BA (Hons) Fashion: Design & Technology (Top Up)
Thoughtfully constructed tailoring and outerwear with an emphasis on tactile textures and classic, though, playful silhouettes. The graduate collection has its roots in the idea of slowly, over time, furnishing a home. Silhouettes come from furniture and the cloths used echo the textures found in brickwork, wood & upholstery. The collection has a gathered feel rather than traditionally cohesive. For example, there is no fabric repetition and shapes nod to one another subtly rather than appearing as reproductions. The accessories were formed using artist's canvasses, so saturated in paint they could no longer fill their intended purpose, They have the qualities of leather with intense clolour and in some cases traces of the figurative forms painted by the origional artist Gavin Watson. This lead me to explore trompe o'loeil which can be seen in a waistcoat from the collection. As a designer I instinctively create wearable pieces. Outerwear is my forte and I fuse the use of bespoke and production methods leaving a luxurious finish. PUT YOUR COAT ON ITS FREEZING OUTSIDE. You will feel the benefit x