News
Susie Lau has been writing about me in the Metro.
.........The gigantic knit and silk leggings by Bristol's Lois Porte created amazing shapes.......
I have just been featured on the KNITkicks blog for me current collection as part of Graduate Fashion Week.
Graduate Previews
Apologies for the day late post, I had a delightful night drinking wine and then a dreadful day paying for it (seriously being hung over on a train journey is not fun).
This week from JUNE 7-10 2009 will be Graduate Fashion week. I highly recommend going, even if its just to the exhibition. There is such a great atmosphere, so much creativity to see and people to meet. It's a must see for anyone who wants to get into fashion. Here is a little preview of some up coming knitters that I have found from various places.
This is Susie Lau a.k.a Style Bubble in Lois Porte, UWE Bristol. As seen in the London Metro photographed by Philip Waterman. I have a feeling Lois Porte is going to be a name to watch out for, she is also featured in the graduate fashion week preview on Dazed Digital.
This past week I have featured in stylebubble.co.uk
Lois Porte (University of the West of England, Bristol) - This inched its way into the ensemble of the day. I had so much fun flinging this gigantic knit around the place to make it move. It made zero sense when it was on the hanger but once on, the volume of it seemed to have a life of its own. The matching silk printed leggings were a treat too...
I have also been in Dazed and Confused, in the Graduate Fashion Week preview.
Graduate Fashion Week is upon us again with over 50 universities exhibiting or putting on a show that will be open to the public from June 7 to 11. For the 5th consecutive year, River Island will be sponsoring the event and lending support to the students in the form of internships as well as educating students about careers in fashion after they leave the uni cocoon. The Gala show will be the key moment when River Islands presents its Gold Awards of £20,000 to one lucky graduate. Last year's winner Jessica Au impressed us with her floral menswear suiting and is currently biding her time before launching her own label.
We take a look at six students and their work before it all kicks off...
Lois Porte (UWE Bristol)
"This collection uses the varied colours and textures of moths as visual inspiration, I find these are especially appropriate for my knitwear textures. I have developed my principle structural ideas from a combination of shapes from the wings and abdomen of the moths.
I have explored the many different textures achievable by using different gauges of knitted fabrics. I decided to use a large colour palette as I wanted to focus on varied patterns and clashing colours to add vibrancy and a strong visual identity to my collection."