Photo shoot

Few days ago I worked with first year photographers, that they had a project in Professional Practice course.  The had to cooperation with a shop and do a photo shoot to advertise the shop's products. So they told me if I could work with them as a model. I ve told them yes because i wanted to help them and take the opportunity to work with them. Because designers should always collaborating with photographers because it learns you how to cooperate. The shop they chose is  a flower shop called Nol Mary and they advertised a ribbon full of beautiful flowers. Loved it :) 

poster

This is the poster/proposal  I' ve done for my essay:

Alexander HI-TEK

ALEXANDER 

As all you know that i am a fashion student in Alexander collage (university
 of the west of England in Bristol). Few months ago we had the opportunity to see 
Alexander (HI-TEK) that came to our collage to talk about his carrier, how he became 
so famous, about the materials he uses for his designs e.t.c. Also he gave us some advices 
as new/young fashion designers what he have to do to become famous, to stand on 
our own feet because is very difficult in Cyprus to become what you really want because 
the opportunities aren’t that much. But of all the things and tips he told us we became 
more confident and we can see the future in Cyprus and not only. The thing that he told 
us and it didn't came out of my mind is that you have to LOVE what we are doing, 
we are going to fall but we have to stand up again on our feet because fashion 
industry is difficult. Also we gave us the opportunity if we want to 
work with him for experience. That is a must that we have to do because he 
came and talk to us for one hour, and we learned a lot. So thing  
if we work with him how many things,tips,opportunities we will have. 

On the photo i am the model and i am wearing his first creation, which is awesome :)

This is who actually Alexander is:

AlexanderTasou, designer of Hi Tek Designs started what he calls his "project"from as early as the 

80's, bringing industrial design and surrealism to hisaccessories.

Sunglasses, hats, masks, belts, watches, clocks,bags or briefcases, any of his designs or accessories, 

are never "in"or "out" of fashion. 

Alexander's timeless designs can be worn byeither gender throughout decades and will always make 

a statement, will alwayslook ahead of time, the designs edgy and stand out.

This designer likes to give different uses anddifferent magnitude to objects of their otherwise

 conventional size and use. Hewould use handcuffs as the frame for sunglasses or a blown up corkscrew

 as abar stool, a pyramid as a watch case. 

Integrating the past, even the ancient, with thedistant future, nowadays called "Steampunk" 
is Alexander's passion.

His official site is:http://www.alexanderhitek.com

Personal shoppers at Topshop Cyprus

Hey, hey, hey I am back with some tips for evening wear:) 

Faux jacket is the must in out wardrobes, they go with everything!!! you can wear it to get out at night and of course if you need to be deferent and extreme you can wear it with sport clothes:) 

Be deferent--> wear night out dress with sport jacket and high heels!!! GET OUT OF THE ORDINARY, BE DEFERENT :)

Reminder!!!!!  I am waiting for you in Topshop Makariou to help you with your personal style:)))  
Lets create a style that is out of the ordinary, I think that you all need to be deferent from others..So just send me an email to make an appointment and then lets get crazy shoppers in Topshop!!!! 

Intersectional lecture

Who are you͛?

From were did you learn who you are? Who told you who you are? It’s from your own? or something told you what you HAVE to be and what you are? Maybe your family or your school? that school is a part of state system? Lets say cartoons? see family guy, simpsons, disney cartoons. e.t.c

Stereotyping is a representational practice

—> It reduces the people it is supposed to represent to a

collection of characteristics which are presented as Natural

and essential

—> t is used to establish and normalise difference

Stereotypes are a form of symbolic violence (Bourdieu)

—> They help conceal the arbitrariness of social order and

naturalise the privilege of certain groups

 Symbolic annihilation

—> The symbolic annihilation of women by the mass media

Circuit of Culture: gender

You can see from the photo bellow that blue is for boys and pink is for girls.  But why? Did you ever think why blue for boys and pink for girls? Who told you that? 

Dora the Explorer’s makeover in 2009 

You can see that Dora changed and became more “woman” from before.  Before she was wearing shorts and t-shirt (no that much like a woman) but now you can see her. She wears dress and she is more thin, she has long hair and she is more like a woman now. 

Circuit of Culture: sexuality

You can see from the photos bellow—> Beyonce with Jay-z and Britney Spears kissing kith Maddona. Sexuallity—> men with woman, men with men, woman with woman 

Unmarked / Marked (‘Normal’ / Other)

—>marked / unmarked

—>gendered / ungendered

—>female characters / (male) characters

Intersectionality

• There are differences within each category of identity:

Intersectionality breaks down the category of, say, ‘woman’

so that it is not universal and homogenous. The following photos are poster from Gender‐progressive? What about race and class?

Why women naked is art? Why artists draw only naked women? why 85% of the nudes are female? Did you ever think of that? Why?

Progressive Princesses?

Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity

You can see it from cartoon

—> frozen, than Elsa is more/acting like a “man” (lesbian)—> there goes and the song of frozer (LET IT GO) 

—> sponge bob as you all know is gay and he is married to Patric.

Diet Coke: gender, race and class. You have to see this advertise for Diet coke. Woman working in the office as a receptionist and then the man out site working “hard” with muscles e.t.c, looking at him and waiting for him every day to see him. Why??? 

see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrE1VMxzoE

Gender‐progressive? What about race and class? Sex and the city--> 4 pretty, wonderful, rich, happy, powerful, working woman. They changed the way that woman has to act. No more women's at home, with kids, cooking, cleaning, and actually do nothing for her and to the world.  

  

We gan do it: First photo was just one white woman but later they changed it and there were 3 woman on the photo/poster. (white/black/nationality). Sows that woman can do it, and a woman is equal with mens. Feminism!

Work experience

   In Desember, the teacher that teaches us the lesson  “Profesional Studies” told us that we should go for a week in any fashion designer we want for work experience. I chose to go to Natar Georgiou which are two young and new fashion designers with specialty in embroidery. The reason I went to them is not only that they are young and new designers and I could learn from them how it is to be fresh fashion designer in Cyprus, but because of the embroidery they do on their designs and do not forget that in Cyprus is a tradition, which many countries admire. So I went there and I’ve learned a lo of them.  They teach me how to do embroidery, how you sew it on fabric, knitting machine e.t.c

    Thank’s to Natar Gewrgiou that accepted us to go to their atelier and they made me think and feel to many feelings.  To learn how to fight, cooperate, love, how to manage my time and don't be stressed. Also to know what is stress and anxious but how you overcoming them. Last but not least how to be grounded famous fashion designer. One day I want to become like them, not only famous but famous with good soul and love for what I do.

Some photos of what I've done there:

social media

What is social media? 

Communication—> music

                  —> T.V

  —> radio

  —> books

  —>magazines

  —> internet

Early media—> (knowledge became from)—> Oval,stone and Clay—>parchmrnts—>codex

—>papyrus

So society moved to written technology but you had to know how to read

    so you had to have —> ACCESS

The only people who knew how to read where—> Ruled, Inca, priests, papyrus, christians

****PRINTING discovered—> more knowledge

then we change to broadcast media—> media travelling faster than the telephone 

   —>T.V,radio,cinema

Picture post—> first magazine: recording everyday things. (images of people doing everyday things) first time magazine that shows you!

texts + photos

The Frankfurt school—>native words—>school of thinking

Germany- Jewish- second world war in Usa-nazi

False needs—> desires encourage by consumers 

The Culture Industry’ 1944

– Homogeneous—> (standardised, uniform, all working

in the same way)

– Predictable—> (we know what form the song will

take from the first few bars, or how the tension in

a Hollywood film will be resolved)

look at the photo below—> all look the same but there are chocolates—> by Andreas Gursky

High/Mass Culture

Collaborative. 

Mass media- Black Mirror ’15 Million Merits’

Our tutor showed us a video about mass media, because our theme for the certain lecture was mass media. After the lecture he showed us this video. Then we realized what exactly mass media is, because is deferent when you just hear what it is and deferent when you SEE  video e.t.c that is based on mass media. Black mirror is a British TV series and one of its episodes is ’15 Million merits’ that we’ ve seen in class.  

Video:

Imagine a future powered by people on exercise bikes, where rooms are made up of walls of screens and the only chance to escape is by going on a reality television show. Welcome to the world of black mirrors. Writers Charlie Brooker and Kanak ‘Konnie’ Huq have created a scathing critique of reality TV shows, with ‘The X Factor’ in mind. It is a scintillating piece that addresses how these shows work and how they manipulate and meld people so that they can be sold on the market. Also this episode creates is unique yet has a strong basis in today's world, the ending of the episode has this great message regarding the influence of the media on the ideas of the individual. 

Last it is about our society entering uncharted waters with all the technology surrounding us, that gives single individuals incredible powers. 

You all have to see this small movie/video. You will understand a lot of how mass media affect us. You will change how you think about all this Tv shows like 'X factor' e.t.c and of course how 'government' and the rest of the world affect us, changing out thoughts, make us fell, think, work all the same like we are their pawns. 

See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tMXKQdc5ZM

hairdressing photo-shoot

Weeks ago mr. Pantelis asked us if we need to help a famous hair dresser that he was going to come to our university to make a photo shoot in our photographer labs to cooperate with third year photographer students and take photos of the hair he was going to style on the models.  So we definitely said yes to mr Panteli and went to help him.  I loved that I had that opportunity to help a famous hair stylist and of course help the third year students.  Fashion designers have to work and cooperate with photographers because they both what each other.