I have never thought of producing anything like a podcast before but having focused on language during the whole MA, I came to realise that a podcast is ultimately spoken language. Fashion is mostly visual and I have chosen to leave the visuals out of the topic and focus on what is the contrary to tangible and touchable, which is language. In order to get some inspiration, I did some research and I could not find anything similar to what I was planning to produce. I definitely found a niche.
Language has always been very important for me as I consider myself a born communicator. Since I was younger, I always liked to read and write about either simple or more complex stuff. Growing up I was interested in languages and that’s the reason why I studied Translation and Interpreting as my BA, so I could communicate with people who spoke a different language than mine. Even though I was mostly focused on language during my studies, I always had my ways to drive my projects or research towards fashion. As it has been previously said, fashion is mostly visuals but it also conveys a very specific language and terminology that is used when talking about it.
When I first approached the Major Project, I felt a little bit lost. I have spent so much time working on researching language and producing the glossary that I didn’t want to keep going in circles with that idea. Yet, I wanted to push myself forward and present something not only innovative but complex and new for me that would challenge my skills.
After telling Kayla about the potential podcast, we both agreed that it was a great project to end the MA at a high standard. I was going to bring fashion to the table but in a different way and how I know best, through language. I would lie if I’d say I wasn’t afraid at first. I loved this idea but, how was I going to produce a podcast? I had no idea how to do that. The time passed by and not only was I afraid but kept procrastinating.
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