Richard Westenra

Project Background

Eva Cherry Designs is the brainchild of Rachel Bradstock, Christchurch-based fashion designer and linguist extraordinaire. Rachel uses the site to sell funky retro-style clothing, and specialises in pre-loved vintage, customised lingerie and one-off originals. The Eva Cherry Designs website also increasingly functions as Rachel’s portfolio for her work as a fashion designer.

The site design was a collaborative effort, with Rachel making initial mockups that I refined and turned into web-friendly designs. Once the final design was agreed upon, I turned it into a functioning site.

Eva Cherry Designs home page

Site Description

Eva Cherry Designs is an outwardly simple PHP brochure site with sophisticated functionality. It features integrated auction listings via Trademe’s published RSS/XML feed. This allows the site to maintain an up-to-date list of Eva Cherry’s current Trademe auctions which is updated every page-refresh.

Eva Cherry Designs' Trademe Listings

(Note: Rach can be a little slack with maintaining her Trademe account from time to time, so the odds are good that there are no listings currently visible at the time you read this. If this is the case click here to see an alternative version of the Eva Cherry products page featuring a different seller’s listings.)

The website also functions as Eva Cherry’s design portfolio. It includes three image galleries featuring the slimbox image viewer. The galleries are currently devoted to her work as a student – drawings, photos, assignments, vintage clothing, original creations and work for clients.

Note: The gallery area currently under construction, as Rachel is still in the process of gathering portfolio material.

Testimonial

‘It is physically and logically impossible to conceive of a web developer who surpasses Richard in any respect.’ – Rachel Bradstock