PERCEPTION IS REALITY IS A WOMENSWEAR A/W25 COLLECTION BASED ON HOW INDIVIDUALS PERCEIVE REALITY, AND HOW ILLUSIONS, DISTORTIONS, AND TWISTING OF SUCH REALITY DEPEND ON PERSONAL VIEWPOINT.
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM PICASSO, DALI, AND FORCED PERSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, RESEARCH INTO THE SELF-IMAGE, AND DISTORTIONS OF THE SELF WERE FUNDAMENTAL TO INVESTIGATIVE DEVELOPMENT.
EXPLORING PERSONAL PORTRAITURE FROM EACH ANGLE AND GENERATING VARIOUS DISTORTED, MANIPULATED SELF-IMAGERY WAS CRUCIAL TO SHAPE DEVELOPMENT.
STANDWORK, DRAPERY, AND INVESTIGATIVE PATTERN CUTTING WERE THE MAIN DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES USED TO CREATE THIS COLLECTION USING WOOL SUITING, SILK, AND STRIPE ORGANZA.
THE DIRECTIONAL STRIPED FABRIC WAS MANIPULATED INTO A FLUID, SWIRLING DRAPE EMBODIES THE CONCEPT OF A TWISTED REALITY.
THE MONOTONE COLOUR PALETTE FOR THIS COLLECTION IS DERIVED FROM INITIAL RESEARCH IMAGERY WITH AN INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRIC BLUE.