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Louise Calcott

Fashion

07518348175

louisecalcott@hotmail.co.uk

TicketyLou

TicketyLou is a woman’s wear brand that specializes in ethical an ecological fashion. The brand’s mission statement is to produce, market, and sell clothing and accessories, made from ethical and ecological raw materials, and to promote the use of ethically and ecologically produced raw materials within the fashion industry.
TicketyLou’s ethical and ecological design philosophy helps the brand to stand out from the crowd, by creating items that are exciting, modern, affordable and suitable for any woman’s wardrobe. Using bold but beautiful design and taking inspiration from an array of sources, ensuring a new and interesting collection every season that will stand out, whilst maintaining everyday wear ability.
TicketyLou takes ethical and ecological fashion to the next level, and offers “on-trend” fashion to people who may have previously seen ethical fashion as bland and boring.

Lucy Taylor

Fashion

07969680335

lucyelena-fashion@hotmail.com

lucyelena-fashion@blogspot.com

The Art Of Peacocking

Lucy Elena is a trained womenswear designer and pattern cutter as well as a self taught menswear cutter. This is her first menswear collection. She is currently undertaking an internship at J.W. Anderson.

Under the theme The Art of Peacocking, I created a capsule menswear collection for Spring Summer 2011, using luxurious silks, cottons and jersey mixes, embellished with leather fastenings, feathers and beading.

Inspired by fabric choices, but also my own take on the Modern Dandy.

Elements of inspiration were also taken from Alice in Wonderland as well as Edward Scissorhands.

Music by The Mummers and Jay Jay Pistolet together with contemporary designers including, J.W. Anderson, Lenny Pier Ramos, MiharaYasuhiro and Trussardi were stimuli to my research and design processes.

'Enamored as he is above all of distinction, perfection in dress consists in absolute simplicity, which is, indeed, the best way of being distinguished.'

Victoria Finch

Fashion

07897339053

victoria-finch@hotmail.co.uk

Reflection

Distorted reflections transforming the image into something new, something different. I was inspired by the distortions created in waters reflections & how a mirror image was no longer just a simple reflection. Combining this with drape & the fluid fall of the fabric across the body my collection has a sophisticated, feminine look to fit a women’s body & enhance her natural shape & silhouette. I wanted to push myself outside of my comfort zone & work with fabrics & techniques I had not had the chance to previously explore, resulting in a collection designed specifically for a women’s shape, which is an idea I want to continue working with, making women my first priority with my designs.

Primrose Tricker

Print

07950971333

primrose.tricker@gmail.com

Naturally Beautiful

Spring/Summer 2011

This collection had the intention from the outset to utilise 100% organic fabric, without compromise, and without wavering. I designed a fashion collection, as I wanted to move out of my comfort zone of interiors, whilst still using the same rules of placement, scale, and colour ways.

I used screen printing in the development of my final designs, as I wanted to keep the printing process as natural as possible. I took inspiration for my prints from the architecture of plants, and the natural forms of architecture.

My final collection uses all 100% organic fabric, which surpasses the non organic alternative in both quality and versatility, for only a fraction more of the price. I want to see more organic fabric used, not just because of the fantastic environmental improvements, but also because of the increased intrinsic value of the products and garments that are made from solely organic fabric.

Mel Jones

Fashion

07806566115

mel.jones@upsu.net

Organic Manufacture

I have created a collection of 5 garments based around the way architecture has been designed to fit in with its surroundings. It makes use of laser cutting techniques and encompasses chunky wools and jerseys, focussing on the details in finishings.

I have always had a flare for the construction side of fashion, and continuously strive to create pieces finished to a high standard. I set myself a challenge for my final collection, as my designs were more unusual than I would usually produce, but I feel the final outcome speaks volumes about its success. By choosing a theme that incorporated architecture, I was able to produce a collection based on structure; a feature that fits well with my own personality.

I developed new skills and went to new lengths to create this collection, making use of laser cutting and fabrics such as leather to create textures in my garments within the same colour shade. This enabled me to design and produce a collection close to my heart, making sure the details and design features were subtle and understated, yet impeccably executed.

Kerry Ainsworth

Fashion

07855386283

kerry@firenet.ws

Repulsive Beauty

The theme of repulsive beauty is the transforming of the ugly into something beautiful with inspiration deriving from the stark and grotesque still life works of Irving Penn, paying particular attention to squids and pigs skin. In order to gain a broad body of research, all areas of the artists work were delved into such as paintings, fashion photography and his renowned imagery.

The design process then developed into an experimentation of textured wool fabrics, manipulated details, silky volumous drapes, laser cut and etched leatherette and translucent stiffness. The fabrics and details were selected on the basis of their ability to emulate either the ugliness of the pig’s skin or squid, or both. Each garment explores a detail or quality originally explored in the initial research inspired by Penn’s work, as does the colour palette and general mood of the collection.

The skills learnt within this project and degree have given me a strong basis and foundation of the fashion world as well as the practical elements of garment construction that can be taken into any job in the fashion industry. In particular fashion buying or showroom sales are areas I hope to become successful in.

Charlee Buttress

Fashion Design

07817114684

charleebuttress@hotmail.co.uk

Urban Aviation

Using a theme of Urban Aviation I created a collection taking initial inspiration from drainpipe stickers and traditional female aviator wear that would be suitable to be sold in Mango stores. I wanted to combine 2 very different areas to create a youthful, modern feel to a traditional uniform.
4 garments; short playsuit, cropped jacket, long playsuit, shirt dress; all made from 100% silk using vibrant eye-catching colours that depict the colour trends for next summer.