About me
I, Riah Bent-Stedford, am a multidisciplinary creative from South East London. My focus is challenging the conventional notions of my culture's untapped stories through linguistics, images, creative direction, art direction, styling and archive expositions.
I want to establish my professional skills as a fluid visual communicator in fashion theory, photography, fashion design and analysis. Fashion is how to investigate new digital platforms as a form of interaction with industry and social media will innovate my thinking strategies. The observation of commercial and market awareness will magnify the interdisciplinary nature of fashion with an international perspective in my subject discipline by challenging the eurocentric dominance in the fashion industry.
Projects
- THE DIASPORIC GRAND-DAUGHTER /dʌɪˈasp(ə)rə/This project is an exploration of the Jamaican Diaspora I was born out of. Jamaica and Diaspora are cultures that represent the duality of conservatism by liberating Jamaican culture in the mass dispersion of the Jamaican population. The influence of my grandparents are the markers that separate the past, and the diasporic present serves as a blend of what makes me the individual I am today. The past of culture and identity expands representation by offering a voice that grows attention to th
Work history
Wardrobe StylistIndependent Film Trust
- London, United KingdomFreelance
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Styling Assistantlee trigg
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Skills
- Creative Direction
- Set Design
- Interaction Design
- Creative Writing
- Styling
Education
BA Fashion Styling ProductionUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
1st Class Honours
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BTEC Diploma Art DesignCity and Islington College : Centre for Business, Arts and Technology
- London, United Kingdom
Distinction*
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