Education: Fashion BA Hons, Edinburgh College of Art (UK)
Specialisms: Fashion/ Womenswear/ Sustainable Fashion Textiles
“This design is titled ‘Through the Lens’, and is an extension of my graduate collection which aims to blend the traditional tactile past and the intangible digital future through modern craftsmanship.”
Inspired by the often discarded photonegative and the private, intimate memories that they contain, Katie looks to her personal photo album collection to inspire this collection. She explores the value we have on physical copies of our memories, as we fear them being lost or forgotten on the internet one day. She is also intrigued by the strange intimacy of owning other people’s sentimental objects. To convey this, she has etched leather using a laser to create delicate photographic images upon the surface.
Her final coat design features a full red semi-aniline cow hide using lasering technique. The statement structured neckline and sleeves are laced with red suede lacing and silver eyelets. Other seams are sewn and topstitched with structural draped sleeves. The centre of the coat also features an exposed chunky, silver zip.
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.
In a bid to support the local leather industry, Kenyan President William Ruto has pledged to ban imported shoes within the next two years.
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The results are in – this year’s International Competition’s Footwear Category Winner is the talented Anna Melegh, with her entry Haute Couture Trash. Anna will be joining the other 3 Category Winners at the live International Final event on November 2,
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