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I studied fashion design from 2022 to 2025, leaving with a BA degree and graduating with a grade of 2:2.
The White Project "I'm fine."
The White Project "I'm fine."
This was the first project I did in university, in which I was tasked with creating a completely white outfit, combining fabric and knitwear. My inspiration was the metaphorical concept of hiding one's vulnerable fragile inner self behind a spikey shield of hatred.
Photographer: Koel Clubb
Parka Prjoect "Allies of Androgyny"
Parka Prjoect "Allies of Androgyny"
My first attempt at experimenting in the world of outerwear fashion in the form of a custom parka, my inspiration came from a combination of army fashion and sustainability. This outfit is made entirely of second-hand garments, a deconstructed sleeping bag, leather scraps and some binbags.
Denim project "Not another cowboy"
This project was a group project involving me and three other people, in which we had to make two garments completly out of denim. My contribution was the shorts and chaps, inspired by the lawless chaos of the 18th century wild west. Using a combination of old denim jeans donated by my family and denim fabric given to me by the university. From distressing the fabric with a cheese grater to individually pulling out the horizontal fibres to make fringe, I am quite proud of this garment.
Print project "Without the meds I'm nothing"
Print project "Without the meds I'm nothing"
This my first dive into the world of print and textiles, combining art with fashion. My concept was all about the layers of personality and how certain medications can add new layers. I used my own adhd medication as my print design, along with my own typography art to indicate how I feel when I'm off my meds, representing the chaotic inner turmoil of my own mind, and the clear and calm side of my mind when I am on my meds.
Photography: Dnee Scott
Bootcamp project
This was a three week project, in which I was supposed to replicate a designer garment, I was given Peter Pilotto's final garment in the Spring/Summer 2018 collection. This project made me go down a new direction, entering a world of draping and tailoring, along with working with asymetrical silhouettes. I also used my print design to my advantage, creating the illusion of the sequin plaid on the original garment.
Original garment
Pre-collection "My brain works differently"
This was my penultimate project, I wanted to really put my textiles and sewing skills to the forefront with this garment. My concept was all about explaining the inner workings of the brain of an autistic person like myself, showing my love of certain textures with the brain pattern quilting creating a sensory dream come true. My peference for larger items of clothing with the oversized outerwear. along with my love for obscure history with the huge crinoline underneath the outfit. Out of all the outfits I have created, this was the most time consuming and detailed.
Final major project "Let me dream!"
My fmp was me at my full creative freedom, tasked to create three cohesive looks. I wanted to combine my various learnings and styles of art with all three of my looks. My concept was all about the concept of dreams and how I can interpret it through a fashion lens, breaking it down into three stages, each stage representing one look.
Photography: Ais Howlett
Look one "falling asleep"
Look one "falling asleep"
The first look is all about getting home after an incredibly draining day at work, with the intention of falling asleep to escape the 9 to 5 monotony. The outfit is a basic oversized blazer with the fabric patchworked out of deconstructed charity shop blazers and trousers. The patches of colour is the dream world slowly breaking through and covering up the monotony, the print wax made out of a collection of colourful fabric swatches that I own, using photoshop to blend them together to create a distorted portal print.
Photography: Ais Howlett
Look two "dream world"
Look two "dream world"
The second look is being fully immersed in the dream world, a world with endless creativity and fun, referencing the nostalgia of childish drawings and fun print using crayons and oil pastels, the playfullness of a puffy tulle underskirt, the reclaiming and distortion of the average boring blazer, turning it into a fun cropped blazer and pleated skirt combo. another reclamation and distortion of work-life was turning plain simple neckties into fun creative fringe, draping freely off the end of a pair of cape sleeves.
Photography: Ais Howlett
Look three "realisation and waking up"
Look three "realisation and waking up"
The third and final look was all about lucid dreaming, the realisation that you are aware of your own dreaming, which is a feeling I get shortly before I wake up. This garment is the embodiment of surrealism, using my hand painting skills to create a trompe-l’œil style print mimicking blazer elements, when in reality the garment is a simple cardigan and jeans. I used embroidery to create red overlapping text on the garment to add small messages to act as reminders, telling the wearer to wake up and that this world isn't real, this look ties up a neat little bow at the end of the trio of looks.
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