Capsule Collection: Styled by Blogger Emily of Cotton and Candie

This month, Cagecity met blogger Emily of Cotton and Candie. As part of her Cagecity Meets interview she chose to wear my Sheer Cropped Shirt!

See Emily's personal Cagecity blog post here.

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Capsule Collection: Styled by Blogger Laura Whalebone of That's So Yesterday

This week, Cagecity met blogger Laura Whalebone of That's So Yesterday. As part of her Cagecity Meets interview she chose to wear my Erase Effect Embroidered Floral Dress!

Laura's blog explores her personal fashion style which is very bold and colourful! I love the way she puts outfits together in an eye catching way :) See her blog here.

The dress Laura wore includes a bold erased floral print, worked on top of with bright embroidery:

Shop the dress here!

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Capsule Collection: Styled by Blogger Imogen De Souza of Une Maison de la Mode

The cropped shirt is back! Styled by fashion blogger, Imogen de Souza, it looks great paired with an edgy leather skirt :) Having a look through Imogen's blog it is clear this girl has some serious style! Check it out here!

Head to Cagecity to view the shirt on sale or to see Imogen's Cagecity Meets interview.

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Capsule Collection: Worn by Cagecity Model Charlotte

This week my printed top was chosen by model, Charlotte for her Cagecity Meets interview!
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Capsule Collection: Styled by Blogger and Fashion Photographer Leanne Lim-Walker

This is one popular cropped shirt! Chosen again as part of a Cagecity Meets interview, the shirt has been styled by Leanne Lim-Walker - a blogger and fashion photographer. I've had a look at her website and I love her photography work. Check it out at: http://leannelimwalker.co.uk/

Thank you for choosing one of my designs, Leanne!

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Capsule Collection: Styled by Charlotte of Things I do, Think and Buy

The cropped shirt is back again! This time styled by Charlotte Fisher of Things I do, Think and Buy for Cagecity Meets. I love this summery pastel look, perfect for the coming season!
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Capsule Collection: Styled by Charlotte of Crave Green Velvet

This week, blogger Charlotte of Crave Green Velvet wears my cropped white shirt for her Cagecity Meets interview :)
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Capsule Collection: Styled by Atiya Finesse

I love a bit of good news! Pleased to see that blogger, Atiya Finesse chose one of my tops to style in her interview for Cagecity!

Capsule Fashion Collection: Digital Print

I've been working on creating a capsule collection for online fashion store, Cagecity which showcases up and coming brands. They collaborate with new designers to help them get started in the industry and provide a platform for designers to sell their clothing. My first collection for Cagecity will be based on my graduate collection which was based on cutaway forms and strong floral prints.
The capsule collection will be made up of 5 pieces - here are some designs in their initial stages:

Getting fabrics digitally printed can be very expensive so I've been searching the web to try to find some cheaper alternatives to high end print companies such as CAT Digital. I found two websites that offer printing and seemed reasonable in price: Bags of Love and Woven Monkey. The prices end up being around £20-30 cheaper than CAT. 

To test out the companies' printing quality I ordered some samples. Ideally I wanted to test their cotton samples but I couldn't seem to find the option for that on Bags of Love so I chose another fashion fabric they offered - Duchess Satin. The print quality was excellent, crisp imagery and bold colour:

and the back:

Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for Woven Monkey's sample which came out faded:

and the back:

This is made more evident when you compare the two samples together: 

Bags of Love also offer quite a big range of different fabrics but Woven Monkey only offer 3 cotton based fabrics so I will definitely be using Bags of Love for some of my pieces to help bring the cost down without sacrificing print quality :)

To view their fabrics visit: http://www.bagsoflove.co.uk/products/fabric-printing.aspx

My Cagecity collection will be available for the Spring 2014 season. To view my graduate collection visit: http://www.notjustalabel.com/sunna_naseer

To visit Cagecity: https://www.dresscagecity.com/

Collection at Cagecity Press Release

This week I attended online store, Cagecity’s first ever press release where my collection was showcased. Cagecity is an up and coming company who provide new designers with a market to sell their handmade designs as well as selling some vintage clothing. The event was held at an underground gallery at Charing Cross and was a great way for designers, bloggers and the team to meet and network.

The venue was bright, fun and colourful and definitely eye-catching.  Free drinks were served all night, and a colourful selection of penny sweets and cupcakes was provided. Along with this, there was a nail artist and decorate-your-own-beanie stall which everyone took advantage of and it added to the creative atmosphere.

All the designers’ work was displayed on rails for people to look through and get a feel for the style of clothing available.

This is where my graduate collection was displayed and it was great to be given the exposure and opportunity to be involved:

My work was displayed as a preview to the Spring/Summer 14 capsule collection I will be creating for Cagecity next season. Head to their website to view the amazing handmade designs already on sale or to find out more about the company and their work: https://www.dresscagecity.com/index.php