REFLECTION

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Over the three years of being a fashion student, at times it was hard to define myself as a designer and find my own voice within such an illustrious industry, but making it to the end of my degree it surprises me that without realizing it, that I have done just that. I have learnt so much about myself not only as a designer but also about my own strengths and weaknesses. Coming to the end of my final collection, through all the late nights of sewing and endless areas of problem solving, i am still just as excited about design as I was when I first started. At the back of my mind I was always scared that I would lose my love for design by dissecting and studying it to the point of exhaustion, but I can proudly say that if anything my passion has strengthened. The final year of creating my final collection as well as interning has really helped to open my eyes to what the next stage of my life will/can be. 

I have often said that I am never whole-heartedly pleased with something that I have created. There is always more that I could do, things to improve, doubt in the back of my mind, but for once I can say that I am extremely pleased with the result of my final collection. I finally understand what it means to put so much of yourself into something, to be completely open and vulnerable in your thought process and the story you are trying to convey and most of all, to be proud in your own work.

All I can hope for is that people enjoy my collection as much as I enjoyed making it. 

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Zabrena