What made
you want
to be a
fashion
designer?
I have always had a keen
interest in fashion as cliche
as that sounds. I had worked
in construction for roughly 5
years and spent my spare time
designing. This was well before
the G69 label. I then reached
a point where I looked into the
possibility of studying design.
in me achieving a HND in Design edge to menswear staple pieces.
& Manufacture.
Keeping our quality of fabrics &
finishes etc to our normal high
Following college I was fast
standards.
tracked into 3rd year of a fashion
business course at university.
Inspiration is taken from
I spent 8 months studying but
many different aspects of our
ultimately decided it wasn’t right surroundings,I believe, from
for me and left the course to
architecture to art for example.
fully focus on G69 Clothing.
I learned this from my time
I applied to Cardonald College
studying design.
for a spot on their design &
We are currently between
manufacture course. The college collections. the first was a nod
For me personally, I view each
is well known for it’s fashion
to representing Glasgow &
garment as a basic shape or
programmes,
Scotland with the use of tartan
form. I try to visualise how to
throughout. The next collection alter that to deliver a new idea, if
Christopher Kane is one of
is more subdued you could say. possible.
it’s most well known former
I’m looking to concentrate on
students. I was successful with
minimal style details which still
my application and this resulted offer a modern contemporary
Model: Calum
Location: The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh