Sara’s project, Ombrage, which took the accessories title, is a unisex collection of leather goods, footwear and jewellery inspired by the primal forces of nature – water, air, earth and fire.
Currently interning at Balmain’s Leather Goods Studio in Paris, Sara studied at the Accademia Costume & Moda in her hometown of Rome. She said: “Over time, I became increasingly aware of my natural inclination for Accessory Design, which led me to fully dedicate myself to creating not only leather goods and footwear but also Jewellery. In everything I do, I favour a hands-on and experimental approach that allows me to establish a direct and perhaps more intimate dialogue with both the project and the materials I work with.”
She said of Ombrage: “Exploring instinct, duality and the shadows within, it draws on material experimentation with wood and leather and a handwoven technique to create raw, ancestral forms. The collection embraces contrast, capturing the tension between light and dark to reflect the journey towards self-awareness.”
Josslyn Shi from California College of Art has been crowned Overall Winner of the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition at a glittering final event held at the U.S. Embassy in London.
Woosung Kim, a South Korean footwear designer based in London, originally planned to study architecture in the UK after high school. However, his life took an unexpected turn during his first year in the country. While undertaking foundation course, he had
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and US leather industry to ‘make a substantial contribution to the sustainability’ of leather worldwide.
The LHCA sets out some of the key figures in its new video short that can be viewed here.
