BORIS BIDJAN SABERI A/W 10-11

Persian-German designer Boris Bidjan Saberi's collection shows the eleven stages of evolution in human sculpture from leather armour to full-length felt coats, encasing the head. Unique mesh of tailoring and form.

RCA GRADUATES 2009

a little selection of work from RCA 2009..

MASON JUNG

MASON JUNG
"My inspiration is based on the antipathy towards formal wear for its fossilised forms and attributes of restricting individuality. The antipathy comes from personal experience of restricted life in school and army in Korea where I was forced to wear uniforms, have same hair style and even same life style. The collection is about questioning the general perception of clothing and showing how to identify individuality from stereotypes. I have made transforming clothes from ordinary forms to liberal forms and created typical looking garments with unusual ways of construction to suggest a diversion of conception."

HEIDI WIKAR

HEIDI WIKAr

"My collection 'Singing Silence' is a quiet statement, about the environmental changes in northern Scandinavian winter, due to global warming. 'Singing Silence' illustrates a metamorphosis, in which the usually snow covered, white frozen landscapes are melting and evaporating. Using down and air as insulation I have created garments suitable for the “new winter”, the design challenge was to craft functional, dynamic clothing that could be easily adjusted and lightweight enough so that the whole collection can be packed into one 20 kg rucksack, however still remain feminine and glamorous. "

RACHAEL BARRETT

RACHAEL BARRETT
"Inspired by the ethereal, haunting imagery found in the photographic work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Deborah Turbeville, the collection explores both the female form and the trapped space between body and dress: transparent silicone rubber forms garments that exaggerate the classic hourglass silhouette, while oversized dresses in chiffon, lace and sheer jersey cloak the body in a diaphanous film. The resulting layers of transparency expose the ‘negative space’ beneath the garments, which normally remains hidden."