I am a Birmingham/ London based designer who specialises in womenswear (couture and ready-to-wear) often working with lightweight delicate fabrics and creating bold and voluminous looks. My key skills include sewing by both machine and hand, embroidery and draping. I also have a talent for colour and tend to design using on trend colours and themes. Through my textiles background and love for history I am able to do this through the use of fine details, especially embroidery which is often loosely inspired by the use of detail in historical fashion. I am most inspired by my surroundings and nature, my family and heritage, and also drapes which I have created and often use as a starting point for my design process. I am driven with an end goal of being established within the haute-couture market. I also intend on exploring the world of costume as it is a pathway which allows me to enjoy both my love for history and fashion whilst also expanding my creative capacity through offering me many concepts and themes to explore.
Projects
- Midsummer Night's Dream‘Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that, yet we sleep, we dream…’ This collection focuses on the fantasy and beauty surrounding Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the ballet created to honour it. Through tulle, embroidery, vibrance and volume I have created a collection which embraces the innocence surrounding dreaming making it youthful and playful. Through the use of soothing tones, I have relayed the illusion of a calm night making the collection sophisticated and fusing
Projects credited in
- Meet the GFF 2020 Adaptation Award NomineesThe Adaptation Award has been created to celebrate students resourcefulness and problem-solving skills during this unprecedented time of the COVID-19. Graduate Fashion Foundation is aware that students final projects and planned outcomes have been significantly affected by the virus and the lack of facilities available to them. We are celebrating the excellent innovative work found on members courses, that was created in response to the current issues and constraints placed upon them. Projects t12
Work history
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Studio AssistantLee Paton
- London, United KingdomInternship
• Assisting with the everyday running/ maintance of the store
• Hand embroidery
• Assisting with design development
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VolunteerFashion Scout
- London, United KingdomInternship
London Fashion Week :
• Front of House
• Assisted as backstage dresser
• General organisation
Skills
- Embriodery
- Draping
- Fashion
- Design
- Costume
- Womenswear
Education
BA Fashion DesignUniversity for the Creative Arts
Epsom, United Kingdom