Bora Aksu

Contents

How I got my work experience

Company Profile

Living and Travel

Cost of living in London

The Studio

The Product

The Staff

My Duties

The Interns

Pro’s and Con’s

I found Bora Aksu when I was researching designers, and also from other students who had done their internship there.

Sent e-mails of my C.V and my portfolio website. I also posted them a hard copy of my C.V and mini portfolio leaflet.

I was called by fella the week before the London trip with a interview date.

I was made a offer straight away in my interview.

Dates were organised for me to start.

How I got my work experience

Bora Aksu graduated from his MA. St Martins in 2002

Some of his graduate collection was bought for inspiration

His first show was in February 2003

He has since received four consecutive TopShop new generation awards.

He has collaborated with converse and with the artisan Armor group who produced items foe epic films, such as Thor, Alexander and King Arthur.

He also has his own line with the fair trade company People Tree

Company Profile

For the first month I stayed in my brothers in Wimbledon

Traveling from here took 45 min to a hour.

Cost on weekly oyster travel card was £30.50

Found a house on gumtree.com sharing with people of my age in Lewisham.

Travel from here was 35 min journey Cost for a weekly oyster travel card

£25.80

Living and Travel

Cost of Living in London.

London was generally an expensive city.Rent was high. Food expensis vary.Travel was the most expensive.Weekly expenses, food, travel and rent were approximately £130 I received a grant, which payed my rent. My parents funded the rest of my expenses. I was unable to acquire part time work while I was there.

The studio was in Westferry

One room studio with kitchen a loft (office) and bathroom attached.

All the space available is used up and there is lots of hidden storage.

The walls were covered in illustrations and clippings with drawings over them.

Hugely inspirational..

The rafters were full of accessories and shoes from previous shows.

Nothing was thrown out, every thing was recycled.

The Studio

Machinery & Facilities

-2 Pattern Cutting Tables

-1 Over locker -1 Baby locker

-4 Sewing machines

-1 Steam Iron

Every thing is made in house.

The People Tree products were not made in house they were made in India to create fair trade jobs.

Patterns were made/cut in house by both Bora, Ali and the interns.

All garments are made by the machinist.

The details and finishing were done by the interns.

The Product

Bora Fella Ali Hzu Yazoo The Interns

The Staff

Hand sewing

Knitting

Beading

Pattern cutting Drawing out patterns

Running on errands

My Duties

The Interns

Pro’sGained a lot of experience with hand emblishment.Getting the experience of seeing how a small business worksGetting to meet people in the businessSeeing the whole process of the garments and collections. Working with drape. Sourended with inspiration and creativity. I got to experience what London fashion week is like.

Con’s It was not busy when I started.Wish i had more experience with pattern cutting than I did.More use of the machines Wanted to see more of the design process.

Pro’s and Con’s

Thank You

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