SHIBBY – the wheels in motion - December 21, 2010

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2011 will be the year I properly get things going.

Am going part time at my usual day job in the New Year, which will be a kick, as I’ll then be forced to get things to started to make back the money I lose, as well as gaining some ‘me’ time to clear my head and focus on designing, rather than just being tired from standing up all day long.

A sneak peak at one of my ideas….

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I hope to get this off the ground first. It was supposed to have been finished by now, but I just didn’t have the funds. Now I can get started and am mid ordering a few samples and getting supplies together. Yay!

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The Beautiful People – photoshoot - April 29, 2010

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HOORAY! Finally got round to a proper photoshoot of my finished collection. Will post a few here on my blog and the rest will be over on my portfolio page.

The models are my beautiful friends Cheryl and Greg and the photographer is Tulula Fox.

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The Beautiful People - February 17, 2010

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My end of year BA project was based on Tim Burton movies (Sweeney Todd was just out), Marilyn Manson and Victorian fashion.

I already posted pics of one outfit from this collection earlier in my blog (Disorder photoshoot). Here are a few drawings and some shots I took on the mannequins. Am in talks to get a proper photoshoot of the whole lot sometime soon and more drawings will be found in my portfolio when I can get round to sorting out that section.

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Enfants de la Revolution - February 16, 2010

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My HND collection theme was “baroque” and so I created ‘Enfants de la Revolution’.

I based the colours on a piece of 18th Century fabric from a museum and I used lots of  inspiration and silhouettes from fashion around the time of the French Revolution. of course I have all this my very own twist.

Here are some pics and a clip from my end of year fashion show…


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Seussical the Musical - February 10, 2010

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Unfortunately I was never sent any decent pics from this show, so I just have a few candid shots and a couple of drawings.

I made two outfits for this production in early 2009 as I was busy with uni work. I designed Sour Kangaroo and Horton’s outfits. Excuse the crappy scans…


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Disorder Magazine -

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While doing my final project at university, I was asked to take part in a photo shoot for Disorder magazine as part of their preview of Graduate Fashion Week.

My collection was still unfinished so I had to cobble some stuff together along with accessories and props. I dragged in a suitably handsome young man from work to model for me and he did a chuffin’ good job as you can see from the following photos.

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Shibby so far…. - December 3, 2009

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Me!

So here I go with a spanking new website. Bear with me while a few loose ends get tied up. No idea what happened to my old posts on my last site so I figured I’d use my first post to introduce myself and then a few more to show you some stuff I’ve done so far.My name is Gem and I started Shibby, ooh about 7 years ago I guess. It’s transitioned through quite a few things from customised t-shirts, to hair extensions, then just a blog and now a fully running website. I recently graduated with a BA Fashion and so now I want to take this seriously as a design business.. but maybe with not so serious designs ^ _ ^

I’m crazy about clothes that make a person REALLY stand out. Totally inspired by Japanese street fashion (Harajuku Girls (and boys)), Tim Burton, historical costume and anime so my work tends to verge on the rather costumey, cutesy and often somewhat macabre side.

The next few posts will be a catch up on some of the stuff I’ve been up to. To see a full list of my work, check out my PORTFOLIO page.
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