“ARK AT ‘ER!”

I am a womenswear designer from the West Midlands and have internship experience at both Charles Jeffrey Loverboy and Erdem Moralıoğlu, as well working as a styling assistant on shoot with Tim Walker. My collection “ARK AT ‘ER!” (meaning ‘look at her’ in local dialect) is a playful exploration of the conflicting representations of ‘masculinity’ within society. This is reflected in the collection through experimental proportion and silhouette, subverted by the fact that I am designing women’s wear. My project will also consider the current social climate, particularly the idea of ‘working from home’ which involves exploring the juxtaposition between working formality and casual comforts of the home, taking reference from the print, texture and colours depicted in Richard Billingham’s photo series ‘Ray’s a Laugh’, but also in my own family homes.