Handmade Portraits: Alabama Chanin

Alabama Chanin's fashion and textile manipulation has been blogged about here on several occasions, news of their fantastic work has travelled far!
Here is a video from the etsy blog about the companies evolution and philosophy.
It is an inspiration, especially now when we hope that our young graduates will be able to go forward from our courses and achieve great things for themselves and the local community.
Like in Alabama, a change is needed here, so that people can fulfill their true potential and their dreams and make a better life for themselves.

Antonio Berardi

Lots of inspiration for the Business unit can be gleaned from Antonio Berardi's Winter/Fall collection 2012. He has combined beautiful tailoring, classical quality fabrics with feature colour highlights and ultra contemporary cuts and silhouettes.

Raffaela Ascione

Wonderful combinations of contrasting tweed and lace and great structuring and silhouette with timeless elegance. Raffaela Ascione's AW2011 is a great source of inspiration for your business unit.
Raffaela Ascione is a London based fashion designer. He began his fashion education in Ireland back in 2003 where he completed a two-year course at LSC, Limerick. He went on to complete his BA at UCA, Rochester in 2008. Upon graduation, Raffaele was head-hunted by Max Mara and spent a year in Milan designing across various different lines for the fashion house. Other experience within the industry include stints at Julia Clancey and Gareth Pugh where he spent 3 seasons working and re-fining his skills. He completed his MA at Central Saint Martins in Womenswear, showcasing his latest collection at London Fashion Week, A/W 2011. (thanks to 13threads)

Louise Goldin

I have selected Louise Goldin's autumn collection of 2010 to illustrate how a business collection could develop. Although Louise's collection is not necessarily business clothes, I like the structured, sculpted character of her garments.