Portfolio overview: Graduate Diploma CSM '15-16

Draping Lights

This was our first project, and I totally bombed it... Couldn't even make a lineup. But I made some cool studies.

Cutting Project

Being half-Japanese but growing up in Brazil, the kimono had always been an elusive piece to me. And even though I studied in Tokyo for 2 years, it was only in London, many years later, that I bought my first one!

Traditionally worn in a very constricting way and with MANY layers as not to show any skin, in this project I wanted to use similar geometrical pattern pieces to make a more dramatic silhouette.

McQueen project

Theatrical, dark, extreme.

Every adjective used to describe Alexander McQueen's persona and work felt like the polar opposite of how I saw myself, so how could I relate deeply with this project and design a collection where my voice wouldn't get lost in his universe?

My answer was to create a story of the light at the end of tunnel: a drowned world of anthropomorphic goldfish, inspired by Japanese tales and Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

And the results were...

I didn't bomb this one completely, but I didn't do the assignment: this project was all about creating textile samples worthy of McQueen's most extravagant runway shows, and I did a much better job at creating beautiful images than at making exciting textiles.

Think I got a C+, but it's still one of my favourites because of the photos I did with my friend and muse for this project:

Project ME

'What do you surround yourself with? What would the most authentic, unashamedly fabulous version of yourself look like?'

Starting off with a stupid name, Project Me was a chance to stop trying to be Fashion, and mix up my own blend of Kawaii Nonsense x My beloved everyday clothes.
A sense of familiarity was meant to be kept with instantly recognisable pieces, but with proportions, colours and motifs only a cartoon character would wear.

Final Project: Final Fantasy VII