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Friday 28 June 2013

Barbara Hulanicki: Women Have Such Boring Wardrobes

Founder of Biba says that women nowadays are slaves to trends, and are "too concerned with what's fashionable" and therefore it becoming dull and samey. The 77 year old designer acknowledges that perhaps the reason for this is that high street shops stock such similar styles that it's difficult to have an individual look.


Thursday 27 June 2013

"Once Upon a Time..." by Karl Lagerfeld



It's hard to imagine that ladies really thought "How awful!" and "She has no taste" about Chanel - but this film gives a true representation of the heritage of the iconic brand and style icon. This really puts into perspective how far Chanel has come from a small shop in Paris to a worldwide brand, known to everybody. The film shows Gabrielle's hat shop gaining momentum, more and more customers flood to her shop to try her hats. The visuals are very lovely and so is the styling, however...

Tuesday 18 June 2013

HOM X Jonathan Saunders

I had the opportunity to go and photograph the HOM x Jonathan Saunders collaboration, so obviously I jumped at the chance as a big fan of Jonathan Saunders' work. This was my first time behind the lens at a runway show so it was pretty exciting.

Monday 10 June 2013

Ravensbourne + The Degree Show


 “This year at The Degree Show we are injecting an element of fun into the building. Colour will be central to the show and will guide delegates through the course exhibition spaces. There will be more to see and more to enjoy.” - Madeline Ayers

Sunday 9 June 2013

Ravensbourne's Show at GFW

Last Monday I was incredibly excited to see the Rave show at Graduate Fashion Week. We arrived and went straight to the stand which was getting a lot of attention, even from the likes of fashion blogger Susie Bubble! When show time came around, there definitely was a buzz about the place. The music started and the first collection stomped out, and the cameras started flashing. There was an undeniably cool vibe at the show. Here are some of my favourites from the show!

Luke Harris

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Helena Bonham Carter on the Cover of July Vogue

The beautiful Helena Bonham Carter is going to be gracing Vogue's "ageless style" issue next month. The issue celebrates style that goes beyond age, and Carter is the perfect spokeswoman for that as somebody who defies the norm of fashion in show-business with her eccentricity. Muse and wife to Tim Burton and best buddies with Johnny Depp, this woman is an inspiration!

The thing I love most about Helena is that she seems to embody a Tim Burton character herself, I love her gothic influences in her dress and although it doesn't always work it's always eye-catching. I would hate to catch her blending in with the other Hollywood actresses. I think she encapsulates British style as a whole.

Saturday 1 June 2013

Style Inspiration: Alexander McQueen

I first experienced this collection quite young when I was bought a book on the history of fashion, which talked about the most influential people, collections and movements in fashion. I think the initial shock of seeing the word "rape" to describe fashion is definitely what made it memorable along with the image - a red haired girl with plaits and different coloured dreadlocks, with an open knit jumper exposing bare breasts and a lace skirt exposing her knickers. I think I somewhat related to it with my Scottish heritage and the collection was described as "England's rape of Scotland". I have always been fascinated by things that were slightly disturbing and using that in fashion was even more intriguing. I think I liked the way it explored taboos. Anyway enough of my rambling let's post some photos!


Men's Fashion Week SS14

London Collections: Men is taking place from Sunday 16th June - Tuesday 18th June and will showcase over 70 menswear designers. The men's fashion week emphasises the importance of established British brands as well as emerging talented individuals. The event contributes to the changing perception of menswear.



British Fashion Council's Fashion Forward initiative is recognising up-and-coming design talent, and this years winners are Christopher Raeburn and Sibling join Lou Dalton in receiving business and financial support from BFC in order to show their collection either through catwalk or presentation. I think these are going to be the ones to watch this season for the new talent.


Other well-established designers which will show their Menswear collections are Alexander McQueen, Christopher Kane, JW Anderson, Paul Smith and Topman.

Penrose Magazine

As previously mentioned in the last post, we've been working on creating a magazine this term. Our magazines concept is all about individuality, innovation and unique style. We have tried hard to make this magazine available to both sexes, but mostly focusing on the art of it. I'm so pleased with the outcome and I can only cross my fingers and hope we get picked to be Ravensbourne's quarterly magazine! You'll see my name scattered about, but I did the styling for the shoots as well as photography for the Sunday Best editorial, and a short bar review. 

You can view it here


I've also created a video as an advertisement for the upcoming Ravensbourne magazine!



Ravensbourne Fashion Magazine Promotion from becky lightbody on Vimeo.

Ravensbourne First To Sell Out At GFW!

It seems that it is truly the year for Ravensbourne. Especially for Fashion Promotion, who have had two finalists in the Diversity Now Fashion Film competition which has been reviewed on i-D online, one student is a finalist in the D&AD awards, as well as finalists in different categories at GFW Competitions, including Fashion Photography, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Business Idea and Fashion Media. I feel so proud to be part of this course, and I'm excited to see what is to come of it. We are soon going to be launching a magazine too, and although my group has worked hard on ours and I'm in love with it, the competition is tight from what I've seen! Either way, whoever wins the privilege of being Rave's fashion magazine is going to deserve it and it will be amazing!

Ravensbourne at GFW 2010


You might have been foolish enough not to get tickets to Ravensbourne's GFW show (silly you) but that doesn't mean you can't come along on the other days to see our stand. Here you'll be able to see some of the garments and sketchbooks from Ravensbourne, and there will also be a pop-up shop from Natalie Finch! She has won this prize in competition with others, and last year another Ravensbourne student won it too!