I WANT TO BRING MORE COLOUR TO THE WORLD OF FASHION DESIGN  I BELIEVE IT CAN BE A VERY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND A LITTLE BIT OF FUN AND HUMOUR COULD HELP THE INDUSTRY COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO EARTH. FASHION AND DRESSING OURSELVES IS SO PERSONAL AND MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE DESIGNS THAT PROVOKE DESIRE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE CLOTHES.

 

MY MAIN INSPIRATION TENDS TO COME FROM COMPLEX AND INTRICATE DESIGNS AND PATTERNS, I’M DRIVEN BY DETAIL AND COLOUR AND FIND SURFACE EMBELLISHMENT IS MY FAVOURITE TECHNIQUE TO APPLY TO FASHION GARMENTS.

 

I WAS 16 IN COLLEGE WHEN I DISCOVERED MY FAVOURITE AND MOST INSPIRATIONAL DESIGNER. MANISH ARORA, I FIND HIS WORK TO BE JAW DROPPINGLY BEAUTIFUL WITH HIS BOLD COLOUR AND HEAVY INTRICATE EMBELLISHMENTS. I FIND HIS CLOTHES IRRESISTABLE AND I WOULD LIKE MY DESIGN TO HAVE THE SAME IMPACT ON OTHERS ONE DAY.

 

WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING, I LIKE TO BE VERY OPEN AND ADVENTUROUS, I WOULD SAY MY ONLY RESISTANCE WOULD BE USING ANIMAL SKINS AND FUR, AS A VEGETARIAN I FIND THIS CONFLICTS WITH MY PERSONAL ETHICS, HOWEVER, SINCE BEGINNING MY MA COURSE IT HAS ALSO ENCOURAGED ME T0 BE A LOT MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO DESIGN SUSTAINABLY.