‘Waste of Space’

This piece has been created to bring awareness to the growing numbers of fabric wasted by the fashion industry per year. With this project I wanted to highlight how fabric scraps can be recycled and reused by creating statement flounce sleeves using various fabric remnants. My aim for this piece was to educate people on the issue and to urge people to think more sustainably with their fashion choices.

I created my design using fabric scraps and turning them into flounces to produce my statement sleeves. I also used a sewing machine to stitch various words/phrases into the bodice.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion Design with Marketing, University of Huddersfield

'مزید پاکستانی'

@marth.arttt

The title of my project translates to more Pakistani. This is the theme that brought me to my final outcome. My piece is about being able to dig deep into your own cultures, being empowered and proud to show it off. It's there for everyone who doesn't know anything about the culture, from being brought up in England and to encourage anyone to embrace who they are. It's also here for people who can appreciate the beauty in other people's cultures as well as their own.

Destination: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Leeds Arts University

'Chocolate Cosmos'

This dress shows the addition of the flora on the surface of the earth to the lesser seen ores that are made underneath. It exists to show the beauty of both what we can see and what we can’t see, that is hidden by the flora covering the earth.

The problem I set myself was trying to show the beauty in what we don't see underneath the visible beauty at the surface and how together they can create a stunning garment.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Leeds Arts University

'Light and Shadow'

@sophielisa.mx

Working from the context of "more or less", I have developed my work into the theme of Light and Shadows and how light manipulates the way things can look. From this I came up with techniques with lots of textures that would reflect my starting point. I then turned these techniques into a 3D garment that is full of different textures and designs, to which I then added different colours of light and definitions of light, to manipulate how the garment would be portrayed to the viewer. My project shows how anything can be changed under certain lights and circumstances.

Destination: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Leeds Arts University

'Stellar Adolescence'

'Stellar Adolescence' is a part in a star’s lifecycle where a star has finished collecting all of the fuel it needs to burn for the rest of its life. I related this to coming of age, when you turn 15, 16 or 18 (depending on your culture) and are a new young adult. I took inspiration from the T-Tauri Stars in the Chameleon constellation and 'Sweet 16' celebrations in North America to create this costume.

The dress is made of layers of catatonic chiffon, crystal chiffon and crepe, which are all hand dyed using Brusho. I laid each piece flat and carefully applied the brusho to represent the colours of the T-Tauri stars, and made it fade to white in the center like the light of a star. I used small glass beads and hand sewed them around the centre to emphasise the shine. The moon pieces on the shoulders are made from foam and painted with an antique gold acrylic paint.

Within my costume work I am inspired by pop culture, historical costuming and details in nature and space. I take pride in my construction and detailing when creating my designs.

‘The Daughter of Racism’

@missdonky

My final project is about a known issue in society about discrimination, but this time is the daughter of racism, 'Colourism'. The major challenge on this project for me was to come up with a ‘solution’ on the matter, but I personally think that I showcased it by representing the different skin tones that play a role in the Colourism hierarchy. With photography and the visuals that I’ve edited, I’ve discovered interest in different practices: Fashion Communication and Photography.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Leeds Arts University

'Making Less More'

@mariefashiondesign

My project is based around the concept that turning less into more will help reduce deforestation and fabric waste. I have used elements of minimalism and maximalism together to design a jacket. This jacket can be used for a range of situations and elements due to its interchangeable features.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion, Ravensbourne University London

'Organic Repeats'

'Organic Repeats' is a series of surface pattern designs inspired by snow and ice formations focusing on processes that can create “more” or “less” layers and negative space. Through my primary research into snow and how it is a natural form of negative space I became particularly interested in building up textural layers and how this is the opposite of negative space.

Over the course of my project I looked at multiple different printing techniques such as Lino print, mono print and screen print to build up repeating motifs and textural marks. I was then able to combine my screen print refinements and textural mark making using CAD to produce layered designs with minimal negative space. I visualised these pattern designs as large scale site-specific land art as this gave me a natural and organic environment that fit well with my organic theme and inspirations.

Destination: BA (Hons) Textile Design, Leeds Arts University 

'Georgian Fairytale'

My interpretation of the brief title ‘More or less’ was that we want more to life than reality and we turn to fairytales to escape from our unenjoyable lives. I have created a costume that reflects my love of adult fairytales. Following a similar storyline to Cinderella, I have created a character who transforms from rags to riches and a costume to be worn at a ball. I have taken inspiration from 18th century French fashion and given them a villainous and provocative twist in my costume.

Destination: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Leeds Arts University

@eviejacksonduke_art

I wanted to create a corset which moulds to the body's natural shape and celebrates it, rather than changing and distorting the body to fit common beauty standards.

'A Truly Modern 1920s Couple'

For this project I wanted to explore the theme of the 1920s, as it now began 100 years ago. I felt it would be interesting to look at how things have changed, and what is the same. I found that clothing has become less gendered, and that exploration through fashion and art has led to many things deemed ‘out there’ and ‘different’ 100 years ago, are normal now.

I decided to do this by using 1920s womenswear to inspire my menswear, and 1920s menswear to inspire my womenswear. The poses I chose for my photos reflect this difference further, using more demure and innocent posing in my menswear photos, and using more strong and angled posing in my womenswear. Even the contrast of the colours, a soft and deep pink vs a dark black and neon green show the contrast between soft and strong.

Destination: Studio Berçot, France

'Just You!'

I wanted to create this fun, playful zine to remind people just to be themselves and not to be driven to live up to the forced ‘Instagram lifestyle’ that is now plastered on our screens. I want people to enjoy the little things, embrace their happy place, wear whatever makes them happy and just be proud of what makes them, them. 

@murdoart

My project explores the theme of The Magna Carta. I created a sleeveless tunic with deep cowl and mask, screen print on linen.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Liverpool John Moores University

'Appreciate the Culture'

Showing the beauty of shapes and colours within a Zimbabwean tribe ‘Ndebele’ I created my pieces to catch the attention of people who are interested in different cultures or don’t know much about cultures at all.

The design is about adding femininity into masculine fashion, to remove gender barriers in the fashion industry.

Destination: BA (Hons) International Tourism and Business Management, Sheffield Hallam University

‘Plant Life’

@nat.asha_designs

‘Plant Life’ is one of 6 patterns created in response to the theme of bringing more of the outdoors in. The idea behind this is to decorate our homes with patterns which reflect the calming elements of the natural world such as colour, textures and shapes in order to improve our mental health in a busy world where spending time outdoors isn’t always a priority.

Comparing the characteristics between manmade and natural shapes, lines and texture was one of my main focuses throughout this project. So in this pattern, I’ve worked with hexagons and circles as the main shapes, both found in nature and mimicked by man made things, organic inspired mark making and photographs of man made and natural textures behind the plant drawing. Digitally editing this pattern to have different colour ways inspired by the colours found in forests has allowed me to show how this pattern could be used in a collection for a commercial context.

Destination: BA (Hons) Textile Design, Leeds Arts University

'Deconstructing Plant Life'

'Deconstructing Plant Life' is a collection of surface pattern designs inspired by plant life deconstructed. I started this process by taking inspiration from different plants, flowers, leaves and deconstructed these in different ways. I looked at the surfaces and forms of plant life and concentrated on the designs that are not easily observed such as veins, shape and colour.

In particular, the technique of hammered flower prints inspired my designs as it allowed me to identify interesting designs in plants and develop these further. I have incorporated this technique into my final collection. I worked on creating layers with abstract shapes and lines to highlight the theme of deconstructed plant life. I have visualised my patterns in an interior setting to show how these designs are adaptable. I also like how this shows a contrast between nature and man-made and how even though these designs are abstract plant-like shapes can be identified in the designs.

'Go Slowly'

@lily_bea_fashion_and_textiles

I started my project by focusing on the words 'calm' and 'mindfulness'. From here, I began to research calming things, and decided to focus on the sky, sunsets and clouds.

Destination: Apprenticeship in Digital Marketing, Flawless Photographic Studios

'Bloom'

My final piece is part of a garment made from bright pink and orange polyester fabric using wadding to make it sit off the shoulder, showing lots of volume and shape.

My aim for this piece was to create a bold and confident look, inspired by the shapes and colours of flowers I had around the house. I wanted to make it as bright and as happy as I could to show the joy that flowers bring.

'Detail in Leaves'

Looking at the veins and detail in leaves I found interesting, I created lightweight fashion designs made for women using cording to show the texture and detail in nature.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Leeds Arts University

'Squished'

@_grace.fashion_

My project ‘Squished’ is the result of research into 'how objects fit into less space'. Throughout my project, I was drawn to squishy, layered, compressed shapes which helped to inspire my final design.

During my project, I continued to push the exaggeration of the human form and the way shapes accentuate the body. I found that using texture, 3D elements and unique shapes highlighted the theme of 'squished'.

From experimenting with texture, I found myself drawn to layers. I used these to create oversized ruffled sleeves and a 3D knotted skirt. My design style was conceptual to push the ideas surrounding ‘normal’ and create an oversized, exaggerated and unique final piece.

Destination: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Leeds Arts University

'Look at the GIG picture'

'Look at the GIG picture' is a textile art piece influenced by the idea of ‘needing more music in the world’. Gathering primary photographs taken at multiple concerts and gigs allowed me to conceptualise my work in a bright, chaotic and playful way using the layering of textured materials to create a fun art piece.

Coldplay were a large influence on my work, looking mainly at their set design inspired me to focus on circles within my textile, which I then, with filters and moving effects, took into projection photography, using microphones and guitars to set the scene of a concert and allowed me to show how my textile would work in its environment.