FEATURE // FASHION DESIGNER AND STYLIST - MARIA SOROMENHO

FEATURE // FASHION DESIGNER AND STYLIST - MARIA SOROMENHO

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Our feature today is Fashion Designer and Stylist Maria Soromenho who is based in London, UK.  Her studies include Design at IADE, Creative University in Lisbon, Stage Design at École Supérieures d'Arts Appliqués Duperré in Paris and Womenswear at London College of Fashion in London.  Her experiences include internships with Peter Pilotto and Julia Pines Studio for Knitwear in London and as Styling Assistant to Alicia Keys and Peaches to name a few.

Images below are from her first capsule collection presented in her lookbook and also from a small fashion show, RAW - Natural Born Artists.  She is currently working on her second collection which she is launching in January and working on a project for London Fashion Week, collaborating with artist and art dealers.  

The focus on her brand as Maria Soromenho speaks it:

A clothing brand that is music and art conscious.  Has the aim to collaborate with artists specially musicians.  Each piece is different and unique.  An experiment of materials and different textures.  Experimental yet wearable.  Each piece has a story, a song and a name. Fashion to communicate, give identity and to turn a lifestyle into a look that can be translated in clothes.  An aim to shape a generation and dress the agitators.  Not just about the clothes alone but how people dress them.

If you would like to contact Maria to learn more about her collection or for a collaboration, you can do so here. 

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TRENDS // FEATURE - S/S 2015 MEGATRENDS BY GREG TACKETT

TRENDS // FEATURE - S/S 2015 MEGATRENDS BY GREG TACKETT

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Greg Tackett is an M.F.A candidate in the Luxury and Fashion Management program at the Savannah College of Art and Design.  His main focus is luxury brand management and marketing.  His Spring/Summer 2015 Megatrends project focuses on key future trends. The key trends in his report are Intergalactic Prosperity, Natural Liberation and Technological Urbanization.  Below is a preview of his report, Intergalactic Prosperity.  To read the full report and to view his portfolio, go here.

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TRENDS // FEATURE . MARTIJN VAN STRIEN - RECESSION FASHION . 2015

TRENDS // FEATURE . MARTIJN VAN STRIEN - RECESSION FASHION . 2015

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Meet Martijn Van Strien who is based in the Netherlands, developed a keen interest while at the Design Academy in Eindhoven creating and developing textile for the fashion industry.  He also has a passion for identifying trends and forecasting the direction for future concepts and products then translating concepts into materials or garments. Visit his site to learn more about him and his work, martijnvanstrien.com.

Martijn's trends for 2015, Recession Fashion is a concept on Russia's influence on world fashion.  With his permission, below are a few pages of his report.  You can view the entire report on his site.

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DESIGNER FEATURE - LILY ATTWOOD

DESIGNER FEATURE - LILY ATTWOOD

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Lily Attwood studied at Central Saint Martins and is incredibly talented. She has interned for some pretty incredible design studios, Proenza Schouler, John Galliano, Richard James Savile Row and Louise Gray to name a few.  When we received Lily's portfolio, we were thrilled to feature her.  She has quite an amazing collection in her portfolio where she shows her inspirational mood boards, print designs and the finished product.  Below are a few of her images, and she has many more that it was so difficult to choose.  Read her story below as she shares her journey to design which all started by being surrounded by inspirational parents and friends.  

I grew up in Brighton with a mother who worked in fashion and a father in design. Visiting my mum at work first started my interest in fashion, going into the studio, looking at the vintage pieces used for inspiration and being given all of the samples that turned out to be too small even for the japanese market! My dad had to travel a lot for work so we spent a few years living in Saudi Arabia and America. This exposure to different cultures really shaped my eclectic taste and my own desire to travel. Growing up in Brighton was a very creative environment and my family and their friends were always very involved in the art festival. Soon I began to sell my drawings and photographs there too. Looking back at early art projects, they always had a textile like quality to them but it took me while to realise that I was going to pursue that path. Gaining a place to study at Central Saint Martins had always been my dream so I couldn't believe it when it actually happened. As well as having the most incredible, dedicated tutors, I learnt so much from my peers and made friends for life. My placement year before graduation was the most enriching and enjoyable time in my life. After spending some time on Savile Row completing a project for Swarovski I flew out to New York to work for a Menswear Designer. I then spent three months in Paris doing print design before going back to New York to work for my favourite brand Proenza Schouler. It was an amazing company to work for with an incredible team and beautiful design studio. Now I've finished my collection I'm really enjoying the opportunity to complete some self initiated projects but after August I'll be seeking a full time design role in London, Paris, Milan or New York.

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DESIGNER FEATURE - AMANDA HARRISSON

DESIGNER FEATURE - AMANDA HARRISSON

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An impressive new talent, Amanda Harrisson has been shortlisted for the VOGUE Talents competition. She needs your votes to secure her place in the finals and hopefully go on to win. To vote for Amanda please go to http://www.muuse.com/#!vogue2013/483-amanda-harrisson . 

Amanda Harrisson Central Saint Martins recent fashion print graduate has a unique talent for incorporating illustration into fashion. Her stunning final collection of hand drawn black and white portraits which took over a staggering 300 hours to draw of contemporary icons. Amanda told us she "wanted to create a fully hand drawn collection, and my inspiration came from looking at Renaissance paintings and religious iconography of Northern European art. I was interested in the portrayal of cultural icons throughout art history" she went on to say "I decided to create a collection using my own contemporary fashion icons" and we think you'll agree she certainly has achieved this. Integrated textured prints, laser cut lace and jewels with Swarovski-sponsored crystals engineered within the print to create an illusionary effect. Challenging use of fabrics normally found in luxury jets and the backdrop on film-sets means her part-time Chemistry Degree via the Open University as well as her full time degree at Central Saint Martins has certainly paid off. Amanda wanted her final collection to acknowledge her love of nanotechnology within the collection and to use the basic concept of reshaping fabrics, manipulating fabrics and understanding the synthetic composure of fabric. Taking a smart fabric concept of adapting and changing this was utilised incorporating shimmering fabric which projected an electrotextile visual  without the weaving of computer components into the fabric.

British born Amanda Harrisson, 23 has racked up an impressive nine internships whilst studying Fashion Print during her studies at the prestigious Central Saint Martins. Internships include Balmain, Viktor & Rolf, John Galliano, Mary Katrantzou, Gareth Pugh, Alexander McQueen, Bruce Oldfield, Zandra Rhodes and Liberty of London. Amanda also successfully won Liberty of London Award and this resulted in her fabric print created for Liberty; this fabric was sold out within days and is still currently sold out online. 

Even before graduation, Amanda appeared in Vogue Italia and she has received offers from all over the world for commissions, requests to exhibit her final collection, requests to stock her final collection. Editorials are already booked into her diary and requests keep coming in. Amanda said, "the response to my collection from not only the fashion world but the art world, has been overwhelming." Amanda's determination, hard work and driven attitude has definitely paid off and she most certainly has a bright future ahead of her.

If you would like to take a further look at the collection, then go to www.amandaharrisson.com or follow Amanda @amandaharrisson.

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