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Two posts in one day. Look at me!! Just kidding but for my midterm for my Fashion Illustration class, I had to develop a small fashion collection based on a trend we were assigned to. After receiving the trend we could research images online and in magazines, gather fabric swatches, and do free sketches. I created 3 outfits on fashion figures using colored pencils and markers. My designs reflected my mood board. The theme I was assigned Moodboard I choose to go with a futuristic theme based of the colors I was assigned. The 90's cartoon The Jetsons  were a reference point for my designs.  The final sketches In the end I was very happy with my capsule collection. The colors are complementary to the theme and my models skin color. Even though blue was not apart of the original theme, I decided to use it as an accent color so that it would not be so monochromatic with all the yellow and brown shades. 

Hello, Long time no post. :( I decided to study abroad again, so thats why have not been able to update as often as I would like. This spring I am studying in Italy at Lorenzo de' Medici. I have always wanted to travel to Italy. There is so much appeal here; the museums, the food, the fashion. I choose Florence, because I really wanted to study fashion and take actual fashion courses in a well known fashion capital. Right now I am taking Fashion Illustration, Anthropology of Fashion, Principles of Marketing, and History of Italian Fashion. I have been blessed enough to travel around Italy and outside of Europe a bit. I went to Rome for a weekend, Venice, Siena, Verona,  and Pisa. For spring break I went to Vienna, Austria, Budapest, Hungary, Prague, Czech Republic, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and I finished in Dublin, Ireland. Here are a few photos from my travels and I will try to post more often in the future.   Trevi Fountain in Rome Italy Vienna, Austria Budap...

I had made another dress for my Gilman Scholarship. I did not include it in the final project because I sold it to a woman I met in the Bahamas. But I wanted to display it anyway. I created an original pattern for this dress. It has two pleats along the neckline and is backless.

I enjoyed every minute of my study abroad experience. It seemed a little unorganized when I first arrived at the school but it soon got much better. Registering for courses took a lot longer than expected and was not as simplistic as so in the United States. But that was really my only issue with the entire trip. I got to travel to Kumasi, Takoradi, Accra, and Busua. I tried so many different foods and learned how to prepare a few. My personal favorite was the Indomie which is similar to the Ramen Instant Noodles that we have in the U.S. Indomie is fried with vegetables and eggs unlike ramen which is boiled. Its also pretty cheap so just like college life in the U.S., I lived off of unhealthy instant meals. I learned so much about Ghanaian culture and how the college life is there in comparison to here. I went to the beach more times than I can count. I went to the "hall week" which is pretty much a party that each dorm throws during the Spring semester. I lived without inte...

These are looks from the last post that I published. The quality of the photos is not the best because the lighting in my room is not to good. But atleast you can see how well the fit. Hope you like it.

When I got back to Albright College, I decided to make the first part of my Gilman follow up service project an independent study course. This way I would get credit for it on my transcript as an elective. My professor, Paula Trimpey was my mentor for this Advanced Construction class. I proposed three looks, five garments in total which can be seen in the sketches. I created the patterns for all five garments using draping and drafting methods that I learned in my Patternmaking/Draping class that I took last fall. I asked Professor Trimpey for help whenever needed. All the fabric for the final looks was purchased during my study abroad to Cape Coast, Ghana. The notions, like zippers and thread, were purchased in Maryland. I decided that I would use the traditional African prints and make them into modern styles that can be work together or separately for a more casual look. The fashion show take place in December so I plan on entering all three looks for consideration. I enjoyed b...

Hello everyone. I am Khala Corley and I am a first generation college student from Fort Washington, MD. I am currently a junior Fashion Design and Merchandising. On campus, I have a show with the radio station, WXAC, and I participate in Fashion Lion, the fashion magazine on campus. Last spring, I studied abroad in Cape Coast, Ghana at the University of Cape Coast with CISabroad. While I was there as able to take business and African studies classes while experiencing West African culture and fashion. When I first arrived at the University of Cape Coast, I realized that course registration would be a lot more confusing than how its done at Albright College. Instead of registering on an online portal, we had go to each department and get approval from the chair of each department and the let the Center for International Education, CIE, register us online. This process did not seem to difficult when it was introduced to us. But the professors had gone on strike the week that classes w...