Was this collaboration fate? I hope so. The night scape prints of James Reeve combined with Dries Van Noten subtle Spanish and Italian couture shapes created a relaxed and modern attitude. The clean tailoring also helps interpret this into an everyday wardrobe, since shaping made from ruffles and gathering can sometimes look dated.
This is definitely one of my favourite collections of this season; the clash of monochrome and bright colours of blocked landscape jungle prints and 18th century etchings made it very cool and elegant, especially with the simple but chic silhouettes using light and crisp cottons and linen like fabrics. The prints definitely came to life in this collection.
After uni a friend and I made our way to the Cass Art store in Angel. The Cass Art store supplies all types of creative art materials and after receiving an e-mail about their student day I couldn't wait to go - despite very long queues and crowds which made tube stations at peak times seem like a walk in the park.
Before we even got to the store I saw a gigantic queue going down a different road and I knew that was the line. I am a very impatient person but seeing as Cass Art wasn't going to hold another event like this for another 6 months, I stayed put (good thing I bought a big packet of Skittles beforehand).
Why the big excitement?
- 15% off everything
- an Artist Quality Box worth £35 with any purchase of £1
- an exclusive Student Day discount booklet with 24 offers
- plus goodie bags, competitions, discounts from local bars and restaurants and free frozen yoghurt! (my main reason for going... I love my frozen yoghurt).
So, after lugging my heavy bag around for a good half hour in the store, my friend and I took turns waiting in the paying queue after realising that the line was moving so slowly we could have gone around the store picking more items. I bought a bunch of different sized sketch pads, gouache, mechanical pencils, art storage box, A4 portfolio, Indian ink all for £42.92 which was a bargain seeing as some were already on sale and I got the 15% on top!
I wanted to take pictures of the queue but I had no flash! So I took photos of my purchased items :) better than no photos right?
Sorry for the bad quality, I need a new camera (or some skills).
