RESPOND FW 24/25 

MONDAY, 18TH MARCH 2024

 

FOR THS COLLECTION I WAS VERY DRAWN TO SEBASTIAO SALGADO’S IMAGES OF THE OIL RIG INFERNO, PROMPTING DEEPER REFLECTION ON THE IMPACT OF HUMAN DECISIONS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS CONTEMPLATION HAS LED ME TO VISUALISE POTENTIAL EVOLUTIONS IN OUR AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO THE NECESSITY OF WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR DUE TO HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS.

 

CONE LIKE SHAPED SILHOUTTES CURVE AROUND THE SHOULDERS AND BODICES ARE A SCULPTURAL REFERENCE TO ANTHONY CARO’S ‘SACKBUT', 2013 SCULPTURE. I FOUND THIS TO BE QUITE A DYNAMIC ALTHOUGH VERY IMMOBILE PIECE. THESE SHAPES ASK FOR A LARGE SURFACE AREA FOR THE WEARER TO INHABIT, WHICH REMINDED ME OF REBECCA HORNS CONCEPT OF ‘SAFE SPACES’ EXPLAINED IN HER PIECE

‘WEISSER KÖRPERFÄCHER, 1972’. THIS CONCEPT SEEMS TO BE A DEEP-DOWN DESIRE FOR ME TO FEEL, AS I KEEP ON REVISITING HER WORK LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

 

IN SOME LOOKS, I INCORPORATED 'M' SHIRTS AS A PERSONAL 

TRIBUTE TO MY BROTHER MAX, SYMBOLISING MY SUPPORT FOR HIS ONGOING BRAIN TUMOUR TREATMENT. THESE SHIRTS WILL BE LAUNCHED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SURGERY, APRIL 28TH 2024, ON OUR ONLINE STORE. ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION IN BERLIN, 

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FOR THE FW23"DISCIPLINES" COLLECTION, I CREATED A 3M X 1M L-SHAPED SOFA USING WOOD SOURCED FROM UP-CYCLED PALLETS FOUND AROUND THE WHITECHAPEL AREA. FOR THIS COLLECTION, I AIMED TO DESIGN A SEAMLESS METAL TABLE WITH METAL RODS ENSURING STABILITY, INSPIRED BY THE SIGNATURE METAL-HEELED BOOT. THE TABLE WAS CRAFTED BY A LOCAL FACTORY IN MY HOMETOWN, SPECIALIZING IN METAL BENDING SINCE 1980, ACCOMMODATING THE REQUEST TO BEND THEM SEAMLESSLY RATHER THAN WELDING THEM.