Throughout my time at university so far, the question always on my mind had always been; Should I specialise in fashion or interiors? For so long I got swallowed up in which would get me the better job, which would lead me to a job that is more local to me? These questions was leading my practice, to build my portfolio to suit the job I thought I needed. All I knew is that I had a passion for design, mostly digital and screen print. I also have a passion for trends and curating them together along with the research behind them. Did this make me different? I did not want to specialise in a certain thing, I wanted to focus on my passions and what I love doing. This all fell into place today.
Today, a guest lecture and group tutorials were lead by Victoria Redshaw, the person behind Scarlet Opus the trend forecasting agency. Before I attended the lecture, I knew it would be right up my street. I had a good feeling about how I would feel and think about the words she would speak. Scarlet Opus are a trend forecasting agency that work in the interior sector. They attend trend exhibitions around the world, hold seminars and talks, organise trend tours for people to see the world of exhibitions or trade shows through their eyes, they do workshops and work with the media a lot; all while working on current projects with clients and creating seasonal trends.
To understand what they did as a company was a big relief for me, I never even thought it was a job. This job is all my passions rolled into one. Victoria made us aware that in the industry its not who got the best grade, its about who has the biggest passion and portfolio to back up that passion. It was a weight off my shoulder to say the least. To be in the position that Victoria is in would be my absolute dream job and it has finally answered my question.
Fashion just is not my forte, why should I try and pursue something fully , that I'm not as interested in when I could excel at something else I really enjoy? I want to put my focus onto interior and lifestyle trends and designs and it feels so good to have finally made up my mind!
If you are into trends then check out Scarlet Opus website/blog, Victoria really is so knowledgeable and is such an expert in her field. I really enjoyed the lecture she held today where she talked us through her companies trend research process, A new upcoming trend from Scarlet Opus and then held also held small group tutorials where she gave advice and feedback about our BA theory project for our future directions module. I was extremely happy with the feedback I got and with how I presented my ideas. This work is defiantly a passion of mine and I will be updating my blog more frequently with current project developments to share everything!
Thanks again to Victoria, it's been a good day!
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