Recently I have had a creative BLANK. I have never really felt like this before. I love to sew and design, and I've never had a problem coming up with ideas. Designers always get asked 'where did you get your inspiration?' and I always hate being asked that question because I can never answer it. I don't know where my ideas come from, they just pop into my head- often when I am in bed falling asleep. For example, the design on the left was entered in a competition and I got asked that question. So I obviously said 'oh the shape of leaves and the way they move and bla bla bla'. Really though, I just thought of it and thought it would look good. It evolved from another dress I made with a big flower and leaves on it. They also asked me 'where could this be worn?' WTF??! The answer is just A CATWALK- I designed it for a catwalk competition. But of course I didn't say that either, I had to say a big 'race day', even though its wat too OTT for that.
So, anyway, I never really thought that other peoples ideas/fashions etc affected my ideas too much(aside from changing trends), but they obviously do in a subconcious way. Its really weird.
The thing is, in Australia I have lots of friends who are also interested in fashion. When I put on an outfit that I think is cute, I look forward to seeing them to get some feedback. Here in Ireland I really don't have any girlfriends yet. My fiance often rates my outfits out of ten, but anything remotely fashion forward often earns me a score below 5! Not that I let that bother me, but obviously this lack of feedback has contributed to my creative slump. Not only that, but I am scared that when I go back to Australia I am going to be dressing completely differently to the way I was dressing when I left- what if I start to dress completely daggy?? Who will stop me?? My fiance won't, he doesn't have a clue! His mum will probably tell me I look beautiful, as will his sister. My god! I need the feedback- I didn't think I did, but I do!!
Thankfully, my creativity has come back-hopefully not temporarily, I need it to stay! but how will I know if my ideas are any good??!!! ajaksdhlaksjfhaksjdhhhhhhhHH!!!
