FASHION TALK - HUDDERSFIELD SYLVIA AYTON

Today I went to Huddersfield, to attend a "Sylvia Ayton presentation - A Love hate Relationship with Couture..." 

BREIF CAREER PROFILE: -

1957-60: Attended Royal College of Art, London

1959-63: Freelance Design career

1964:    Partnership with Zandra Rgodes and opened Fulham Road Clothes Shop, London. 

1969:    Designed outerwear for Wallis 

1969:    Freelance designer and pattern cutter. 

1986:    Awarded MBE - Member of British Empire 

More information can be found on this link below:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-wallis-collection-sylvia-ayton-is-one-of-the-most-important-designers-youve-never-heard-of-for-quarter-of-a-century-she-has-set-the-style-of-wallis-clothes-and-that-has-meant-lots-to-lots-of-women-wallis-shops--sharp-affordable-and-always-on-the-ball--are-60-this-year-salutations-by-tamsin-blanchard-photographs-by-andrew-lamb-1603649.html

Examples of  Sylvia Ayton's work which was presented in a powerpoint.

This dress from the picture above was featured in the Victoria and Albert Museum and can also be found in their archive

Visit the archive page by accessing this link:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/25362-popup.html

I very much enjoyed this presentation and found it inspiring to listn to Sylvia's Journey to Success...During the question and answer session Sylvia Ayton was asked what advice she had for future aspiring designers.

  

'Try to focus on what your good at,instead of trying to be good at lot of different things. Soak up anything you learn and read like sponge. Knowledge is important to being one step ahead. Try to look for market and build you skills and career to fit there..."