I think the climax of a year long project I have been working on deserves a place on kmau. What started out as an idea with a girl in my art class very early on in 2012 has, in the past 12 months, evolved into me and now, a new, very good friend having our own small collection of clothes.
Me and Hannah, founders of 'Trashion' at our stall at our exhibition before the show.
I have always wanted to hold a little fashion show at school, and Hannah happened to share this idea too- we initially wanted to hold a fashion show with a recycled twist, turning 'rubbish' (or trash) into things of beauty. And so came the name 'Trashion'. Very cheeesy I admit, but this show was to be put on for school kids, something we had to bear in mind all the way through this process. After a chat with our head teacher, we decided Trashion would fit in nicely with our annual prom fayre, where fifth year's have the opportunity to buy dresses and all that jazz for their prom, and it emerged that we would be taking on the HUMONGOUS and TERRIFYING task of designing and hand making a line of prom dresses.
My sci- fi mood boards and some of my designs in a page of our design portfolio.
Although we were making completely wearable dresses now, not out of 'trash', we kept with the name Trashion, sticking to our roots. At any point if there was a more eco friendly or recycled alternative, we went with that alternative.
Seeing four completed dresses being walked down the 'runway', I am now so proud to say that I co founded this project. Me and Hannah, the other co founder, each made our own dress, and others who we invited to join the project made a fab job of the other two dresses. By doing something like this, you will get pricks taking the mickey and probably a few pin pricks when sewing, but the amount I have learnt from this is unreal. I have learnt design skills, how to use a sewing machine (a strange article I previously had no experience with EVER), the art of compromising, dying material, putting on a fashion show and I had fun too. A damn lot of hard work but worth it. I had a great night and here are some photos from the Trashion Committee's part in the Prom Fayre.
Some photos of my galactic inspired, tinker bell style dress. My design included a leather one shoulder strip to sass my dress up a bit, but working to such a tight deadline there was no time to get this finished. The galactic print I also soo badly wanted, had to in the end be dyed by hand instead of digitally printed on, so there is still a spacey effect, but not as obvious as I would have ideally wanted. My model is May, the sweetest sixth former and model anyone could ever ask for. She did brilliantly.
I am fed up of seeing all of the same style prom dresses, and wanted something fun that someone a little quirky could wear for prom. Being 16 you shouldn't take things too seriously, and I wanted my dress to reflect this.
Things that annoyed me were not having any input into how hair or makeup would look, and how we were forced into having our models wearing heels. I wanted May in trainers. We also wanted the models walking to the BRILLIANT track that is Zomboy Featuring Belle Humble- City 2 City but had to settle the Charli XCX's Valentine. I am a tad controlling.
Me (looking awful) and May backstage.
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