PART I: Two-Hour Presentation
(1) Two-Hour Presentation Student Assessment
P
I feel that I met the minimum requirements for the presentation. I met my time and my activities were well thought out and effectively supported my answers and the content that I talked about.
(2) What are you most proud of in your 2 hour presentation and why?
I'm really proud of the way that my powerpoint came out. I never tried really hard on any presentation to put so much information and effort into a powerpoint. I even went into detail on my speaker notes so that I wouldn't miss a step or get stuck in the middle of my presentation. Also, I feel that the way that I organized the pictures with the information was in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
PART II: Overall Senior Project Experience
(3) What do you think you did well on in the project? What could you have done better? Please explain.
I think I did really well on my 3 column, i-search, and creative expression. I worked very hard on making the 3 column as logical as possible with as much of my research as possible. I also feel that with my i-search paper, I explained my searching really thoroughly and the entire paper really made sense. My creative expression is my product so of course I'm proud of what I accomplished. I feel that I expressed myself and how this project helped to keep me grounded all year.
(4) What is your EQ and what is the best answer to your EQ?
EQ: What is most important in selling fashion merchandise?
best answer: identifying your demographic
(5) How has the last month of culminating events (e.g I-Search, Two-Hour, Exit etc) affected your answer to your EQ? Has it changed? Why or why not?
The i-search gave me a clear path of what my two hour should be like. The culminating events made me realize that I needed to re-word my essential question because my answers didn't really answer my first eq. I wasn't trying to answer the best ways to sell fashion merchandise, I was trying to answer what is important for selling fashion merchandise.
(6) What suggestions do you have in order to improve the senior project?
I think i-search should have came earlier in the year. Maybe at the beginning of the second semester because it was what gave most students a clear understanding of their senior project.
(7) Overall Senior Project Assessment
AP-
I think I deserve an AP- because I completed all of my work, however a lot of my work was late. Besides the fact that I had trouble meeting deadlines, I think what I ultimately turned in would have been good enough to earn a P if they weren't turned in late. I did my best to complete the components as close to the rubrics as possible.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Service Learning
Literal
• Log
December 19 - 4 hours
January 2 - 2 hours
January 9 - 3 hours
January 16 - 2 hours
January 23 - 2 hours
February 6 - 2 hours
February 13 - 3 hours
February 20 - 4 hour
February 27 - 3 hours
March 6 - 2 hours
March 13 - 3 hours
March 20 - 3 hours
March 27 - 2 hour
April 3 - 3 hours
April 17 - 2 hours
May 1 - 4 hours
May 8 - 2 hours
May 15 - 4 hours
• Gilbert Barreras 213-590-3337
Interpretive
The most important thing I've gained from this experience was seeing the work and effort it takes to run a fashion label. I was able to see deadlines that had to be met and how important time management is. This was important because the pressure of it can't be conveyed simply through interviewing and talking to people. It's something that has to be experienced in order to better your time management skills.
Applied
This helped answer my EQ because there are all kinds of deadlines in the fashion world. If you don't have anything to sell, what're you going to make money off of? You have to get your designs to the printer, designs drawn up for next season, market research for the next season, and everything in between. Even at the beginning, there's a time crunch. You have a lot of time to create your image, however, you don't want to spend years on this and then when you're finally ready to take off, your demographic has grown up and out of what you wanted to sell to them.
• Log
December 19 - 4 hours
January 2 - 2 hours
January 9 - 3 hours
January 16 - 2 hours
January 23 - 2 hours
February 6 - 2 hours
February 13 - 3 hours
February 20 - 4 hour
February 27 - 3 hours
March 6 - 2 hours
March 13 - 3 hours
March 20 - 3 hours
March 27 - 2 hour
April 3 - 3 hours
April 17 - 2 hours
May 1 - 4 hours
May 8 - 2 hours
May 15 - 4 hours
• Gilbert Barreras 213-590-3337
Interpretive
The most important thing I've gained from this experience was seeing the work and effort it takes to run a fashion label. I was able to see deadlines that had to be met and how important time management is. This was important because the pressure of it can't be conveyed simply through interviewing and talking to people. It's something that has to be experienced in order to better your time management skills.
Applied
This helped answer my EQ because there are all kinds of deadlines in the fashion world. If you don't have anything to sell, what're you going to make money off of? You have to get your designs to the printer, designs drawn up for next season, market research for the next season, and everything in between. Even at the beginning, there's a time crunch. You have a lot of time to create your image, however, you don't want to spend years on this and then when you're finally ready to take off, your demographic has grown up and out of what you wanted to sell to them.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Independent Study 2
Content:
1. Log:
April 29 - 6 hours
May 3 - 8 hours
May 12 - 10 hours
May 15 - 7 hours
Total: 31 hours
2.
Sketch from last ind. study:
April 29:
May 12:
Second Design:
May 3:
May 15:
3. Complete the LIA:
Literal
(a) I, Noelle Barreras, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) I completed my first entire shirt design. I designed it in a sketchbook for my first independent study and then drew it freehand onto a blank shirt. I practiced my letters so that I could get it right when I printed it on the shirt. Once I felt secure with my letters, I began to draw the design in pencil on the shirt followed by being traced over with fabric markers. I repeated this process with my first crop top as well which was inspired by a character's shirt from the movie Death Proof. The only difference in this process was that I had to cut the shirt at the bottom to change it from a normal tee into a crop top.
Interpretive
I spent a lot of time just trying to get the designs perfect in my sketchbook. I had initially tried the 'care less' design on a shirt and I messed up all of the letters so bad that I ended up having to throw it out. Jaxin Hall, my interview 3, goes through his business using the trial and error method. I feel that by trying to draw the shirt one way and failing, I understood the problem and saw how to correct my mistake. The way I corrected my mistake was by spending time and being patient with each letter that I was to use on the shirt. Actually drawing it onto the shirt once I was confident in my letters was a whole other challenge. I started over countless times and spent most of this past thursday night preparing it for creative expression the next morning. The 'care less' shirt got a lot of my frustrations and hard work put into it.
With the crop top, I took the time to draw the structure of the bridge. The most time consuming part of this design, however, was the shading in my sketchbook. I tested each pair to make sure it would look the way I wanted them to. Drawing this one on the shirt was a lot easier than the 'care less' design because if I messed up, I could just make the bridge a little bit thicker or wider. I spent the most time on this shirt during this independent study though because I didn't already have the sketch completed before I wanted to design on the shirt. I'm sure that going out and getting each of these shirts printed would've been ten times easier but I wanted to put effort into my creations instead of just handing them off to someone to be printed.
Applied
In interview 4 Josh White stated, "Text shirts are so big right now. It pays off because everyone can relate to the shirt. They listen to Lil Wayne or they started hustling and ended up balling. They respond to the shirts that they can relate to." My best answer to my essential question is identifying my demographic. Well, I know the people that I would like to sell to and they are the same people that Josh White's clothing lines sell to. By creating a shirt that is similar to what Josh creates, I was able to realize how making something that I can be proud of that should create a profit if sold. Another one of my answers to my essential question is to track trends. I've noticed crop tops and dramatic colors on a lot of clothes lately. It's as if the 80s and 90s are coming back to the stores which has been happening for quite some time now. I was watching Sex and the City and I had noticed that the main character, Carrie, wore crop tops often in the first few seasons and so I wanted to try it out. While watching the movie Death Proof, I found the drastic color design that I could put together with my Carrie inspired crop top. I think if the design were to be cleaned up a little bit and the shirt was better fitted for women, it'd be a hit in stores.
1. Log:
April 29 - 6 hours
May 3 - 8 hours
May 12 - 10 hours
May 15 - 7 hours
Total: 31 hours
2.
Sketch from last ind. study:
May 12:
Second Design:
May 3:
May 15:
3. Complete the LIA:
Literal
(a) I, Noelle Barreras, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) I completed my first entire shirt design. I designed it in a sketchbook for my first independent study and then drew it freehand onto a blank shirt. I practiced my letters so that I could get it right when I printed it on the shirt. Once I felt secure with my letters, I began to draw the design in pencil on the shirt followed by being traced over with fabric markers. I repeated this process with my first crop top as well which was inspired by a character's shirt from the movie Death Proof. The only difference in this process was that I had to cut the shirt at the bottom to change it from a normal tee into a crop top.
Interpretive
I spent a lot of time just trying to get the designs perfect in my sketchbook. I had initially tried the 'care less' design on a shirt and I messed up all of the letters so bad that I ended up having to throw it out. Jaxin Hall, my interview 3, goes through his business using the trial and error method. I feel that by trying to draw the shirt one way and failing, I understood the problem and saw how to correct my mistake. The way I corrected my mistake was by spending time and being patient with each letter that I was to use on the shirt. Actually drawing it onto the shirt once I was confident in my letters was a whole other challenge. I started over countless times and spent most of this past thursday night preparing it for creative expression the next morning. The 'care less' shirt got a lot of my frustrations and hard work put into it.
With the crop top, I took the time to draw the structure of the bridge. The most time consuming part of this design, however, was the shading in my sketchbook. I tested each pair to make sure it would look the way I wanted them to. Drawing this one on the shirt was a lot easier than the 'care less' design because if I messed up, I could just make the bridge a little bit thicker or wider. I spent the most time on this shirt during this independent study though because I didn't already have the sketch completed before I wanted to design on the shirt. I'm sure that going out and getting each of these shirts printed would've been ten times easier but I wanted to put effort into my creations instead of just handing them off to someone to be printed.
Applied
In interview 4 Josh White stated, "Text shirts are so big right now. It pays off because everyone can relate to the shirt. They listen to Lil Wayne or they started hustling and ended up balling. They respond to the shirts that they can relate to." My best answer to my essential question is identifying my demographic. Well, I know the people that I would like to sell to and they are the same people that Josh White's clothing lines sell to. By creating a shirt that is similar to what Josh creates, I was able to realize how making something that I can be proud of that should create a profit if sold. Another one of my answers to my essential question is to track trends. I've noticed crop tops and dramatic colors on a lot of clothes lately. It's as if the 80s and 90s are coming back to the stores which has been happening for quite some time now. I was watching Sex and the City and I had noticed that the main character, Carrie, wore crop tops often in the first few seasons and so I wanted to try it out. While watching the movie Death Proof, I found the drastic color design that I could put together with my Carrie inspired crop top. I think if the design were to be cleaned up a little bit and the shirt was better fitted for women, it'd be a hit in stores.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
2 hour Presentation Rough Draft
(1) What is your sponge activity?
(2) What do you plan to do and say in the introduction?
Hi, my name’s Noelle and I did my senior project on fashion merchandising.
(3) What do you plan to say in your foundation?
My EQ is What is most important in selling fashion merchandise?
(4) What will your 2 or 3 answers be for your 2 hour?
Creating an image
Identifying your demographic
Enticing customers/tracking trends
(5) What activities will you do for each answer and why?
Creating an image: I’ll have groups of 4 or 5 create a brand name and logo for a given subject.
Identifying your demographic: I’ll give the people in my presentation photos of different clothes that would appeal to different demographics and have them decide where it fits best.
Enticing customers/tracking trends: Not sure yet because I haven’t decide which answer I’ll be going with.
(6) How do you plan to conclude your 2 hour?
Thanks for coming to my 2 hour
(7) How do you plan to decorate the room?
I plan on having points on t-shirts that I will hang on the whiteboard in front of the room instead of using a powerpoint.
(8) What supplies/resources will you need to make your 2 hour possible?
I will need blank shirts, iron-on paper, photos of clothes, maps with different demographic locations, blank paper, markers, and pencils.
(2) What do you plan to do and say in the introduction?
Hi, my name’s Noelle and I did my senior project on fashion merchandising.
(3) What do you plan to say in your foundation?
My EQ is What is most important in selling fashion merchandise?
(4) What will your 2 or 3 answers be for your 2 hour?
Creating an image
Identifying your demographic
Enticing customers/tracking trends
(5) What activities will you do for each answer and why?
Creating an image: I’ll have groups of 4 or 5 create a brand name and logo for a given subject.
Identifying your demographic: I’ll give the people in my presentation photos of different clothes that would appeal to different demographics and have them decide where it fits best.
Enticing customers/tracking trends: Not sure yet because I haven’t decide which answer I’ll be going with.
(6) How do you plan to conclude your 2 hour?
Thanks for coming to my 2 hour
(7) How do you plan to decorate the room?
I plan on having points on t-shirts that I will hang on the whiteboard in front of the room instead of using a powerpoint.
(8) What supplies/resources will you need to make your 2 hour possible?
I will need blank shirts, iron-on paper, photos of clothes, maps with different demographic locations, blank paper, markers, and pencils.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Creative Expression Ideas
My idea is to get 2-3 of my designs printed on clothing and to have someone model it so I can take pictures. I'd have it so I could use a girl and boy for different designs to show diversity.
This answers my essential question because you need a product in order to sell your merchandise.
This answers my essential question because you need a product in order to sell your merchandise.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
interview 3 questions
1. How did you get your company known?
2. Is knowing more about business or having more art skill more important in starting your own clothing line? Why?
3. Do you ever worry that you’ll run out of ideas for designs? If you do, what do you do to overcome that?
4. How did you decide on naming your clothing line Love Before Glory?
5. What is the management structured in your company? How are tasks delegated?
6. What have been your biggest success stories?
7. What is most important to selling your product?
8. What would you consider the most difficult part in owning your own business?
9. What does a typical work day look like for you?
10. Was being part of Of Mice & Men helpful with executing your clothing line? How?
11. Can you recommend me to someone you know in the business that can guide me in opening my own clothing line?
2. Is knowing more about business or having more art skill more important in starting your own clothing line? Why?
3. Do you ever worry that you’ll run out of ideas for designs? If you do, what do you do to overcome that?
4. How did you decide on naming your clothing line Love Before Glory?
5. What is the management structured in your company? How are tasks delegated?
6. What have been your biggest success stories?
7. What is most important to selling your product?
8. What would you consider the most difficult part in owning your own business?
9. What does a typical work day look like for you?
10. Was being part of Of Mice & Men helpful with executing your clothing line? How?
11. Can you recommend me to someone you know in the business that can guide me in opening my own clothing line?
Independent Study 2 Approval
1. For my Independent Study 2, I'd like to create a business plan and begin filing with the state for the start of my company.
2. This relates to my essential question because before I can sell anything, I need to understand what it takes to start a business.
2. This relates to my essential question because before I can sell anything, I need to understand what it takes to start a business.
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