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After the show and the celebrations were all finished and I got home I eagerly 'googled' myself ...sad but true!

I had some lovely feedback online and from friends, family, tutors and industry professionals.

The graduate

Holey-moley...I made it to graduate fashion week! Massively unexpected and ultra flattering...but it means another incredibly intense week at uni :(

After redesigning 4 of the garments in my collection, replacing all the collection accessories, making alterations and repairs to the existing pieces and having a minor breakdown I was ready for graduate!!!

My collection showed and there were smiles all round :)

The full collection can be seen in some lovely photos on catwalking.com ... http://www.catwalking.com/GRADUATES/GRAD_10/BA_shows/shows/Salford/shows/07-Jo%20Whiteing/index.html

Are we there yet...not quite!

So the show was done and in my mind my life was now an endless amount of lie-ins and parties (until I woke up and realised it was time to be an adult of course) ...but then this little gem of an e-mail dropped into my inbox and everything changed!

Sleeping by the lion carpet

As my collection continued I became more and more interested in Freud and how his influence was helping to create my collection. I used the idea of skin and weight to create flesh toned pieces with volume and emphasis on certain body parts.

After working super hard, spending a few million pounds, a couple of trips to Paris and countless sleepless nights my collection 'sleeping by the lion carpet' was complete...showtime!

The end is nigh

Final collection begins.......

I based my designs on the concept of artist Lucian Freud and his study of nude subjects. I've always been interested in Freud and wanted to use his beautiful images to hopefully make a scrumptious collection!