Good Girl Faith and A Tight Little Skirt

Can you believe that were already working on our holiday line? There's so much to prepare and it all has to be done by the end of March. There's four themes and they each have about 15 dresses each. I've been helping with the fabric choices for each dress and I must say, I wish I was a little girl because the dresses are super cute. As well as working with the beginning of the process, I've been working with the end, in retail. I'm also interning at Nordstrom in the juniors department and I've been learning a lot about visuals and how they affect the store. A front set-up will attract the customer and is led by a hero piece and because a retailer doesn't want their customer to just buy one thing, they put other layering pieces out to complete an outfit. #HeadToToe

The most current Nordstrom set up highlighting their hero piece, distressed denim, and adding layering pieces next to it so a customer can complete an outfit.

This is a  sketch I made of the top of a cross rack of clothes that shows how each garment is placed in a certian spot for a reason. My mentor showed me this and this affected what color and fabric she's going to make her line.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. I'm most proud of all of the information I included and the way I flowed all of the info I had.

2. I would give myself an P+ because I made time, I cited my research, and felt that I met all of the requirements on the rubric. I think that I did more and it ended up being a really good presentation. 

3.  I felt that all the preparation I had worked for me. Because of all the research I did and the experience from mentorship, I knew what I was talking about and I felt confident about what I knew.

4. In the beginning, I thought I was doing fine and then I started getting ahead of myself and forgot to mention some key points that I had practiced saying.

5. I think my second answer is going to be store ambiance and set up.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1. MyMichelle Girls Division at Kellwood in the City of Industry.
2. Kimmie Grady will be calling in.
3. Total hours: 78 hours 25 minutes
4. I've been assisting with the production process of design doing the pattern tickets, cutting swatches, making techpacks, and pickign up things from different departments.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. Over break, I wasn't able to go to mentorship due to the holidays. But, I was working on sketches for the Nordstrom B.P program I'm in. These sketches will be submitted to a corperate office and have the chance to be produced in Nordstrom stores.
   
2. The most important thing I learned is how to put together my own line and understand cohesion. This gave me the opportunity to use the skills I learned in my independent component college classes, AMM 210.01 Apparel Design Analysis and AMM 112.01 Fashion Illustration and from seeing my mentors do it every month.
3. Since my question is about fashion merchandising, I want to ask my mentors at MyMichelle and our supervisor as Nordstrom B.P.