‘Be brave,
stay true to
yourself’
back in and usually resolve the problem
a lot quicker than when I was flustered
and stressed!
What advice would you give other final
year fashion designers?
Don’t stress,
eventually!!
you
will
get
it
done
Were you interested in fashion from a
young age?
Yes! I’ve always loved fashion and knew
that this was all I wanted to do from a
very young age.
Have you had much work experience
within design?
I interned at a few different places
during uni, one of the internships was
bouncing ideas off other people. However, I
would miss the creative freedom if I worked
for someone else, so instead I would love
to expand my brand to bring people in to
work with me instead!
What advice would you give others wanting
to start out a new fashion business?
Be brave, stay true to yourself and don’t
ever give up your dream – with hard work
and determination it is possible!!
So we love your final collection you created
for your grad show tell us a bit more about
the concept behind it?
It was a crucial moment for me, the biggest
project I had ever undertaken and that
terrified me! It took me ages to settle on
a direction, I ended up completely overthinking it! However I ended up scrapping
all my initial ideas and tried to make it
very real and very me. I wanted it to be a
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collection that made people smile and made
the wearer feel happy, comfy and safe.
The idea was based around a carefree
woman, nostalgic and longing for her
childhood again, she is living in a dream
world; a pink dream world. Pink is central
to the collection as the colour conjures
up somewhat hazy memories of childhood.
Using one colour focuses the attention of
the garments to the texture and feel of the
fabric, this becomes as important as the
colour. The textures themselves are soft,
many are fluffy and furry to envelope the
wearer in the safe, soft bubble she lives in.
Did you ever just want to give up making
the collection?
Many times! Everything always takes much
longer than you anticipate, things always go
wrong unexpectedly, it’s a very stressful job!
Sometimes I just needed to allow myself
to leave the studio and de-stress. As soon
as my head was clearer I would often go
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