I remember walking around the Central Saint Martin's Graduate Collection a few years ago when my dream was to attend CSM and later become a famous fashion designer [the latter dream has melted away somewhat since then but the first became true as I was accepted the next year for a foundation course there] I remember one student in particular, not by name but for her naked body print catsuit. I still have her business card [with the same print on] that I picked up on my visit, now stowed away in my "box of things I keep and can't/won't throw away", a memory box if you will.
This is the work of Olivia Rubin, who's work I reacquainted with after finding her signature brick prints featuring heavily in the AW09 collection. See
here.
Another student exhibiting in the room this year was Christopher Kane. I can't recall CK's stand so much, though I do remember vividly his page in the catalog, he had a picture of his "Vogue" necklace. [I searched through most of my back issues of vogues from the era in search of an image I recall of him wearing it, unfortunately with no joy. I did however find an article in the December 06 issue where it describes the necklace accompanied with a photograph by David Baily- you can see it vaguely through the gap in his denim Jacket]
detail from photo by David Baily for Vogue, Dec 06
Tincarabell and her good friend Sarah Knits have been busy setting up their debut accessories company Poodove [more info to to come, watch this space...]. And so has been busying away at the sewing machine, cutting up vintage shirts and skirts to create pieces for their collection. Denim, being one of the original working uniform inspired today's look......
