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Fashon & Innovation
Leeds College of Art
BA
(Hons) Fashion
FASHION AND INNOVATION
FASHION AND INNOVATION
FASHION AND INNOVATION
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The Fashion Concepts & Communication pathway offers you the opportunity to design fashion concepts with an emphasis on originality, inventiveness and creativity, using your vision to communicate and promote your work through a variety of 2D and 3D means. The pathway is interdisciplinary in its nature and includes experiential design projects, the acquisition of traditional and conceptual visualisation techniques is developed through various hard (mac and pc) and software packages. You will explore conceptual approaches to fashion design, develop ideas for the communication and promotion of these concepts through emerging technology, traditional techniques, digital media and moving image, enabling you to pursue fashion roles in design, public relations, styling, visual merchandising, brand management and promotion.
Course philosophy
As creative graduates ourselves its ironic that we spend our college days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing nostalgic about our college days! Those days spent making friends and forging relationships that will be with you for a long time. The skills developed, the lessons learnt will help you carve out your future. The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do, and remember that when your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch.
After three years of exciting and memorable times at LCA you will be bidding farewell to your friends and tutors. As you move on and enter the creative world I would like to say that it’s been great interacting and knowing each one of you and I am looking forward seeing how you will all embrace the challenge of starting this new phase in your career. All the very best for your future.
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Susan Dillon
Course Leader
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ContentsContents
Fashion & Innovation
Designer Indepenent
Avante Garde
Urban Street High Fashion
Alice Binns Becky Child Charlotte Denton Sally Dewhirst Zoe Dolan Rainy Isles Hannah Jones Yasmin Kazemi Sophie Postma Poppy Reynolds Scarlet Stewart
Jeni Spence Lucie Graham Abigail Johnson Beth Arfield
Kelly Burgess Nat Griffths Anna Piper Jess Sadler
Keely Dewhirst Hannah Gower Charlotte
Alice B
inns
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Contact
077945512685 charlotteelizab
eth.denton@
googlemail.com
w
ww
.charlotteelizabeth.co.uk
Independent Designer
Leeds College of Art
BA
(Hons) Fashion
INDEPENDENT DESIGNER
INDEPENDENT DESIGNER
INDEPENDENT DESIGNER
Alice Binns
Becky Child Charlotte D
enton Sally D
ewhirst
Zoe Dolan
Rainy Isles H
annah Jones Yasm
in Kazemi
Sophie Postma
Poppy Reynolds Scarlet Stew
art
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Independent Desginer
Showcase
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Charlotte Denton
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Contact
077945512685 charlotteelizab
eth.denton@
googlemail.com
w
ww
.charlotteelizabeth.co.uk
As a d
esigner, I believe there is a juxtap
osition betw
een science and
the artistry of fashion. The collection 'C
dS
O4' w
as inspired
by the artist R
oger Hiorns
and his C
opp
er Sulp
hate installation 'Seizure'. The
develop
mental p
rocess lead m
e to grown m
y own
Cop
per S
ulphate C
rystals and collab
orating with various
science dep
artments enab
led the sub
stance to be
photograp
hed b
eneath a microscop
e. The resolution p
rovided
vibrant/intense d
igital prints, w
hich were
integrated throughout the collection. E
lements w
ithin the p
eriodic tab
le were also referenced
throughout in order
to provid
e angular silhouettes, which follow
the contours of the b
ody.
My collection of hand
crafted leather b
ags has been
inspired
by m
y travels around various p
arts of Mexico
over the summ
er of 2011. I wanted
to create something
that strongly reflected the colourful and
exciting p
ersonality of the country yet at the same tim
e deliver to
my consum
er a unique, exciting and
long lasting prod
uct
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Zoe Dolan
Contact
07540447268 zoed
olan@m
sn.com
Develop
ed on the concep
t of Structured
Identity a
collection with the them
e of fashion and accessories
used as a visual language to show
others your identity.
Creating an id
entity through the comb
ination of two
types of p
roduct b
eing worn together as one.
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Becky Child
Contact
07984464740 b
ecky.child@
gmail.com
w
ww
.beckychild
.co.uk
“Maed
ate” is a brand
creating wearab
le art pieces
using hand crafted
knit and m
acramé. These range of
accessories are individ
ually crafted and
are used to
change the identity of an outfit.
Sally Dew
hirst
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Contact
07776132019 sallyd
ewhirst@
hotmail.com
ww
w.m
aedate.co.uk
Hannah Jones
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Contact
07813666764 hans3j@
hotmail.com
w
ww
.amio.co.uk
A m
ultifunctional collection inspired
by travel. A
mio,
the Maori w
ord for ‘to roam
around’ uses sustainab
le, d
urable fab
rics such as bam
boo jersey, linen and
leather to create a w
earable travel collection.
Rachael Lorraine Iles
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Contact
07766222354 averagerainynight.tum
blr.com
Sp
/Su 2012 W
omensw
ear For the Young Professional.
An A
vante-Guard
collection based
on inspiration taken
from sound
vibrations. Featuring b
old b
locks of black
and w
hite contrasted w
ith stitch detailing, em
phasising
scratchy, jagged linear line. The significant contrast of
light and d
ark and the choice of fab
rics represent the
prop
erties of different sound
s. Each sound
creates its ow
n individ
ual markings through sound
waves and
vib
rations, therefor to reflect this, each individ
ual piece
will b
e handm
ade and
unique.
Sinead O’H
erlihy
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Contact
07951616520sinead
oh@hotm
ail.co.ukw
ww
.houseofherlihy.com
My final collection is insp
ired b
y architectural elements
of French colonial build
ings in India, and
the bright
colours of the Holi Festival. The floorlength d
resses are constructed
in delicate silk chiffons and
digitally
printed
crepe d
e chines. The atmosp
here of the Holi
Festival is filled w
ith excitement, fun and
joy, and m
y collection reflects this through the p
rints and colours
of the garments. M
y collection has been featured
in M
anchester Fashion Week, w
here I have also comp
leted
an internship, alongsid
e other work p
lacements at
Fashion TV and
More! M
agazine
Alias is an ind
epend
ent, unisex collection. Inspired
by
genderisation the collection asp
ires to cultivate a ‘new-
gender’ as a future m
ovement tow
ards a hom
ogenous society. C
onsisting of structured tailoring, com
bined
with
leather knit and d
etailing, the collection focuses upon
non-gender tones and
shapes to create a new
fashion culture.
Poppy Reynolds
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Contact
07814239699 info@
iamalias.co.uk
ww
w.iam
alias.co.uk
Sophie Postma
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Contact
07745281177 sop
hie_postm
a1208@hotm
ail.com
The brand
‘Reclaim
’ was b
orn from the need
for an innovative id
ea and uses recycled
rubb
er inner tub
es. The concept b
ehind the b
rand is to p
roduce a
sustainable range of hand
bags that are new
and uniq
ue, that w
ill test the limits of re-use and
will change p
eople’s
percep
tions of recycled p
roducts.
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Independent Designer
BA
(Hons) Fashion
URBAN STREET
URBAN STREET
URBAN STREET
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Urban Street
Showcase
For this collection I have been focusing on fashion
forward
sportsw
ear. Re-using A
frican wax p
rint fabric
and jersey to create new
, exciting casual wear and
focus on ethical p
roduction rather than m
ass prod
uced
prod
ucts to change the face of sportsw
ear today.
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Abigail Johnsen
Contact
07729882664 ajjohnsen@
hotmail.co.uk
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Lucie Graham
Contact
07970347553 hello@
luciegraham.com
ww
w.foureightone.co.uk
481 is an urban d
esigner mensw
ear brand
, inspired
b
y nomad
ic peop
le constantly moving around
the city. These transp
ortable p
roducts are lined
with a p
hase change m
aterial called O
utlast ® regulating your b
ody at
a comfortab
le and constant tem
perature. 481 has other
recognisable features consisting of transp
arent zips and
a b
old colour p
alette.
Everyd
ay Agend
a ‘Everyd
ay Agend
a’ is a fun designer
indep
endent/ urb
an streetwear fusion, created
through insp
iration from m
y hometow
n of Sheffield
and
youth subcultures. It exp
eriments w
ith the notions of accep
tance in street culture with its contrast of council
flats imagery w
ith sheer silk fabrics in colours insp
ired b
y northern lights, w
ith a hand-crafted
app
earance.
Elizabeth Arfield
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Contact
07884260101 eliza_b
eth1@hotm
ail.co.ukw
ww
.everyday-agend
a.tumb
lr.com
Jeni Spence
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Contact
07943371645 jennifersp
ence-design@
hotmail.co.uk
ww
w.jennifersp
ence.co.uk
The collection was d
esigned to create 'streetw
ear with
a feminine fit' b
y working w
ith usually mensw
ear aimed
garm
ents and tailoring them
to a wom
ens silhouette. The collection of ap
parel and
accessories inspired
by
animal b
ones and anatom
y works w
ith fun detailing and
p
rint to emb
ody the ed
gy, outgoing and fresh look of
streetwear. A
ll incorporated
within a clean cut b
randed
finish.
Independent Designer
BA
(Hons) Fashion
AVANT GARDE
AVANT GARDE
AVANT GARDE
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Keely Dew
hirst H
annah Gow
er Charlotte
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Avant Garde
Showcase
Hannah G
ower
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Contact
07542201290 gow
ww
w.hannahgow
er.co.uk
WA
I-GH
T a conceptual collection d
esigned to p
hysically slow
the wearer d
own, to challenge the w
ay consumers
think about and
value fashion at present and
for the future. V
isual bod
y garments show
clearly the d
eceleration and anchoring of the w
earer as the entire b
ody is held
to an elongated shap
e, a comp
lete stop. A
fully hand
crafted, U
K sourced
collection created from
w
aste, seconds and
unwanted
fabrics to insp
ire and
stimulate ind
ividual thinking, creating a m
indful and
im
aginative consumer
My b
rand and
final collection stemm
ed from
a desire to
make fetishism
more accessib
le to a wid
er audience,
reflected through m
y use of materials and
bond
age-style fastenings. It exp
lores the way in w
hich garments can b
e used
to both exaggerate the silhouette and
also restrict.
Keely D
ewhirst
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Contact
07557147562 keely_d
@hotm
ail.comw
ww
.monom
ania.carbonm
ade.com
Charlotte Wallace
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Contact
07784384393charlottew
My collection is an eclectic range of garm
ents inspired
b
y the individ
uality of street style. Using this id
ea, I have looked
at simp
le shapes using good
quality fab
rics. The p
urpose of m
y collection is to supp
ly stylists with
prod
ucts for music vid
eos and p
hotoshoots.
Independent Designer
BA
(Hons) Fashion
HIGH FASHION
HIGH FASHION
HIGH FASHION
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Kelly Burgess N
at Griff
ths A
nna Piper Jess Sadler
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High Fashion
Showcase
My w
ork originates from and
rogyny in fashion and
dilap
idated
urban architecture. Through d
rawing and
research into m
anipulating fab
ric, I created shap
es d
isplaying m
y interpretation of the sub
ject. Folds
in the fabric rep
resent structures taken from urb
an characteristics, exhib
ited on the shap
eless garments,
which intend
to hide the natural shap
e of the bod
y.
Anna Piper
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Contact
07714014444 anna_e_p
iper@
hotmail.com
As insp
iration for my final collection I have incorp
orated
my love for d
etail and colour to create a range of anim
al friend
ly handb
ags which com
bine the b
eauty of Islamic
art and the use of faux anim
al skins.
Kelly B
urgess
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Contact
07801332735 kellylouiseb
urgess@hotm
ail.co.ukw
ww
.kellylouiseburgess.com
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VISITING TUTOR QUOTES TO BE SEENCourse philosophy
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Jess Sadler
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Contact
07713584502 jessicaanna@
hotmail.com
Cultivate in w
hich to bring culture to a p
erson or a society. M
y inspirational influences are cultures from
around
the world
, looking at strong wom
en from d
ifferent continents such as A
frica, Asia and
Europ
e. Researching
the fashion and creating an ind
ividual colour/styled
garm
ent. Making an ind
ividual necklace p
er garment.
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Fashon & Innovation
Leeds College of Art
BA
(Hons) Fashion