A fashion photo shoot

I just did a photo shoot with my designs from the past year or so, some pieces much older. I wanted to get some really cool and professional pictures of my work for a portfolio. 

I am so lucky that my brother Kaare Smith is a photographer and wanted to help me with it. (Check out his website here)

I then asked my good friend Marit if she wanted to model in my clothes - I am honored to say that she felt honored. (Read her blog here) 

I had never done something like this before. Kaare also never tried to shoot for fashion, he's a journalist photographer - captures the moment in its truth. Marit had tried modelling once before some years ago, but that is not something she does either.

So all of us being pretty unexperienced we didn't really know what to expect with this shoot. I thought that would make it even more interesting, a real low-key photoshoot out in nature and in an abondoned industrial building with only rookies.

It was awesome! Everything just worked. I was kinda on the side line while Kaare and Marit worked magic.

Here's some shots from the day.

 

The quick reader might notice that the last picture is the dress I made in my bachelor project.

Pattern Magic

What have I been doing these last two weeks? (three, maybe)... 

I have been playing with the Japanese Pattern Magic books (in Japanese)  - on amazon here, now in English.

During my internship at Camilla Norrback, I found how I LOOOVE making patterns. It's like i enter this other world while I'm doing it, maybe similar to meditation.
(check out camilla norrback here)

I did pattern for two dresses, but only had time to finish one.It was very time consuming but so much fun to work on.

: This is the result, my love :

Embraced by the jungle

A shot of the pants I designed and made just before christmas and our journey to Thailand. My version of harem pants, with safari print.

The shoes are a cheap treasure found in the local vintage shop in Skælskør yesterday and the top is Camilla Norrback from this Fall/Winter 10.

Oh, and my new tattoo is finally revealed on the internet with this picture.

In Thailand we spent 4 weeks, - Christmas and New Years in the North and the South, in Bangkok and in the jungles, on beaches climbing and in the water swimming. With the trip in mind, I felt like I needed some suitable pants, so these rose from my imagination.

I had barely ended my internship at Camilla Norrback, and I was inspired to over the top and felt much more like sewing than writing the report about my experience at Camilla Norrback.

In the folds of fabric

Draped collar. It was a present for a friend of mine who recently had a birthday.

Etsy.com

And the time came, when I got my first item listed on Etsy.com. More items will follow. 

Check out my etsy shop on http://www.etsy.com/shop/tibbesmith. 

I also link to the on the right side of this blog, right under the about me section

See you there.

Newcomer

New piece on the street

In the zipper family a new member has arrived. This barrette is handmade from a zipper and is unique like the bracelets.

 

(picture taken by Hanne Hjort)

On Wednesday I finished my exam with good result, and I am now working on new pieces whenever I have time.
These next days are also gonna be busy. We are celebrating my dad's birthday tomorrow, and I am leaving for Boston on Wednesday the 23rd, so I also have to pack for that.

But I have now gottten a profile on Etsy and some of my pieces will be presented there soon.

When that happens check it out on www.tibbesmith.etsy.com.

When the zipper stole my heart

A while ago I made a bracelet of a black zipper. But it wasn't just any zipper. The zipper on my boyfriend's jacket was broken and kept unzipping itself, which was a bit unfortunate in winter weather. So I changed it with a new one, and from the broken one I made the bracelet. Which I have now lost. I suspect I have  pushed it from my table into the trash can by mistake (that is not hard to do by accident with a messy table like mine). With all the tidying up and cleaning and packing, because I was moving, I have gone through everything I own, and in my search it still didn't turn up. 

Since I made it, I have made one in blue for my mom (she wanted one in green, but I haven't yet found the right zipper for that), one in white with silver teeth for my friend, Soffie Viemose (she's an awesome musician, check it out here) and just the other day I finally made a new one for myself in white with brass teeth. And am about to make an aubergine coloured one.

They are all unique and made by hand.

Here pictures of the the white one I made the other day, and of my mom's.

I plan on getting an etsy.com account, so I can sell the bracelets and other things I am making. For now, leave me a comment if you're interested in purchasing one.

Zip it up, Bow Tie

The jeans are finally done. I made them a bit shorter and slimmer and put in the zipper with a bow tie in the top. The idea with the bow tie is from a pair of vintage jeans from a friend of mine.

Here comes some pictures.

That Monster Grape Will Look After You

My niece Nana turns 1 year today and for her birthday I made her this cute little monster, wich is obviously a grape. En Vindrue. I hope she'll love it.

It's made of purple baby corduroy with leather application. The eyes are buttons and the wings and back finne are made of thin white fabric with dots.

State of present and a little bit of candy floss

Currently, I am trying to get started reading and writing for my exam. What I am finishing now is the class education. I am instead gonna specialize in other cultural communiation. 

What I am going to write about is online education and I have chosen to focus on the website Fashion Students Online, wich I think is a great idea for an open forum, where everyone interested can share their knowledge and ideas with others. 

I have a lot of reading to do as preparation wich unfortunately gives me less time to be creative myself and actually do something about all the ideas and projects knocking on my door.

But I will share with you a picture of what I redesigned a little while ago. Believe it or not, this was a hat. A little cute round hat, and even though it was incredibly charming, I knew, I would never wear it. But is was simply too cute not to buy and even before I did that I came up with idea for a purse. I just put in the zipper after folding the hat flat.

Now it reminds me of a little poodle or a candy floss with all the light pink tulle. Do you like it?

1800s Jacket

As part of a school project about the Arts and Craft Movement or in France, Art Nouveau we were to drape a jacket from the late 1800 hundreds. I teamed up with Emi Flejsborg (on the pictures) and chose this jacket shown below. 

For most people in my class, it was our first time draping, so this was a great exercise. It was actually surprisingly difficult to make those folds on the back, but everything turned out pretty good, and it looks perfect on Emi, who it was also draped for. There are not yet bottons on it.

After the fiftes

So after a little while of many things, I got some pictures taken of the jacket I made for that old school project I last posted.

Some might be able to recognize the label in the jacket.