‘BRITS ABROAD’ ORIGINATES FROM MY SUMMERS SPENT IN SPAIN COMBINED WITH UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCES MOST BRITS EXPERIENCE ABROAD. THE BRIGHT NEON LIGHTS OF THE STRIP AT NIGHT, THE MARKETS, THE TOURIST SHOPS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH KNICKKNACKS, THE TACKY TROPICAL COCKTAIL BARS WITH PARROTS AND FANCY COCKTAILS, THE SMELL OF SUNCREAM, MOSQUITO REPELLENT, CIGARETTES, BEER AND AFTERSUN MIXING TO CREATE THE EVENING SCENT. THE SANDY WALK BACK FROM THE BEACH, THE JOY OF BUYING A NEW POOL FLOAT, ICE CREAM SUNDAES AND LASTLY THE JOYOUS REUNION WITH THE STAFF AT OUR FAVOURITE PLACES WHEN WE RETURN. IT IS TRULY A NOSTALGIC & COMEDIC JOURNEY EXPLORING AND EMBRACING ALL THINGS BRITISH (ABROAD EDITION).

THIS MINI PROJECT EXPLORES HOW I NAVIGATED A NARROW PROJECT BRIEF WITHIN A SHORT TIMEFRAME. COMBINING INSPIRATION FROM ONE OF MY FAVOURITE DESIGNERS, CHOPOVA LOWENA, WITH TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH TAILORING, THE PROJECT WAS CREATED USING SOLELY RECYCLED AND/OR WASTE MATERIALS.

MY NORTHERN NAN IS A LOVE LETTER TO MY NANNY, REMINISCING ON MY CHILDHOOD AND MY MEMORIES OF HER TODAY. GROWING UP, I VISITED MY NANNY NEARLY EVERY WEEKEND FOR FISH AND CHIPS OR A CUP OF TEA, SITTING IN HER FRONT ROOM LISTENING TO HER STORIES, OR PEEKING THROUGH THE LACE CURTAINS WHILE WAITING FOR THE CHIPPIE VAN TO ARRIVE. HER FRONT ROOM WAS FILLED WITH CLASHING PATTERNS, KNICK-KNACKS COVERED EVERY SURFACE AND SHELF, FLORAL PLATES ADORNED THE WALLS, AND HER COLLECTION OF PINNIES AND MATCHING TWO-PIECE SETS BECAME PART OF HER IDENTITY. OUTSIDE, LARGE BLOOMING FLOWER BASKETS SURROUNDED HER HOUSE, AS THOUGH THE ENDLESS LOVE FROM INSIDE HAD SPILLED OUT AND FLOURISHED. SHE TRULY IS THE EPITOME OF A NORTHERN NAN AND SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ME GREATLY. THIS PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO HER AND THE LASTING IMPACT SHE HAS HAD ON MY LIFE.