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- Kate Ruane
Kate
Ruane
Par-Amnesia
For my Graduate Collection, my aim was to create a S/S 21/22 womenswear collection. My inspiration came from my exposure to music from the 1960’s by my parents, in particular ‘The Beatles’. I was inspired by the counterculture movement of the 1960’s which challenged the social norms of the time. I was particularly interested in the colour and shape shifting effects of LSD and the experimental and groundbreaking work of the designer Mary Quant.
My aim was to achieve a calm chaotic collection with a dream like altered perception to emulate the effects of LSD and the illusion of euphoria. Imagery from the Magical Mystery Tour and The Yellow Submarine albums generated ideas for shape, colour, texture and print.
For my collection process I experimented a lot with top stitching detailing and creating different applique samples from my source inspiration to apply onto the garments. I worked on the stand trialing toiles and texture samples with my real fabrics which were white cotton, yellow cotton and using small amounts of teal, green leatherette, denim and fabric paint. I used wadding to create interesting stitch contrasts and make the collection more dream like. My favourite part of working on my collection was how much fun I had experimenting and manipulating fabric and sewing tensions on my looks.