2019 Fashion Futures Joint Winner “It means a lot to have got to the fashion show, because since secondary school wasn’t really for me – now I’ve finally found something
Award for Commercial Awareness “FAD taught me a lot – things I didn’t know like sewing on an industrial machine, how to draw a pattern. I learnt to be more
So I’m doing a jumpsuit and basically I’ll be growing plants from the pockets of it. It’s all a bit messy, kind of Alice In Wonderland style, crazy, so we’ve
“I think the most challenging issue that young Londoners like me are facing is that our voices aren’t being heard enough on the climate and the ecological crisis that we’re
“My project is about this term called the ‘anthropacy’ which is the Earth’s era that man has influenced. So my work is based on a lot of this artist Mark
“My inspiration for my project literally came from a coffee pot that I saw after our trip to the V&A. And it’s inspired me to look at aspects of nature
“I created different textures with different fabrics – some of the techniques that I explored were shibori, smocking, gathering and pin-tucks. After developing a design I then focused on colour
Fashion Futures 2019 Joint Winner “FAD has helped so much with exploring my creativity and learning more about the technical side of fashion design. The support is amazing, I feel
Award for Technical Excellence “I was looking at the interconnectedness between Humans and Nature, physically, looking at roots within trees and our veins. FAD has definitely given me confidence in
“Ideas for my project stem a lot from workwear and practical-wear. I’ve been soaking up a lot and learned so much from doing FAD – I feel really supported by