BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Surface Textiles
Fashion designer and Print Specialist with good experience in pattern cutting, hand and machine sewing and photoshop. Comfortable on knitting machines. Enthusiastic individual inspired by bright colours and patterns. Thrives as a team player, excels in project management and communication. Very open minded, happy to take on challenges and also works well individually. Very quick learner who is always willing to try something new and enjoys a good challenge. As a surface textiles designer, an opportunity to gain experience as a studio assistant would be ideal, previous studio experience has been gained from past placements. Styling has also always been of great interest and experience has been gained from working as style advisor and styling photo shoots at college and university. Very interested in Ethical Fashion and Sustainability. This project is inspired by Burma/ Myanmar and buddhism in the country. The use of gold is prominent throughout the culture and also is in this collection. Silhouettes are inspired by traditional womenswear in Burma and traditional clothing worn by women in many different tribes from different states of Burma. Detailed research was also carried out into the current political issues of the country and has been carried through into some of the textiles ideas, other textiles are inspired by jewellery which is worn to represent wealth within tribes. This has also been used to create new, contemporary embellishments in this collection.