Naomi Barber- Rodgers, 23. Nottingham Trent, fashion knitwear
Design background:
I studied fashion design on my art foundation level, and then went onto university and did two years and completed a year in the industry as a junior designer/ assistant at Alexon international where I designed garments and saw the whole design process from sketch to them [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 24, 2009
Sarah Burton
Sarah Burton, 22. Manchester School of Art
Design Background:
Nominated for the River Island Gold Award and won the Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Award at GFW 2009.
What was the concept behind your collection?
I really wanted my clothes to take on characteristics that are not usually typical of knitwear, with particular emphasis on the movement and fit of [...]
June 23, 2009
Catherine Angus
Catherine Angus, 21 De Montfort University
Your Design Background:
I have done work placements with French Connection and Nicole Farhi in the pattern cutting rooms and am about to start a 3 month placement with Ossie Clark.
What was the concept behind your collection?
The concept behind my collection was that the clothes not only look good but feel [...]
June 22, 2009
Luke Brooks
Luke Brooks 22, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Your Design Background:
Last year I spent several months on placement at Adam Jones in Paris, which was dreamy, like an afternoon special.
What was the concept behind your collection?
I don’t want to spiel my guts too much through this medium about that which led to the collection, [...]
June 20, 2009
Lindsay Marsh
Lindsay Marsh, 22. Northumbria University
Your design background:
My second/third year at university included a year working in the industry, I worked for a swatch studio called Knit-1 in Brighton and then went on to work for a knitwear/womenswear design label called Rubecksen Yamanaka which has recently changed name to Cabinet. My placement year was the most [...]
