Aoife Thomas
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Aoife Thomas

textiles designerNottingham, United Kingdom
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Aoife Thomas
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Aoife Thomas

textiles designerNottingham, United Kingdom
About me
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Projects
  • Longing For You.
    Longing For You.A project inspired by the longevity of a garment and its life; how the more thought, time and effort put into a piece may inspire the owner to keep it a long time. Inspired by florals collected on my travels interpretted into a luxurious high-end, party-ready womenswear collection. Keeping the love in the samples i make.
  • Happy Daze
    Happy DazeFollowing an embroidery and tactile, multi-media way of working I have created a variety of fun, detailed and colourful designs for a Trans-seasonal, high-end, womenswear collection. Using floral imagery collected on my travels, I have focused on the ideal of Longevity within clothing and the connections of bright colours connoting a feeling of happiness and attachment to a garment. Designing for a lifetime, not just summertime.
Work history
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    Fashion Design InternshipsJulien Macdonald
    London, United KingdomInternship
    helping the embroidery team in repairing and designing embroidery garments and swatches. Helping with art works, placement and sourcing fabrics.
Skills
  • Digital Embroidery
  • Embellishment
  • Embriodery
  • Print Design
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Textiles
  • 2D Drawing
Education
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    BA (Hons) Textile DesignNottingham Trent University
    Nottingham, United Kingdom
    I used my third year to create a collection based on my travels. It was all based around emotional longevity and happiness and how this can connect to the durability of a fabric.
Awards
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    Bradford travel awardBradford textiles society
    Entered a competition with my second year work and was awarded a commendation and additonally won a trip to Paris to go to Premier Vision.