Jasmin Ramirez

I have had the honor of photographing Grays School of Art; Fashion Show this weekend and would like to share some of the collections with you. This is the work of Jasmin Ramirez whose collection features clever sculptural fabric manipulation. It is an elegant wearable collection in blocks of grey balanced with colour.

"My collection is inspired by architecture’s interior and exterior designs with the influence of Japanese clothing, kimonos. I designed the sculptural shapes of my garments like a shape of a modern curving architecture or domes, and used pleating and gathering details to represent the modern interior designs. I designed these pieces with the practicality of kimono’s in mind, as well as the aspect of flattering and fitting the body, using strings and ties to fit the body perfectly." Jasmin Ramirez

Katie Langridge

"Child beauty pageants have always been a major means for debate. My project explores how children are subjected to such unrealistic beauty standards at young ages and how it could affect their perceptions of perfect. From thinking bad of themselves to reaching for the makeup bag at such a young age, does the beauty of children really need to be discussed to a point that children are conscious of their appearance more so than living as a child having fun?For my final line up I took perceptions of what people deem as imperfect and make them into a something that people would see as beautiful." Katie Langridge

Katie Langridge is just graduating from Birmingham University in Fashion textiles and styling.

Jade Shields

Chiffon, netting and men do not usually mix, these fabrics being the domain of grandmothers curtains and bridal veils. In Jade Shields' MA collection 'The New Romanticist', Jade juxtaposes these slight fabrics with wool suiting challenging masculinity and fabric use.

"This collection explores what it means to be masculine, the breadwinner, the manager of an office, the protector. Since masculinity is held up as a signal of the ‘norm’ in western culture, any deviation from conventional male attire is viewed with great unease. Exaggeration within the dress of those men who wish to step outside this somewhat rigid definition has a long history, and exaggeration itself need only be slight to provoke moral anxiety.

Inspired by the movement of 18th century Romanticism, ‘The New Romanticist’ asks what it means to be masculine by challenging and breaking down the preconceptions of masculinity and patriarchy, experimenting with conventional male and female fabrics and detaching them from the main body of garments." Jade Shields 

Jessica Guzman

Jessica Guzman is a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney, specialising in Womenswear/ textiles, knit and print. In this collection she has used prints of classical paintings in her collection 'Moral Panic about class tensions using the theme of status change and fashion as a tool empowerment for manipulating social status'. 

Andy Warhol

Buttons, ice creams and watermelons, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) pulled inspiration from the daily joys of life and this is what makes his textile design sing. You can see many of his designs on display as part of the artists textiles exhibition, currently on display at New Lanark.

Saul Steinberg III

The Wedding,  by Saul Steinberg, 1950. Silk textile for Patterson Fabrics, is again part of the Artists Textiles exhibition at New Lanark.

Saul Steinberg II

'Paddington Station' by Saul Steinberg for Regulated Cottons INC. 1952. Roller printer cotton fashion textile. A symphony of line like a spider's web showing the structure of the overall roof of the station. Exhibited at the New Lanark Visitor Center, in an Exhibition of Artists Textiles Picasso to Warhol.

Below, not included in the exhibition is 'Trains', 1949. Screen print on paper for Piazza Prints.