15Jun2010

Winchester School of Art, Fashion & Knitwear BA (Hons)
Fashion Design

Samantha Bushell, Winchester School of Art

The Truman Brewery was the setting for a combined show from the Fashion BA (Hons) and Knitwear BA (Hons) from the Winchester School of Art. Designer Peter Jenson presented two graduate awards at the event, the Fashion Textiles award which went to Samantha Bushell for her Body Dynamics knitwear collection and the Fashion Innovation award won by Hanyuan Guo for his collection Art in Darkness.

Samantha Bushell’s knitwear collection took references from 80s Bodymap mixed with a Japanese aesthetic for innovative shaping and back detailing through gathered panels. Primary red and yellow are used with classic black and white.

Hanyuan Guo, Winchester School of Art

Hanyuan Guo’s Art of Darkness collection is an all-black collection that focuses on asymmetric panels, draping mixed with tailoring and a blend of textures, including leather.

Camille Harris, Winchester School of Art

Camille Harris’s Forgotten Heritage mixed patchwork suede and rope and fringe trims with faded flag-like geometric prints.

Dawlah Alshefi, Winchester School of Art

Dawlah Alsheri’s A Whole New World took on brightly-coloured draped jerseys for long silhouettes with an eastern edge, with heavy silver jewellery, necklaces, belts and bangles

Gemma Landing’s Outgrown Memories came in soft romantic colours of faded apricot, lilac and neutrals, for a gentle collection that took haberdashery ruffles and pleats and subverted them in new proportions, looking at historic detailing of curtain ruching, pintucked blouses and apron fronts.

Sabina Kaethner-Lewitanski, Winchester School of Art

Sabrina Kaethner-Lewitanski’s menswear collection Rude Boys in Skirts had a Tyrol meets workwear look for shrunken waistcoats, skirts with braces and quilted coats using a mix of leather with traditional tailoring fabrics.

Lisa Jordan, Winchester School of Art

Lisa Jordan’s Mongolian Journey took womenwear into modern ethnic nomad territory, with oversize capes and riding accessories in rich natural tones of russet orange and beetroot.

The Fashion and Knitwear courses also showed at Graduate Fashion Week and the Textile gradautes will be on show at New Designers next month.

Image Credit: Photography by Douglas Irvine