2019 UWE Bristol Fashion Textiles Yearbook

Dress and adornment are a universal feature of human behaviour, and as such offer infinite scope for exploration, interpretation and understanding.

Fashion Textiles at UWE celebrates this breadth and gives students the opportunity to explore all areas of the Fashion Textile Industries, from the design and production of Textiles – through to the design and manufacture of garments and other fashion related product

Students on the programme develop work for 3 creative platforms – Fashion Design, Textile Design and Fashion Textile Futures. Outcomes for the Futures platform can be more speculative in their nature and are often less conventional in their form.

What you see on a catwalk is essentially only the Spectacle, the Show piece, the Grand Finale as it were, what lies behind the student’s final collections is even more exciting. This book contains examples of all our 2019 Graduates work. It evidences the depth and breadth of their thinking and starts to articulate the creative and technical narratives behind each collection.

Students develop their Design work through extensive processes of critical research, analysis, draughtsmanship, the application of CAD skills and a translation of ideas from 2D – 3D - which is an engineering of sorts. They have developed critical and creative narratives and used silhouette, proportion and detailing to explore them.

In addition, the work here evidences each Graduates ability to have ideas, to be creative, to take risks, solve problems, source material, to manage a project, be resourceful, to be inventive and above all to be part of a creative team.

Fashion is far more than just clothes.

UWE Fashion Textiles is a member of the British Fashion Council Colleges Council, and is 1 of only 11 UK Fashion courses to be professionally accredited by Screenskills, formerly Creative Skillset.

100% Silk yarn

100% Silk yarn

Stoll Dubied 10 Gauge

Stoll Dubied 10 Gauge

Shaped ribs with lycra

Shaped ribs with lycra

ZERO WASTE DESIGN ZERO WASTE DESIGN

Zero-waste Trench Coat with adjustable arm straps, thick ‘obi’ belt, pointed mandarin collar and welt pockets in black brushed cotton.

pure form

We find purity, and relief in the forms found in nature. Nature feels like sal- vation, we can shut off from the eternal chatter of the world around us. Disconnect feels modern, as inspiration from nature shirks its eco hip- py feel, and transcends into the scifi of the possibilities and potentialities of plants. We are beginning to recognise that our human inventions are unparalleled by similar natural formations, the sky scraper immeasurably smaller than the Earths greatest mountains. We no longer feel overwhelm- ingly insignificant, but instead stand humbled by the majesty that we hap- pened to be here now. We are fascinated with, and in awe of where we call home and are inspired to have a positive impact upon the blink of an eye that we are here for.

Imperfection, unpredictability, and well

qualities become intrinsic to the value of things. Age becomes an indicator of everlastingness, of repair, of possibility. A hand me down jumper from a grandmother is a treasure.

Inconsistency and signs of the hand made, or earth direven are inspirational, as low impactful, thoughtful design is our priority. This affects weaves and knits, slubby yarns offer a non homogenous, hand made feel.

worn

As the industry seeks greater trans- parancy in respect to its supply chains, it calls into question what we define as transparant. Rad- ical honesty, with oursleves and with others, the baring of our Whereimperfections. does the light get in? We reflect upon ideas of trans- parancy, and value in materiality that reflects this is found.

Transparacny

Natural Realism

Painterly strokes

Floral prints become suggestive of nature