ECA Fashion Show 2014: Emma Lawrie

Emma Lawrie's graduate collection concentrated on knitwear, this is contrasted with her use of sheer fabric and interesting embellishment of silhouette figures, like tiny shadow puppets dancing on the translucent areas of her designs.

ECA Fashion Show 2014: The Dutchess of Malfi

Third year performance costume students were asked to design a costume in a limited palette of black and white for the character the Dutchess of Malfi. Each student had to represent a different era between 1570- 1950. Students involved were; Georgia Allan, Emily Bates, Julia Black, Molly MacDonell Finlayson, Amelie Fuerst, Izzy Gibbs, Tilly Jones, Laura Mills-Whittaker, Holly Prescott, Jenni Thomson, Eleanor Van Riel, Imogen Woolley. The image above is of Holly Prescott's costume.

ECA Fashion Show: Louise Bell

Louise Bell's graduate collection for ECA featured a hot palette of pinks, oranges and reds scattered throughout the outfits with layering.

ECA Fashion Show: Briony Campbell-Ross

Modern history; Briony Campbell-Ross's collection at the ECA fashion show had elements that made it resemble historical costume, for example the use of gold and brocade. However the emphasis was modern, with it's translucent layering and cutting making the focus the chest area.

ECA Fashion Show: Kirsty Frew

 

Kirsty Frew's collection from The ECA Graduate Fashion Show had sea anemone like structures and reminded me of coral beds at night with its wonderful intricate and delicate use of fabrics and adornment.

ECA Fashion Show: Identity is Outmoded

" We are deconstructing identity and challenging preconceived notions of gender, beauty and race. our collection is a criticism of designers who conform to one ideal and who don't recognise individuality.the final designs express our individual explorations into aspects of identity and diversity.'
This collection was designed by Alice Firman, Auguste Greiciute, Holly Lord, Lyndsay Welch, Alex Irons-Young and was displayed as part of the ECA fashion show 2014.
I liked the bold colours and geometry as well as the interplay of different fabrics and the use of pleats in this collection. It reminded me of the work of Russian designer Lyubov Popova and Varvara Stepanova.

ECA Fashion Show: 3rd Year Costume for Dance

This is my first post in a series about ECA fashion show, which I attended last night.The third year students have been working on costumes for dance, inspired by Louise Bourgeois and in particular an exhibition of her work at the Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
The costume students collaborated with Dance students for Edinburgh College and devised performance pieces. The costumes pictured are by Holly Prescott and Jenni Thomson.
It was great to see the wonderful costumes that had been designed come to life with such creative expression a wonderful example of how collaboration between different areas of study can be really enhancing to a project.