2 YOU HAVE CREATIVE FLAIR AND YOU WANT TO TURN YOUR TALENTS INTO A CREDIBLE CAREER. AT SOLENT, WE GET YOU STARTED IN A SECTOR THAT’S EXCITING, CHALLENGING AND FINANCIALLY REWARDING. THE ART, DESIGN AND FASHION INDUSTRIES ARE AMONG THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE UK ECONOMY – AND YOU CAN BE PART OF IT.
1 OUR GREAT CITY
Southampton has one of the finest There are world-class and grassroots art collections in the UK. The City art exhibitions and performances at Art Gallery – a stone’s throw from the John Hansard Gallery and City campus – houses 5,000 works Eye. Get involved, or just soak up spanning eight centuries. Do you the ambience as you enjoy a latte want to see a Turner or a Monet? at the Art House cafe. You can. And the best bit? It’s free. Fashion students are inspired by The city continues to invest in the Southampton’s 150-shop Westquay arts. It’s just opened a brand new centre, independent boutiques culture and arts district. Our Solent and vintage markets. Some call it Gallery is at its heart, featuring up- shopping – you can call it research. and-coming artists, contemporary art ... and maybe you.
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During your studies you will have • well-lit professional studios access to a range of state-of- with fully equipped model- the-art facilities to support your making and advanced learning, including: manufacturing labs for composites, 3D printers and • traditional silkscreens and laser cutters (product design) letterpresses • a digital fabric printer and • digital and rapid prototyping laser cutter (interior design technologies decoration) • colour and black-and-white • Re:So, our student-run retail darkrooms and an in-house store, offering the opportunity colour film processing machine to gain vital work experience • film processing rooms and and the chance to sell your a modern multimedia lab creative work on the high featuring 24 iMacs with Adobe street. CS6 Suite Master Collection and Final Cut Pro Please visit individual course • large professional photographic pages at www.solent.ac.uk/ studios and associated make-up courses for specific facilities and styling rooms available for your chosen degree.
4 Strong connections with the local creative scene through our £1.4 million invested academics and our in a dedicated art and public city-centre design school. art gallery.
A creative environment which gives you the Identified as a beacon freedom to explore of good practice in a your craft, try new report by the RSA on ideas and techniques, creativity in higher and collaborate across education institutions. disciplines.
55 LESLIE ATTOH BA (HONS) FINE ART, 2017
“THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU So I started looking for IF YOU ENJOY AND HAVE opportunities in film companies A PASSION FOR ARTS AND before and after completing WOULD LIKE TO BROADEN YOUR my course. SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN EVERYTHING ART-RELATED.” I am currently enjoying two weeks’ work experience at Rogue Films HOW DID SOLENT PREPARE where I get to assist the film YOU FOR YOUR CAREER? production crew with daily tasks. I learnt to be productive and get This involves researching, editing the best results from every task. video and audio for producers, Research and practice were the running to the shops when key words during my fine art required and also going to film studies. I became very comfortable and video shoots. with research and practising my skills by the time I completed the WHAT IS FINE ART? course and have found this to be Fine art is a creative platform very beneficial in my current that allows you to engage and career path. familiarise yourself with various artistic directions and mediums. FAVOURITE SOLENT MEMORY? I have a lot of good memories from WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE my time at Solent but my favourite TO SOMEONE WANTING A would be my first day in student CAREER IN THIS AREA? halls, knowing that I was about to Really think about what creative start a whole new experience. direction you enjoy the most and what you want from it. WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW? Because once you know what Towards the end of my course, you want to become/ I developed a passion for film. achieve, only then can I told myself that I would make an you focus your energy impressive film director. I saw an and productivity in interesting relationship between that direction. my paintings and film-making.
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7 8 KEV MUNDAY BA (HONS) GRAPHIC DESIGN, 2009
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HOW DID UNIVERSITY PREPARE GETTING UP TO SINCE YOU YOU FOR YOUR CAREER? GRADUATED? The course taught me to After graduating I worked part- experiment in a wide variety of time while building up my studio styles, think wide and learn digital practice and self-promoting my and handmade skills. illustration and artwork. I have now been working as a full-time FAVOURITE SOLENT MEMORY? artist for just over seven years, A trip to London to listen to primarily focusing on hand-drawn expert speakers. artwork on canvas and murals. I have produced work for brands WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN including Graham & Brown TO YOU? Wallpaper (wallpaper designs), Graphic design/graphic art gives Ten Skateboards (skate decks), me the opportunity to express Monster Energy (hand-painted myself creatively for a living. murals) and The Hemp Trading Company (clothing designs). WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WANTING A WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY CAREER IN THIS AREA? FOR YOU? Work as hard outside the course as I produce around 200 original you do on it. Set yourself creative works of art a year, which I sell via briefs when you haven’t got representing galleries in France, projects coming in. Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK and online. Some of these artworks then go on to be licensed for products or print designs.
9 NEWLY DEVELOPED FOR 2020 IS BA (HONS) BODY ART, A FASCINATING COURSE FOCUSED ON EXPLORING THE HUMAN BODY AS A CANVAS AND A MEDIUM.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH COURSE LEADER BRIAN REED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE COURSE ENTAILS AND HOW STUDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED.
“On the body art course, you The attitude of the body art course Assisting students to realise their have the freedom to explore is to combine the analogue and vision remains at the heart of our ways in which to use the body digital creative process though creative belief and to this end as an applied medium. You will module briefs and for students we have structured the course to respond to briefs – both studio to research and experiment with introduce students to expanded and commercial – in a professional visual languages and approaches. subject content and wider creative manner, and in Solent’s dedicated Your artwork will be produced fields and practices, through studio studio environment you will while working alongside respected practical and theory modules.” receive the support and have tutors from the illustration world access to space and facilities and wider accompanying practices. that enable you to explore and challenge your creative practice.
10 11 TED JENNINGS
BA (HONS) ILLUSTRATION, 2019
WHAT HAVE YOU ENJOYED I’ve often thought about trying MOST ABOUT YOUR TIME AT to find a career in design as it SOLENT? has become a great passion of I feel that my final year on the mine throughout university. illustration course has been I was also lucky enough to go my most enjoyable time at on work placement with Egmont Solent. From day one, the course Publishing in April which gave challenged my ways of working, me lots of insight into being a exposing me to new processes and designer on a day-to-day basis. building me up as an artist. The placement really opened my eyes to areas of the industry that The third year is where all of I previously thought were closed this important work culminated to me, as well as professional and I was allowed to make industry standards and practices, whatever I liked and follow my all of which I feel is great own briefs. The freedom as well knowledge to have as a graduate. as the challenge of this was really stimulating as a creative, as I was WHAT ADVICE WOULD left to my own devices to solve YOU SHARE WITH FUTURE my own problems and really delve ILLUSTRATION STUDENTS? TRY into the way I like to work and My advice to a new student would things I enjoy illustrating. be to definitely be open to new “EVERYTHING methods of working – even ones
OUT WHILE WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? that you don’t immediately like I feel that I’m currently in a the look of. Before studying at YOU CAN – great position in regards to Solent I only worked with pens
IT MIGHT the future, simply due to the and pencil, but since exploring sheer amount of good options I digital methods and print-making, JUST CHANGE have moving forward, including I feel I’ve developed my very own YOUR WHOLE“ freelancing or going on to do an way of working. Try everything MA in either illustration or visual out while you can – it might just OUTLOOK communication. change your whole outlook on art. ON ART.
12 13 14 JASON LIVINGSTONE
STORE DESIGNER, TED BAKER BA (HONS) INTERIOR DESIGN DECORATION, 2017
HOW DID SOLENT PREPARE Concession design is anything WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE YOU FOR YOUR CAREER? ‘ted’ you see inside a department TO SOMEONE WANTING A By providing first-class teaching, store, for example, Selfridges, John CAREER IN YOUR INDUSTRY? access to state-of-the-art Lewis or even Galerie Lafayette, Pick the right degree for you – equipment/technology and real- Paris. I’ve been working on projects a course that fits your needs, world experiences throughout in the UK, Spain, France, Ukraine personality and interests. Without the degree. and Germany, designing a range a fundamental understanding of of store designs for both Men’s the industry and a solid degree FAVORITE SOLENT MEMORY? and Women’s. As part of the job course, I think it would be difficult The moment when I handed in role, each designer is the project to gain access to the industry and my final major project along manager for that project – so from sustain a long career. Passion for with my other classmates – concept to installation to the final the industry is something you can’t the accumulation of three years’ details of props/styling onsite. fake – you have to absolutely love worth of projects, essays and it. For anyone truly interested in presentations, alongside laughter, As a Ted designer, you have to the field, this will come naturally. tears and friendship. It was a huge be able to manage a number achievement for me, as someone of projects at once, while who struggled with education communicating with suppliers, throughout my life. builders and department stores. I am so lucky to have been TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR able to have an incredible CAREER STORY SO FAR. start to the design world I am one of the lucky few who with such a well-known and can say they got a position even respected brand as Ted Baker. before attending graduation! So far at Ted Baker I have jumped WHAT IS INTERIOR DESIGN straight in at the deep end, DECORATION? designing concessions and pop-up The process of design from events for the company. concept to completion, encompassing everything from colour, lighting, fixtures and fittings to the finishing details.
THIS DEGREE IS FOR YOU “IF YOU WANT A HIGHLY
CREATIVE, ENGAGING AND ENJOYABLE COURSE
WHICH ENABLES YOU TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL WHILE “ PREPARING YOU TO WORK WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.
15 NISHA HAQ
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER UK YOUNG FREELANCER OF THE YEAR 2017 BA (HONS) PHOTOGRAPHY, 2014
HI NISHA, TELL US A BIT ABOUT WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT HOW DID YOUR DEGREE HELP WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING. YOUR CAREER? YOU WITH YOUR CAREER? I run my own business called The freelancer lifestyle is Studying a subject I was very Nisha Haq Photography, and I certainly unique, fun and the passionate about only fuelled specialise in wedding, commercial most rewarding. Having done a that passion even further and and events. I’m based in degree in BA (Hons) Photography made becoming a freelancer Southampton, so it’s great to be and working as a professional photographer feel attainable. based in the city that I graduated photographer soon after Many people questioned whether from – I’ve been doing it for five graduating feels fantastic. doing a creative arts degree would years and really love what I do. What makes my job really special be a ‘waste of time’ or felt that is when I get amazing testimonials there would be no jobs in the YOU WON UK YOUNG from my clients when they receive industry and that I’d be better FREELANCER OF THE YEAR their images, or when the mother off studying a traditional subject IN 2017 – TELL US MORE of the bride congratulates me for better career prospects. I’m ABOUT THAT. on how well I’ve documented her very happy that I didn’t listen, I was still a part-time daughter’s wedding. I also love and I carefully chose a university photographer when I won the the fact I get to be really creative that would be able to invest award, while working full-time in my business – from branding, in my future. While studying as a designer. I had to pitch to web design and marketing photography, I learnt so many the judges about why I thought to video production and the technical, creative, theoretical I should win, and to get the photography itself, I get to build skills that really diversified my feedback that they wanted to give everything from scratch. A lot of understanding. me the award – when I was up people say it’s getting to be your against so many other amazing own boss, which is certainly true! WOULD YOU RECOMMEND people and hundreds of applicants YOUR DEGREE TO OTHERS? from all walks of life – was just I’ve worked full-time in various Yes! The photography course was amazing. I almost wasn’t going design and marketing roles varied and had so many brand to apply for the award as I felt in small and big companies new and high-tech resources I wasn’t good enough, which I where I’ve gained so much work to use, creative projects to get think many creative freelancers experience. It’s allowed me to involved with and high-quality battle with. So this experience grow my business without too teaching and seminars throughout was a huge confidence boost much risk, so I’ve re-invested all the course to keep you creatively and I feel so honoured to have my profits into my business. Now, stimulated. I particularly loved the been recognised nationally. The winning the award, I feel more new photography books in the award also came with £3,000 confident than ever to take the library, the colour darkrooms and investment, as well as mentoring next step and go full-time with the Hasselblad scanners. sessions with industry leaders freelancing in the near future. to help my business grow.
16 WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE SOLENT MEMORY? I would say the Penta Prism launch and seeing all that hard work and creative vision come to life. When the course lecturers, the Head of Art and Design and my fellow students congratulated me, it was a great feeling, and topping it off, a special mention by the Vice-Chancellor at the graduation ceremony was a particular highlight.
WHAT ARE YOUR TOP TIPS FOR CURRENT STUDENTS? Although achieving a degree is a fantastic accomplishment, the industry is very competitive, especially in the creative world. To stand out, I’d recommend getting involved in as many projects, workshops and courses as you can, or start you own initiative while studying and over the holidays to increase your employability chances. It’s never too early to get ready for life after university, so build work experience and portfolio pieces as much as you can. It’s good to keep an eye out for opportunities, so keeping in regular contact with your network or joining new groups such as societies to build your contacts would be a good place to start. There are often lots of great opportunities you can find on social media, so having a good web presence is ideal.
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% JOH3URMHFWLRQJOSH STEEL DESIGN ENGINEER, ELUMNI8 BA (HONS) PRODUCT DESIGN, 2019
HI JOSH, TELL US ABOUT YOUR WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR ROLE AT ELUMNI8. ABOUT IT, AND WHAT ARE THE STUDIES AT SOLENT HAVE My role involves the research, BIGGEST CHALLENGES? SUPPORTED YOU IN YOUR design, development and & As a product design graduate ROLE? manufacturing of automotive and design engineer I am in my I think I have used all the parts for high-end automotive element when solving problems elements of my studies at companies such as Rolls-Royce, and creating ideas. I think that some point in a project, all Aston Martin, Bentley, and so on. is why, moving to a design the skills I have learnt: from 7$,/% We specialise as light engineers engineering role, I fit in well and drawings to CAD; the thought /( here at Elumin8, but also produce am really enjoying myself. Every process to tackle a new project; parts that are not illuminated. I day has new challenges and the marketing, business and also get involved in our innovation tasks that require real detail. The ergonomics of design. The projects, which involves designing way my mind works, I am the engineering and manufacturing new features and ideas for the ‘OCD one’ in the office – I think units have been most useful to automotive industry, starting it is a compliment, really, and it me, being a design engineer now! from a concept and taking it right benefits my role as an engineer through to working$ prototypes and a designer. Coming from a WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU that are shown to clients and product design background, with GIVE TO THOSE WANTING TO potential clients. a basic knowledge of engineering, FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS? and being in the high end of the You are in the perfect The last project $I worked on has automotive industry, I am always environment to learn new skills, so now been launched in the Aston learning new things. Plus, being a be proactive, even if it’s watching Martin DBX – we developed the bit of a car guy, it is awesome to YouTube tutorials to get you illuminated treadplate features. I work with some of the most well- started. Everyone has to start helped in the development stage, known car companies in the world somewhere. Give every unit your 5 producing CAD for manufacturing on tomorrow’s cars and features. best effort – you never know what and assembly. I have also helped in new skill or knowledge you may
other ways by putting my design WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR pick up that you will then need head to use – I built a new website GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN for the future. Keep your options for Elumin8, which is now live, YOUR ROLE SO FAR? open and try new things – time is and helped to renovate the new Seeing the Aston Martin DBX on your side. HQ office. I also do work for a at the press conference was company called TechStyle – it is the most rewarding moment I a business that creates high-end have had so far – I got to see products ranging from wall art the part we had developed and and decorations to illuminated manufactured in real life. Seeing a signs. I help design products, create project go from paper to real life artwork and produce first models. is incredibly rewarding.
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19 FASHION AT SOLENT
As a fashion student at Solent you will have access to a range of high-end facilities to support your hands-on learning, including:
• purpose-built fashion studios featuring industrial machinery and pattern-cutting tables, lock-stitch machines, an overlock machine, cover stitch machines, two industrial button-hole machines and a chain-stitch machine • over 50 mannequins and other machines, including a blind hemmer, a fusing press and industrial steam-irons with vacuum tables • fully equipped make-up and hair design studios • eleven photography studios and a fully equipped infinity cove • industry-focused special effects studios, a fibre glass lab and a plaster room • a Mimaki digital fabric printer for print and surface design projects
You will also have free access to the Media Academy, including Mac suites with the latest Adobe Creative software, large-format printers, plus a wide range of digital equipment, from the latest cameras to outside lighting kits, to make your portfolio industry- standard.
20 Opportunities to attend guest lectures by key players in the fashion industry – past speakers have included Terry Barber (MAC Cosmetics), Caryn Franklin (TV presenter and i-D editor), Debra Bourne (PR consultant and campaigner), Alex Brownless Fashion students have the (Artsthread), Pablo Rodriguez The chance to showcase opportunity to get involved (Illamasqua), and Ateh Jewel your final-year collection with retail activities at and Paddy Hartley (artist and at the Solent Graduate Re:So, Solent’s stunning designer for Nick Knight and Fashion Show. student-run store. Lady Gaga).
21 ALICJA TEPER BA (HONS) FASHION, 2017
“THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE A CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL WHO LIKES TO BE KEPT BUSY AND CHALLENGED IN DIFFERENT FIELDS.”
HOW DID UNIVERSITY PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR CAREER? Solent offers a lot of support, from TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR working with passionate lecturers CAREER STORY SO FAR. to engaging in industry-based I am an international student WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW? projects. Apart from the course, with a fine art background who At the moment I am preparing every student is encouraged to wasn’t interested in fashion before to start a postgraduate course seek further self-development starting this course. However, at Solent. The course I decided with help from the University’s a willingness to learn and the to do, MA Creative Direction for employment enterprises, Solent amazing support I received from Fashion and Beauty, is a good Creatives and Solent Futures. Solent’s staff has seen my career extension of knowledge about grow. In the first year I won the different areas of fashion and FAVOURITE SOLENT MEMORY? Ted Baker project which resulted how the industry operates. The My favourite memory is from the in doing two weeks’ internship course is very industry-focused, first year of my studies. Being new at the company’s headquarters and I am excited to start it to fashion I was struggling with during the summer. in September. designing a floral dress for the Ted Baker project. One day, During my final year I was selected during a session with my tutor, as one of eight students from I joked about making a matching across the country to be featured suit for my dog to wear so that in the 2017 Graduate Fashion I would feel more personally Week campaign. My final work connected with my work. A few appeared in numerous publications months later, I presented the – Vogue, Marie Claire and Time dress to the senior design team Out – and helped me secure future at Ted Baker and decided to internships at the companies show the dog suit as well. They I really want to work for. absolutely loved it and offered me an internship. Sometimes when you find a project hard, try to find a funny way of dealing with it. It keeps you creative and can lead to a good career surprise!
22 DURING HER FIRST YEAR ALICJA WON A TED BAKER INTERNSHIP, AND IN HER FINAL YEAR SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT STUDENTS FEATURED IN THE GRADUATE FASHION WEEK 2017 CAMPAIGN, APPEARING IN VOGUE, MARIE CLAIRE AND TIME OUT.
23 A UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR RETAIL, FASHION AND DESIGN
RE:SO
Launched in 2012, our innovative British fashion entrepreneur Re:So store was the first entirely Barry Laden MBE, who opened
student-run retail initiative in Re:So’s new location in 2014, a UK shopping centre, selling a said: “This is a rare, excellent unique mix of fashion, accessories, provision for students which
publications, furniture and art places Solent’s School of Art, produced by the University’s Design and Fashion at the top creative students and graduates. of its field.” THIS IS A RARE, EXCELLENT “ Fashion promotion graduate Gok Wan, fashion consultant, PROVISION FOR STUDENTS WHICH Gemma Aspland said: “I’m really author and television presenter, “PLACES SOLENT’S SCHOOL OF ART, excited to showcase my brand said: “Re:So is absolutely amazing DESIGN AND FASHION AT THE TOP in Southampton. It’s an amazing – having a real shop is something OF ITS FIELD. opportunity to be able to gain different and is really supporting experience in a very difficult the next generation of designers. Barry Laden MBE industry, and for graduates to I love it.” British fashion entrepreneur expose their brands to a wider audience.”
Re:So is located in Southampton’s Marlands shopping centre where it provides students and graduates with somewhere to learn, gain valuable work experience, and showcase and sell their designs in a live retail environment.
24 25 SOPHIE MAHMUD
BA (HONS) FASHION GRAPHICS, 2017
“THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU really surreal. I have been lucky IF YOU LOVE BEING CREATIVE enough to work with big brands AND ARE WILLING TO LEARN before I even graduated. It made WHATEVER IS THROWN me think, if I can do this, I can AT YOU.” aim for anything.
HOW DID SOLENT PREPARE WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? YOU FOR YOUR CAREER? I am now freelancing while University has allowed me to I prepare for my full-time job,
HAVING MY learn all different aspects of working for a jersey supplier graphic design for fashion, as company in London which DESIGN SOLD well as new software that I never supplies designed clothing to “ “ ON ASOS IS knew existed before starting my Topshop, Urban Outfitters and university life. I have now got a Miss Selfridge, to name a few. MY HIGHLIGHT bag full of skills in more areas My role is creating/drawing SO FAR. than I could have imagined. These designs (graphics) and shapes skills have enabled me to stand ready to be sent to the factories out from the crowd to employers. for samples. Usually a buyer sends over information they want and FAVOURITE SOLENT MEMORY? we make the magic happen. I have lots, but I loved living in halls in my first year and making WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE so many friends. TO SOMEONE WANTING A CAREER IN THIS AREA? WHAT IS FASHION GRAPHICS? Be passionate and willing to learn Fashion graphics is a mixture things that may not be directed of graphic design and fashion at where you think you want to design, with elements of art go. I had an open mind, going and illustration. in wanting to be an editorial designer for a magazine, but I WHAT’S YOUR CAREER came out the other end skilled HIGHLIGHT SO FAR? in lots of other areas, mainly Having my design sold on ASOS wanting to pursue a career in is my highlight so far – it was print design.
26 27 28 29 GET REAL FASHION MEDIA EXPERIENCE DURING YOUR DEGREE
Gaining real-world experience Carbon is continuing to build a Rachel Lamb, course leader for is an integral aspect of Solent reputation as being a creative BA (Hons) Fashion Graphics, degrees, and students on BA and inspirational platform BA (Hons) Beauty Promotion (Hons) Fashion Media have for young creatives, and – and BA (Hons) Fashion Media, the opportunity to gain this recognising this success – it was said: “Carbon is an active in a unique way by working shortlisted for student magazine learning initiative that engages on a vibrant print and online of the year in the Stack Magazine students from the moment they publication, Carbon. Awards 2019. start their university journey to get stuck in and give their Carbon showcases some of the Yas Feasey, BA (Hons) Fashion dream careers a test drive. Every best talent in grass-roots art, Media, said of her time working student gets the chance to be an fashion and culture and was on Carbon: “It gives you an editor, writer, designer, stylist and initially created by first-year inside look into what it’s like in photographer, collaborating with students as a response to a industry. Before I came here I networks of talented students feeling of disenchantment about wanted to work as a magazine and creating a portfolio of what was available to Gen Z in editor, so it’s given me the amazing industry-standard work print. The glossy magazine is chance to see what the role in print, online and across all a quarterly title documenting actually entails. I’ve had practice social media platforms.” fashion and contemporary working to tight deadlines and culture, with the online platform working within a team – and adding new and exciting ways there’s so much freedom on to display great images and what content we can create, encourage creativity. which is brilliant.”
30 FASHION AS COMMUNITY
Curated by Rachael Taylor, senior The 2020 events focused on lecturer in fashion, Fashion how caring and sharing are as Community is an annual alternative forms of protest platform that explores alternative that can build resilience in order possibilities within how fashion to empower ourselves and our and art can be used as tools for communities, and how engaging sustainability, well-being and with what exists within our lived social change. Students across experiences of everyday life can Solent have the opportunity to connect us with creative ways to attend the week of talks and embrace meaningful exchanges, workshops in order to learn open conversations and create more about how they can make opportunities for change. an impact on society or to gain inspiration for future projects.
31 32 HATTY BELL BA (HONS) FASHION (FASHION PROMOTION PATHWAY), 2013
“THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF experience, I worked for several YOU LOVE FASHION AND BEING different agencies in fashion,
CREATIVE, BUT AREN’T QUITE retail and homeware to gain a SURE OF THE JOB ROLES AND wider range of experience. Based MY CAREER HIGHLIGHT SO CHOICES OUT THERE.” on a recommendation, I moved FAR IS HELPING TO PLAN “ to Superdry where I worked my “ HOW DID UNIVERSITY PREPARE way up to PR co-ordinator in their POPPY DELEVINGNE’S YOU FOR YOUR CAREER? London team, before moving to It gave me an opportunity to Karen Millen, where I am also HEN-DO AT COACHELLA! study different areas in the PR co-ordinator. fashion industry, which gave me WHAT IS FASHION the range of knowledge to decide WHAT IS A TYPICAL WORKING PROMOTION? which area was right for me. DAY FOR YOU? It comes in many forms, but Studying gave me the confidence My job as a PR co-ordinator is ultimately it is about outwardly to know that this would be the very varied – it can involve: communicating your product right career path for me. meeting fashion journalists for or brand. breakfast meetings; holding FAVOURITE SOLENT MEMORY? showroom appointments to show WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE Visiting the Fashion Institute of the latest collections; drafting TO SOMEONE WANTING A Technology (FIT) in New York with press releases; shooting Facebook CAREER IN YOUR INDUSTRY? my course. Live videos with fashion bloggers; Experience is key! Aim to leave hosting dinners to launch the university with as much TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR latest campaigns; organising experience as you can. CAREER STORY SO FAR. clothes for photoshoots; reporting After graduation, I applied on the coverage we’ve gained for internships – online and over the month; and holding through social media – in a meetings to plan the next range of different areas in the season’s campaign. It’s a very fashion industry and landed a PR hands-on role! internship with a fashion agency RANKED IN THE TOP 100 during London Fashion Week. CAREER HIGHLIGHT SO FAR? FASHION SCHOOLS IN I then moved onto a longer term Helping to plan Poppy THE WORLD internship with a wholesale Delevingne’s hen-do at Coachella! *SOURCE: CEO WORLD fashion company. Utilising that MAGAZINE 2016
33 PABLO RODRIQUEZ
DIRECTOR OF ARTISTRY AT ILLAMASQUA
34 PABLO RODRIQUEZ, DIRECTOR HI PABLO, HOW DID YOU OF ARTISTRY AT ILLAMASQUA, INITIALLY GET STARTED IN THE RECENTLY VISITED SOLENT BEAUTY INDUSTRY? UNIVERSITY WHERE I originally started doing fashion HE DELIVERED A MAKE-UP design, which I did for a few years. MASTERCLASS WITH STUDENTS Then I decided to move into FROM BA (HONS) MAKE-UP AND make-up as it’s a lot more hands- HAIR DESIGN. DURING HIS VISIT on. I love that I don’t have to ask WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO someone if I can do something – I FIND OUT HOW HE GOT STARTED, can just get into that face, and if HIS ADVICE FOR THOSE STARTING it doesn’t work I can change it, so OUT AND WHERE HE FINDS I find it really dynamic. INSPIRATION FOR HIS WORK. TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR ROLE AT ILLAMASQUA. As the Director of Artistry at Illamasqua I do everything related to artistry, so that includes make-up for the campaigns, designing and doing the looks for photoshoots, product development including designing new colours or formulas, editorials and fashion shows where Illamasqua is the sponsor.
WHAT’S THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU WERE GIVEN WHEN STARTING OUT? The main advice I had when I first started was to do things that have a beauty element to them, so that when you’re presenting your work to a client who doesn’t know you, it’s a lot easier if your make-up isn’t crazy – that should come later, not right at the beginning.
WHERE DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION FOR THE LOOKS YOU CREATE? I find inspiration pretty much everywhere. There’s normally a brief, so it does depend on the campaign or editorial. Many times the inspiration comes from movie characters and art – I try not to look at fashion as that’s already filtered, so I go to the original sources.
35 SOLENT STUDENTS LEAD MAKE-UP LOOKS AT FASHION WEEKS
36 IN 2019, STUDENTS AND ALUMNI TELL US ABOUT THE LOOKS FROM BA (HONS) MAKE-UP YOU CREATED. AND HAIR DESIGN HAD THE Lucy: I was responsible for five FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO looks for the shows – my personal WORK WITH FASHION SCOUT AS favourite would have to be for ITS MAKE-UP TEAM AT GRADUATE the Best of GFW show. There was FASHION WEEK AND LONDON no brief for this look as it was a FASHION WEEK, CREATING series of the best collections from THE LOOKS FOR THE VARIOUS across the universities. This meant CATWALK SHOWS. I had the chance to be creative, which I thoroughly enjoyed. We caught up with three of the After discussion with the show team who worked at Graduate director, I decided on a bold look Fashion Week in 2019 – Lucy of clumped coloured lashes, using Murphy-Ackroyd, Annistasia a different colour on each model. HOW DO YOU FEEL Chandler and Sinead Alves – I knew this would work well OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE to find out more about the because of its versatility – having HELPING YOU PREPARE FOR experience and the stunning a different colour on each model YOUR FUTURE CAREER? looks they created. made sure that it wouldn’t suit Sinead: It helped me become one more than another. more clear on what I want to do WHAT WERE YOUR MAIN ROLES Sinead: The clumpy colourful after I graduate, and I made great AT GRADUATE FASHION WEEK? mascara was definitely my connections with photographers Lucy: I was lead make-up artist favourite to create. It consisted and models. So far, this was one of alongside four others. We were of applying colourful mascara or the best things that has happened responsible for designing the any other cream product on the since I started my academic looks – with each university – for eyelashes – we had to really layer journey with Solent. their catwalk shows, demoing the it out to make it look extremely Annistasia: Experiences like this looks to the rest of the team, and dramatic. push us as artists and creatives, then supervising the team while but with a back-up safety net of they carried out the looks on the ANY FAVOURITE MOMENTS tutors/lead artists being there models. We were also responsible YOU CAN SHARE? if we need them. It’s also giving for ensuring that all models Annistasia: The first time coming us fantastic opportunities to were ready for the catwalk, and out of backstage, my hands were network, which in this industry touching-up backstage. shaking from the adrenaline rush! is invaluable. I honestly cannot Annistasia: I was a make-up artist, The whole experience was surreal thank Sharon and Lottie enough where I had to recreate a look and I honestly cannot put into for the wonderful experience, and which the lead artist had created words what backstage is like. the lead artists for running such for each catwalk. This involved Lucy: My favourite moment was incredible teams with amazing using certain products for key after I had finished the Best of designs. features of the look, allowing for GFW show. This was my final Lucy: These quick-paced events the collection to look whole. I was show and I felt a huge sense of teach you far more than you also lucky enough to go backstage accomplishment. I was taking a would ever be able to learn in for touch-ups for several of the break when I bumped into New class. Classes teach you the skills, shows, including being able to do Zealand fashion journalist Hilary which is fantastic, but these all the final touch crosses on the Alexander. She kindly asked me shows and events teach you so Norwich show. Touch-ups also to do her eye make-up for the much more, such as working include rubbing moisturiser into Gala Award Show. It was such an quickly yet professionally, dealing the model’s legs, arms and back incredible experience not only to with criticism, working among a – any skin on show, really. Being be able to do the make-up, but group of other artists, and so on. there for touch-ups was the most also to have the chance to speak These traits cannot be taught – incredible experience, and the to such an incredible and inspiring they can only be gained through buzz of backstage was unreal! lady in the industry. experience.
37 LUCY MURPHY-ACKROYD
FREELANCE MEDIA AND PROSTHETICS MAKE-UP ARTIST BA (HONS) MAKE-UP AND HAIR DESIGN, 2019
TELL US A BIT ABOUT WHAT making and art finishing. Now I However, that being said, if YOU’VE BEEN UP TO SINCE have finished the course I will be you are determined enough, GRADUATING. pushing to pursue my career more keep pushing for work and keep Since graduating in 2019 I have towards prosthetics and special building up your portfolio, it does gone on to pursue my career as effects in film and television. get easier. a freelance media make-up artist. This means I work for myself and WHAT’S BEEN YOUR CAREER HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR spend my days either working HIGHLIGHT TO DATE? STUDIES AT SOLENT HAVE from home or out on jobs. Each My career highlight would HELPED YOU PROGRESS IN day is very different as I do not probably be my seven-week YOUR CAREER? work a typical 9 to 5. A typical day course at Gorton Studios. I was a completely different at home would involve spending Although this was a learning person when I left Solent than a lot of time on the computer: experience, not working, I was when I started. My studies at sorting portfolios, sending out able to make connections Solent made me confident and CVs, sorting through invoices and and meet industry-leading the person that I am today, ready general admin work. professionals, which has really to go out and chase after what set me up for future work as I want to do. It taught me so WHAT DOES A TYPICAL DAY in this industry, it is a lot about many practical skills, so that I feel LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? who you know. confident going into every job. Days where I go out on jobs are very different every time. For WHAT ARE THE BEST BITS AND WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU example, if I’m working on a BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF GIVE TO FUTURE STUDENTS? commercial shoot, this is normally WHAT YOU DO? My advice to future students is a full day of shooting, plus having The thing I love most about what to lose yourself in your work. to travel to and from London. I do is that every day is different. Spend these three years loving Other days could be shorter if I’m I’m someone that gets easily every project you do, taking on on a photoshoot closer to where bored, and don’t enjoy doing the the advice of all the tutors and I am based. Through February and same thing every day. This career pushing your work to be the best March 2020 I moved to Aylesbury means that I can go out and be it can possibly be. Go to every to specialise in prosthetics creative and meet new people class and lecture and absorb every and special effects make-up at every day. However, the biggest piece of information you’re given. Gorton Studios in Millennium FX. challenge would be the lack of Never stop learning – even when This was an intense seven-week security that comes with being you’ve graduated, you will learn course during which I specialised self-employed – you don’t have every single day. in full-face prosthetics, mould a secure 9 to 5 salary job.
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