Miss Astro Chinese International 2013 Finalist Showcase @ Paradigm Mall

Hello guys !

Today I will be sharing about my experience in my first designing competition as a fashion design student. My lecturer picked 5 students from my batch last week and I was really honored to be one of the students to be chosen. I'm not really good in designing nor the best in my class but I'm happy that my lecturer somehow have faith in me LOL , I think.

And so we will be doing a LIVE 10 minutes t-shirt alteration for the Miss Astro Chinese International 2013 finalists on stage @ Paradigm Mall. I was nervous because I'm not much of a competitive person but I did give it a try anyways since I wanted to try something new , a brand new experience for me !






The theme is " The Goddess in You ".

We are allowed to prepare our designs/materials in advance so I came out with roses, butterflies and feather combination for my design. I spent whole day working on this on Friday , the day before the competition ! When you think bout t-shirt alteration , many would want to cut up the shirt but my goal is to make my girl look and feel beautiful. So my design's main focus is on the neckline , where I made 10 pink roses out of satin ribbon !





I tried to mix a few shades of pink but in the end I stick with the pale pink.





Added on pearls , sewn on the roses !





Pink for me is a very feminine color .  It's so soft and I think any girl would look good in pink. As for the butterflies, it signifies evolution and improvement which I think represents how the finalists went through months of training to become what they are today - such fine ladies , so confident and lovely on stage !





White = Purity = Goddess.

I know my thinking is very straight forward lol.





Since we have 10 minutes only , I hot-glued pins on the back of the roses for easy application later on stage.





Last minute , I learnt how to cut and tie up some simple knots too.

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The competition day !

I would be lying if I said that I'm not nervous. When I'm nervous I would feel like throwing up lol. I spent like 2 hours thinking what to wear at home and in the end I went out with sleeveless top. Which I later went to H&M , purchased a sweater and changed on the spot because I'm super cold lol.

It's my first visit to Paradigm Mall too ! I'm surprised with all the variety of shops they have. Their H & M is pretty amazing plus lots of restaurants to choose from. Had lots of nice food and a movie " KL Gangster 2 " after the competition ends. I'm a super happy girl :D





Had Tonkatsu Ramen @ Goku Ramen for brunch ! I still prefer Taiko Ramen or Menya Musashi over this. The soup is kinda weird . ( - _____ - || )






Around 3 pm , I met up with my classmates. This is Jacey !





This is Jadeline. :)






When it's my turn to go on stage , I was reallllllllllllllllly nervous but I tried to maintain my cool. I could not imagine the finalist's feelings at this point. They look so confident and beautiful on stage. Their smiles , so heart warming. I admired them for their courage to be able to present themselves so well on stage.

This is finalist no.7 Lisha ! She's even prettier in person and friendly! Though I didn't win the t-shirt design competition , I had my fair share of fun. My best wishes for her in the Miss Astro Finals next month ~ I'll be rooting for her !





Had some dessert @ Komugi afterwards ! Super love their cakes and bread ~ I had a Honey Bee Roll and Cheese Roll. Both are yummy ~ definitely worth a try :)




Final look on my design for the MACIP T-Shirt design competition !

I really like the roses and butterflies hehe.

Thanks for reading !


With Love ,

Ying Tze

Fashion Design ?

* This will be a wordy post ! *

It's the second week of my semester break ! I'm feeling so lifeless right now because I used to being so busy and having sleepless nights for the past 4 months ! Now all I wanna do is sleep , catch up with my drama series and cuddles my cats . ( * v * ) I know right , I'm so lazy ! =p Can't blame me why so lazy because my college really killing me and I have trauma lololololol ! #truestory

Anyways , it's 4th semester DOWN !! Some readers have been asking what am I studying currently ~ well I'm a Fashion Design student ~ I don't know what hit me and I decided on this course in like a week ?? Went to check out the college and enrolled a week after ! Never look back since then !! I wasn't sure if this is what I wanted but you know , I never feel so determined before this lol . * I'm not even this hardworking during high school * #anothertruestory

My first impression on Fashion Design is " making and designing clothes ". I thought that I will learn about how to sew and design garments only. Shallow lol ! I already have a little bit of sewing knowledge before going college so sewing subjects wasn't very difficult ~ I pretty enjoy drawing so I love drawing classes !  * At least in my mind I said yes , I can do this * You know , fashion design is much more than just sewing & drawing . For my first year , I learned many things ranging from mixing colors , computer designs , proper way to sew lining in a skirt , drawing with mixed media , basic photography , drafting patterns , how to choose fabric and so on. 

When semester 4 started , I'm like OMG PLEASE KILL ME. First week of the semester I already sleep around 3-4 am everyday. Seriously the horror max . My skin became really bad because of stress and all , so if your skin still pretty means you didn't work hard enough !! But then I'm calm myself down and slowly get used to the workload , thinking if this is bad , next semester will be worse LOL . Sometimes I think I'm a superman since I can juggle from drawing to sewing , drafting to cutting papers and making scrapbook/journals. Towards the end of the semester , with all the finals projects kicking in , I still can participate in AFA SG , hang out with my lovelies on weekends and take naps summore , yet I still can finish my assignments. I guess if I can manage my time properly , I am able to submit my assignments on time and play hard as well. * peace sign bro *

Shall show you some of my works this semester , so in case if you are interested in taking up Fashion Design , you'll get an idea what it's roughly about ~ =p

#1

Let's start with a selca ! If you haven't read my past blog post , this is my new hairstyle ! I like it short but I still prefer long hair more ~ * prays harder * Hair grow faster pls !

#2

This is my research journal for my Fashion Movement subject this semester ! It's a design subject where you get to do research on a given topic and get inspirations from it to design a garment. For this semester , the theme is " New Medieval ".

#3

I'm interested in Knights and Armour ! I enjoyed making this journal because I secretly like scrap-booking LOL. For this journal , I scribbled all my ideas around and choose to use my own hand writing instead of typing using computer. I think it's more personal this way =)

#4

Next we had to do like over 100 ++ sketches of our initial ideas / idea development with color to show our lecturer. I think design is not my strength after all . I like making cute things more . #honesty

#5

This is the " Make-up Board " for the garment that we designed earlier on. Like you have to decide on a make-up that goes with your garment. Love winged eyeliner and red lips ~ find it a really sexy combination ! ♥ 

#6

Next up is the " Hairstyle Board ".

I learned a new thing from making this , those really pretty braids have a name and it's called the " Waterfall Braid " . Knowledge + 1 

#7

Moodboard for the New Medieval Project. Lecturer comment not enough feel . It will have more feel if I started working on this earlier. HAHA.

When I look back at this , can't help wondering whats that "misty looking thing " on bottom left LOL.  What is it ah ? D=

#8

Fashion Illustration 1 .

Compilation of drawings we did for the past 4 months ! I would say that this is the most time consuming subject ever. Have to draw like 100 ++ of these figure drawings per week. I usually need to spend 2-3 days for this subject alone. But ! I LOVE DRAWING . ( * _____ * )

#9

This time more challenging ! Whole journal drawn using pen only ! No pencil allowed . So you know , gotta put more effort , can't afford to make mistakes =(

#10

Lecturer comment that my style is " too anime-ish " and not high fashion enough. Which is a true story lol.

#11

I don't like to draw hands , but after like 100 ++ of these , it just got better !

#12

Torso. 

#13

My fav drawing ! ♥   Because I like drawing butts lolololololol . * SHY *

#14

My Fashion Illustration x New Medieval Final Project.

No joke I really did a crappy job for this .. I don't really like the whole thing except the face and hair !! Spent most effort is coloring it ! ( -______-|| ) That's why I said I have no talent in design . Laugh die me when I see this. It's okay you can laugh together with me LOL.

#15 

Next subject : Textile Technology !

This is by far the most interesting subject ! I have a love-hate relationship with this subject. Love making it but at the same time it's tedious and time consuming as well. * foams *

This is the North American Smocking I did earlier this semester. Hand-sewn this non-stop from 10 am till 4 am the next day. Back almost broke lol . Oh well , the results were good so it's okay !

#16

Yo-yo and Puff Gathering !

#17

This one I most passionate about ! Making soft toys ! LOL

( * v * )

#18

Bunny and Cat Christmas Applique'. ♥ 

So now you know why I said I love making cute things more than design ? ( > v < )

#19

Patchwork !

I love cute fabric prints and spent around RM 100 ++ for all these lovely fabrics ! I still have lots of leftovers so I used them for my final project ~ also Christmas-Themed lol !

#20

Beading !

Okay I'm really stingy and beads are expensive so I shared with my good friend then realized that small beads are too hard to sew and takes longer time !! And time is what I dont have !! Super lol then I asked another friend to help me buy longer glass beads so I can sew faster. 

Wanted to do a butterfly at first but no time so I came up with a total random design ! =p

#21

Lecturer was hospitalized so no classes for tie-dye and macrame. Really tragic because I needed guidance on this but fret not , Youtube is a very good teacher !! Can't really understand the notes the lecturer sent me so I turn to Youtube for help instead. =(

Decided on the most simple tie-dye pattern ever because , again this is a very last minute work. Was halfway doing my macrame and working on this at the same time ! I think this wasn't too shabby for the first try ! 

#22

Behold my Macrame !

I'm really proud of this because I spent whole day tying 2 rolls of strings together and the outcome looks like fabric ! Although it wasn't the 30 x 30 cm size required by lecturer , at least I did put effort in this rather than simply tying few strings together LOL .

#23

After we finished compiling all the weekly assignments ( around 20 ++ of them ) , we need to make a cover for the file ! I am infatuated with cute things so my cover looks like this ! I feel calm and peaceful by looking at it LOL.

* delusional *

Can't help it , I LIKE CUTE THINGS OK. LOL !

#24

My Textile Technology Final Project !

Initially I have no idea on what to do for my final project and was kinda worried bout it. Most of my classmates already started working on theirs ! So I went to Midvalley to get some art supplies and got inspired by Christmas decorations . ( * ___ * )

#25

We have to use at least 4 techniques that we learned from our weekly assignments and I chose applique' , patchwork , beading , stuffing and embroidery ! Took a long time making that penguin and I dab on some blusher on his face to make him look cuter lol ! 

Cute o not ? ( > w < )

#26

Next up , Pattern Making's Final Project : Princess Style Line Dress !

OMG. I must admit that I don't really enjoy this subject because I dislike drafting. It's like doing maths that every calculation must be correct or else your garment won't turn out right. Requires lots of patience and concentration too. Imagine you draft wrong , cut fabric already only realize .. dang ! That's it la..

So our final project is a princess style line dress ~ we did everything from scratch , drafting our own patterns , making cutting patterns , choosing our own fabric and embellishments etc. Drafting the pattern took the longest time while sewing the dress only took 2 days to complete. Yay !

I don't really have time for a fancy-looking dress so I just bling up the collar with so beading and hand-sewn the lace on top! Wasn't very happy with it but glad I managed to finish it on time ! My first time making a fully lined dress too ! The process was really tedious. * sigh *

#27

Super black and plain dress ! Should have bought pink fabric for this ! LOL

#28

In conclusion ( lol so formal ) , I really enjoy taking up Fashion Design. People always say that Art Student need to work super hard because there will be endless assignments and all ~ sometimes we don't even get to sleep , lecturer always rejecting our works ... but it's all good for me because I kinda enjoy doing it. Some of the assignments are really interesting to work on , while some I don't really like but .. you know , I'm glad that I'm learning something new ! ( > ____ < ) No regrets ! I can't say that I'm super passionate about designing clothes ~ at least I'm enjoying the journey so far ! ♥ 

My cats are being really supportive and loving! Who says cats only come to you when you have food ! That's so not true !! There are times that I need to sit down whole day to do my assignments and my cats , especially Trumpet would just lay on the table , looking at me lol. Orange and Stumpy like to destroy my assignments but oh well , I still love them dearly ! It's nice whenever I'm stressed out , I get to pat them ~ then feel better instantly. Magical right ! I call this pet therapy LOL. ♥  ♥  ♥  

Lastly, thanks  for reading this super wordy post ! 

One more week to go !

I'm almost there ! * A *

Been working extra hard on my assignments and I sometimes wonder where all my motivation and determination come from ~ I have a classmate who is extremely hardworking and finished almost all his assignments which made me feel lazy but fired up to catch up !

Final project for Fundamental Drawing ! A huge A1 sized painting that took me weeks to slowly color part by part. Finally left background only ~ should take more or less one day more to complete !

Part two of History of Art and Design weekly assignments. Seriously this one can drive me crazy. So many mini paintings to complete. This is for Abstract art - warm and cool colors !

My version of Picasso's multi point view and Matisse's strong contrast style of painting. I hope that this is correct if not I will roll on the floor and cry if I have to re-do lol

Seurat's Pointillism. OMG THIS ! I spent whole night punching holes from colored papers to make this flower picture. Doesn't look very convincing but arghh my patience level just went up by doing this assignment.

Surrealism . This is a very emotional piece for me. For those who follow my blog , I have a cat named Twurdie earlier this year but she left due to sickness. I've missed her very much. Though I always believe that she's somehwhere in cat heaven. :')

Design Theory 's Typography final project. My first time using Adobe Illustrator. Sat in front of the laptop since 9 am to figure out how to use it and I came out with 3 designs. I have no idea how to align the words , might have to re-do.

* keeps my fingers crossed * I hope that I can finish everything up and then fully concentrate on my holidays and costume ! * cough cough * Video-shooting for 3D assignment in two days time and English exam tomorrow ! Gosh ~ I need some good luck here !

I have so many new wigs to style and play with but no time to do so . . . * fire burning * Shall go and finish up my 3D costume now !