In FASH 2700, Fashion Journalism, we submitted 4 assignments to the SUNY Oneonta Fashion Journalism website titled HEM. There were a wide variety of assignments we submitted, but all of them were a great learning experience, and could be useful in the future.
Final Project Outcome
This image is from a styling photoshoot assignment that I completed, and the entire project can be viewed on the HEM website.
What I did
The first assignment posted on the website was a shopping page, mimicking a Harper's Bazaar magazine, created using PowerPoint. The next assignment was a news article informing the reader of the latest fashion news happening that week, and I chose to write about the Timberland and Telfar collaboration. The next assignment was a catwalk review, where we picked a runway show from September, which I picked Balmain, and we wrote about the show and included images. For the last assignment, we borrowed clothes from the campus thrift store to style and have a photoshoot with models of our choice.
What I learned
I learned that there can be a lot of learning curves when working with new technologies. It taught me that the best way to work through these challenges is to spend a lot of time playing around with whatever you are using. It also taught me to be confident in my work and acknowledge where the strong points are in what I did.
What’s next for me
I plan to build on the skills that I learned while using WordPress. Our final project was to create a portfolio website with the projects we did throughout the semester, and I plan to stay up to date with that portfolio to keep my skills fresh and to add more of my work to it, to showcase to future employers.
