Cover stitch industrial

Buttonholes in progress..

Interview in Nylon Japan
Shot and interviewed by Naomi Wong & Kaho Fukuda

Interview in Nylon Japan
Shot and interviewed by Naomi Wong & Kaho Fukuda

Shot for Sixteen Magazine
Fashion: Isabella Smith
Photographer: Marcus Schaefer
Stylist: Harry Lambert

Credits:
Fashion: Isabella Smith
Photographer: David Reiss
Stylist: Carlos Mangubat
Make Up: Barrie Griffith
Hair: Davide Barbieri @ Caren
Casting: Dean Goodman
Model: Martina @ Next
Stylist Assistants: Jessica Harris, Grace Thompson

Final fabrics samples all hand-printed by me, sublimation printed satin with foil-printed duochrome jacquard

Countermovement look shot in Vogue

Model @meerle.haket at @premiermodels
Casting by @Peterzaar
Styling by @Carlosmangubat
Beauty by @adamdecruz at @onerepresents using @officialbyredo
Hair by @bjornkrischker at @thewallgroup using @oribe
Retouching by @houfstudio
Stylist Assistant by @graceth
Special thanks to @sam_mcelwee @ineszele @graceth and the @voguephilippines team: @_beavaldes_ @jacs_do_it @joyce.orena, @jannpascua @anzhizon

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot- shot by Eugene Angelo

Cobalt campaign shot for the Flashes of Reflection collection

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Gradient printed nylon evening gloves with motocross details

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!
Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

An unreal opportunity to have my garments in Fortnite- going from creating each piece, to watching them get scanned in, to seeing them within a video game universe is unbelievable!!

Created with the Fashion Innovation Agency, particularly Costas Kazantzis and Imogen Fox, alongside Luca Asta and Yao Yao

Absorbing new tones

Process of creating the Vault Corset, a corset made of two interconnecting arching layers, from glossy burgundy nylon

Process of creating the Vault Corset, a corset made of two interconnecting arching layers, from glossy burgundy nylon

The Liquid Nylon Suit- the first look from the collection with nylon motocross-inspired quilting lines and chrome briefcase clasps.

Shot for High Snobiety X Reference Point's collaborative newspaper, 'Not In London' by Daniel Adhami

Details from my upcoming RTW collection

The Liquid Nylon Suit- the first look from the collection with nylon motocross-inspired quilting lines and chrome briefcase clasps.

Shot for High Snobiety X Reference Point's collaborative newspaper, 'Not In London' by Daniel Adhami

Colour board across liminal environments, light drenches and colour hazes

Airbrush shadows of 3D printed icons

Airbrush shadows of 3D printed icons

The Liquid Nylon Suit- the first look from the collection with nylon motocross-inspired quilting lines and chrome briefcase clasps.

Shot for High Snobiety X Reference Point's collaborative newspaper, 'Not In London' by Daniel Adhami

Daragh wearing the emerald enamelled draped corset in the Flashes of Reflection collection lookbook shoot

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Backstage at the Flashes of Reflection show- Milla waiting in the wings

Digital invitation to the Flashes of Reflection show at 180 Strand's Reference Point

Images shot and edited by Tigris

Preview invitation images for the Flashes of Reflection show

Shot by Tigris Li

Test print onto scrap metal for the Flashes of Reflection collection

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot saturated in gold and orange light, framing the Oblique metal corset

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Process of draping a corset pattern, applying calico to the mannequin and pinning seam placement before creating a pattern

Process of making the metallic emerald draped corset, applying chrome before a layer of translucent green

Backstage at the Flashes of Reflection show- adjusting Assan's look

Flashes of Reflection lookbook shoot- a draped enamelled corset in metallic blue with a quilted nylon skirt and tailored stole

Shot by Eugene Angelo

'Blink' print from the Flashes of Reflection collection, later printed on nylon taffeta and quilted

Stills from the Fragments of Reflection show- an immersive catwalk where guests were invited to take part in a live life drawing session- becoming part of a live installation and chain of creation

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot using colour and fragments of light to ricochet off metal

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Metal soldered in partnership with Tigris

A print from the Fragments of Reflection collection, taking images of shattered crystals and saturating them with inky blue tones

Flashes of Reflection lookbook shoot- a tailored jacket topped with a metal harness

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Metal soldered in partnership with Tigris
Metal soldered in partnership with Tigris

Flashes of Reflection lookbook shoot- the Oblique metal corset layered with a hooded harness, motocross evening gloves and mesh skirt

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Metal soldered in partnership with Tigris

Sheet metal waiting to be cut out for the Flashes of Reflection collection, and formed into the Oblique metal corset

Stills from the Fragments of Reflection show- an immersive catwalk where guests were invited to take part in a live life drawing session- becoming part of a live installation and chain of creation

Flashes of Reflection lookbook shoot- a metal hip corset layered with a hooded mini dress and mesh draped gloves

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Metal soldered in partnership with Tigris

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot saturated in arsenic green and fragments of light

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Channels on channels of boning for an enamelled corset

Flashes of Reflection lookbook shoot- a tailored jacket topped with a metal harness

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Metal soldered in partnership with Tigris

Audience images from the Fragments of Reflection show- an immersive catwalk where guests were invited to take part in a live life drawing session- becoming part of a live installation and chain of creation

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot using colour and fragments of light to ricochet off metal

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Images drenched in colour

Inside one of the metal corsets for the Fragments of Reflection collection, put together piece by piece

Soldered in partnership with Tigris

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot saturated in arsenic green and fragments of light

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Backstage at the Flashes of Reflection show- adding the final touches to Yiling's look

Enamelled draped corset with metallic blue finish- juxtaposing angularity and fluidity

Flashes of Reflection campaign shoot using colour and fragments of light to ricochet off metal

Shot by Eugene Angelo

Dream of Transformation metal corset fresh from the auto body shop with its coat of ombre midnight blue

Choosing colours via car paint swatches

Looks 1/2 in partnership for the 'Dream of Transformation' shoot- shot through a crystal to create a haze of distortion

Look 4 from the 'Dream of Transformation' shoot- shot through a crystal to create a haze of distortion

Structural experimentations using glossy metallic nylon and hidden wire to create shape

Shattered resin and crystal earrings- made using reclaimed chandelier crystals

Resin-encased textile sample- the resin is shaped like distorted metal through a silicon mould- emulating the idea of crushed/embodied materials

Corset toiles for the 'Dream of Transformation collection'- experimenting with the idea of asymmetry and acute angles within structured silhouettes

Once the epicentre of 1920’s hedonism, the hotel provencal in the south of france now stands abandoned, an echoing empty shell. It was this image of the veneer of glamour being stripped back and its beauty ripped bare that made me want to explore the distortion of glamour and question how relevant it is today.

This collection forms a dialogue between our garments and ourselves, how they act both as a ‘projection of the self’ and a ‘protective shell’. Influenced by the images of cecil beaton’s glittering portraits of the bright young things in the 1920s, i merged these with those of john chamberlain’s gleaming metal sculptures made from used car parts to contrast traditional shine surfaces such as silks and satins with more industrial gleaming surfaces. This helped me create the idea of a garment or person being encased, almost as if they had merged with the glistening cellophane background of a photograph, forming a tension between hard and shell-like surfaces.

This inspired me to work with metal, seeking to echo the forms of rich folds of fabric and explore how it relates to the body whilst taking the car as an iconic symbol of glamour and warping it. I combined this with glittering broken resin to create the illusion of figures emerging from a twisting metal shell, as in jg ballard’s ‘crash’, where he describes one of the protagonists as ‘sat in the damaged car like a deity occupying a shrine…reborn within the breaking contours of her crushed sports car’.