Sarah Morbey Flat Pack Fashion

"The fashion and textiles sectors of industry have a reputation for being inherently wasteful and bad for the environment. I want to challenge this perception and raise awareness of the issue through textile surfaces for fashion. I am exploring the secret life of waste, finding beauty and intrigue in mundane and discarded objects. Utilising materials available to me including industrial and household “waste” I have created a collection of flat pack pieces that can be positioned on the body as garments. The materials I have used include plastic, leather and metal. Combining traditional and modern techniques I have re-purposed these materials into beautiful wearable surfaces. Each piece is a one off due to limited materials available and the nature of the design. This in itself encourages the pieces to be valued as unique works of art." Sarah Morbey

Sarah Morbey has just graduated from DJCAD in textiles and has made some wonderful translucent and modern 'collage like' pieces from waste materials.

Louise Campbell

There is lots of wonderful knitwear designs at DJCAD textile graduate show.
These pieces are the work of Louise Campbell:
"This project aims to re establish the relationship between concrete and nature; uniting the organic with the man made. Modern architecture and nature coincide beautifully. This relationship was to ignite my initial research. My knitted garments aim to communicate a link between structure and texture. I paired strong block compositions exploring colour and regularity with hints of textural elements to achieve a perfect balance." Louise Campbell

Selling Dreams

 

Above: Erwin Blumenfeld

 Above: Steven Meisel, Below: Twiggy by Ronald Traeger

Today we went as a department to see a century of fashion, in the V&A's touring Fashion photography exhibition 'Selling Dreams'.
Thank you Iona of The McManus for managing to take four groups of us through a century of amazing fashion photographs and introducing us to this wonderful museum and gallery. The exhibitions runs from 28 September 2012 - 6 January 2013 and is well worth a visit.