Inspiration Board

I think I've mentioned it before that I've been taking a fashion design class. Well, cYa from Citrus and Style is also taking the same one, so she was going to do a post on this too today!

The class's purpose is to expose you to different types of jobs in the fashion business. Each week we have a different speaker that does a different job in fashion. Last Monday, we had a girl who worked in the "business" part of fashion. She works for Kohl's as a buyer, a person who buys clothes from different companies for Kohl's. For this job, we learned that you have to know your customer and know the current trends. This week, we had a girl who is an independent designer here in my city, more from the "artistic" part of fashion. She showed us some clothes that she designed, how she custom-makes clothes for people, and the benefits and challenges of designing independently. Next week, we are having a girl who designs clothes for departments stores and for the average person.

Overall, this class is excellent for people who want to go into the fashion business. I am not sure if fashion will be my future but I'm definitely going to keep my options open! The fun part of every class is that we get to make something at the end. Last week and this week, we've been creating inspiration boards. Next week we get to actually draw a few things! But today I thought I would share a picture of my inspiration board since I really love it. Caroline's theme is more summery and preppy, whereas my theme is more wintry and high fashion chic. Here is a picture:

It looks like it took forever to make but it actually didn't because most of the pictures on there were all part of one big picture torn out of a magazine! My favorite picture is the person at the bottom in the pink and black fuzzy top on the phone. :) Overall, every single picture on it I love so much and I'm going to keep it up in my room for inspiration (duh). Have you ever made an inspiration board?