonal style - dress for yourself, and dress because you want to. stop reading through other peoples blogs/websites and trend forecasts - be inspired by what you see on the street, be inspired by the world around you. take pictures, fill your mind with beautiful places, beautiful people and eat beautiful food.

that's the most important tip for winter - forget looking skinny, thin, slim and whatever other task you set for your body. eat what you want. It's only for three more months anyway.

we have fat days. as feminine forms, it's only natural.

my mommy always reminds me . . .

"you may be having a fat day, but to the rest of the world you look exactly the same as you did yesterday"

{peace and love, peace and love}

flouncing fighter . outfit two

taaah dah . the long awaited first glimpse at my collection . . .

{s o u t h e r n   c o m f o r t}

is in full swing.

you might be wondering, "this crazy boho hobo hasn't shown me the last outfit"

this is true - but this is because I have not completed Breaking Barricades to the level I want, and will be showing you soon :)

so, this is F L O U N C I N G   F I G H T E R

so: what do you think?

{p e a c e  and  l o v e}

runnaway weeks

I have no idea where all my time is going, but hours are blending into weeks within a blink of an eye, a intake of breath. one day ends without any hesitation . . . and time is running out.

so far, I have made 4 and a half garments for my graduate collection,

{s o u t h e r n   c o m f o r t}

two pairs of jeans

a corset

&&

a chiffon tank

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the half is an unfainshed cape jacket bolero that was too thick to fit through the machine and have to rethink it. not fun I tell you.

have been hand sewing my life away with binding the chiffon tank this past weekend, so all I have done to keep the mind occupied is watch tv, which, as most fashion students will know and feel the same way, is quiet a luxury.

I have rewatched Lady Gaga - The Monster Ball, Live at Madison Square Gardens, the HBO Special  at least twice . . .

I get ripped off for liking her so much . . . people laugh? quiet rude in fact.

she is an inspiration to every living person.

she has opened the world to excepting the 'not normal' the different, the strange . . .

" . . . whether you're gay, straight or bi . . ."
born this way is an incredable, inspirational song that lets people be themselves and hopefully be happy with that person . . .

what I think a lot of people who dismiss her, only do so because they cannot fathom the idea that a pop star to have such influence on the regular population. maybe it's because she is encouraging people to be themselves and not what they think others want them to me . . .

just a thought . . .

I will post pictures soon, just busy finishing off some things.

have a good week ;)

{p e a c e   &   l o v e}

our house on the hill is a sweat shop

I feel like I have been hit by a moving bus and thrown off a cliff, only to survive and have to trek up the mountain back to civilisation to safety. I am tired, hungry and my hands are cramping. And this is just the first outfit.

these past easter holidays and all the public holidays that followed { I love being South African } fedisa gave us a full 10 day break, including the Royal Wedding Day, to watch and report { post to follow } My darling Zimbabwean college friend, Jo Chapman, bechappie.tumblr.com , has come to stay for the last four days. Which is lovely because it's very lonely to work until the crack of dawn by yourself . . . and when I lose things, she has back-ups . score .

our poor house . house on the hill looks like a sweat shop. shame, poor neat mother . . . it will get better, somehow.

we took the little dog thing down to Kom beach yesterday, because the clouds cracked open to allow a stream of sunlight to grace us with it's presence . . . so warm and refreshing after all the rain and cold we have had.

Jo is wearing Jenna Maree-Kipling Originals { the red flowing pants } that I made, screen printed and sewed, in Matric.

. Jenna "Skills" Kipling .

All in all, Breaking Baracades is coming on swimmingly . . . 2/3rds of the way through, with just the leather overlay poncho cape thing to do . . . all very exciting :D

{ peace & love }

holidays . whaaaaat?

s u m m e r   i s   e n d i n g

It's been a busy few days . . . and yes, as this is my only "holiday break" this year I should be resting but we cracked a deal with the lecturers and they shifted our storyboard assignments from the end on last term till the first day of next . . . thanks go out to Liz Stone and Ashleigh Dugdale, as well Robyn Le Sueur and all other compatriot  who were involved. Well done.

rugby . storyboards . friends . polanas . bakedacake . beautiful skies

loving not traveling to town, a 46 kilometer trip there . . . though battling to finish my work so that I can relax a little bit . . . hopefully do an outfit post soon, just have to get my ducks in a row.

Southern Comfort update . storyboards are fifty percent done, fabric for five garment are bought and waiting . need to tie dye me denim and sort out my order of business . gosh . let's go .

before I forget . . . I'd like to send out a loving belated birthday to my 16 year old sister Jess and a fantastic 21st to Melissa King my darling fellow fed doll, today :)

{ peace && love }