Behind the scenes of Until we arrive collection

 

 

On Saturday I did a shoot for my latest collection Until we Arrive. This was the collection that I showed at the Aus Grads Fashion Week and am going to present at the Fashion Debut tradeshow in Sydney, so I needed great photos! I worked with such a great team which made the day stress free. Katie van den Bos did such an amazing job modelling at the shoot, she is so professional and interacts so beautifully with Edition garments. Kent Marcus always amazes me with how he interprets a location, I love how raw his images are. Hayley Boyle did a fantastic job as always on hair and makeup. I went for quite an androgynous look which I think worked well!

Website up!

I have been busy working on a new website for the past few weeks and it is almost finished. I am very happy with how it has turned out. I still need to scan in press bits and pieces so ignore that tab, but besides that it is ready to go. Please check it out!

www.editionalicesutton.com

This is the first post in 2013 and I am excited for a busy year. I have just found out I will be one of ten designers participating in the Debut section of the tradeshow Fashion Exposed in Sydney. Lets hope this is the start of something exciting!

Preparing at the moment for my photoshoot next weekend!

Until we Arrive collection at AGFW

 

 

These are some beautiful photos from photographer Domonic Spagnolo of my collection 'Until we Arrive' that I presented in Sydney at the Carriageworks at the end of November for the AGFW.

 

I am happy with the collection and how it looks on the catwalk. I would have loved to work more with the models to pose and interact with the garments in the way I had imagined, but I guess this is all part of letting go of some of the control at a large fashion event. I wish the models could have all had the same shoes!

 

This collection is the most commercial collection I have created; I still created every garment using zero waste Selvedge 2 Selvedge pattern making. Although instead of using all sustainable fabrics, the materials used are a combination of silk, wool, cotton and polyester with the majority of the collection being stretch to make it highly wearable.

 

Until we Arrive is inspired by the journey of the Bogong moths each year. In particular the landscapes they inhabit, such as the Australian Alps and around the Canberra region. The transformation of the moths physical form during its lifecycle has inspired the stories in the collection. Above all the collection's shapes are inspired by a combination of creating wearable garments and how that works with my zero waste pattern making system.

 

Alice

Australian Graduates Fashion Week

 

http://vimeo.com/53987797

 

 

So excited to be part of the Australian Graduates Fashion Week in Sydney this weekend! Check out the video, the EDITION garment is the red dress, when the model is moving it looks best. I am so nervous to see what it is going to be like. To send my collection off to Sydney was horrible. I am hoping I can get the models to interact with the garments but I dont know if that will happen!

 

Alice 

Consider what you wear shoot at GAD

 

 

 

 

 

A scary part of being a designer is letting go of your garments and letting another person style it. For me this is exciting as it shows how other people respond to EDITION garments, but it also means losing control which can be very scary especially because I was not able to be there on the day. Kate Shaw who organised all of Fashionably Early at GAD thought that a great way to wrap up the exhibition would be to do a Consider what you wear with the garments that we presented at the Fashionably Early parade with the Gold and Silversmithing students. The final photos are a little wacky, which is what I expected! But they are fun and I like a more relaxed approach to my garments as fashion can sometimes become a little serious. These images inspire me to approach photoshots in new ways.

Photographer: Andrew Sikorski - Art Artelier

Cockatoo Island 18th Biennale

Last Wednesday I went up to Sydney to see the Biennale at Cockatoo Island, it was amazing! Cockatoo Island is such a beautiful place so when there is cool art there it is a win win! For me this is where Amy and I really connected as designers and Selvedge 2 Selvedge was formed, it was amazing to see it again. The images below are my favourite works from the exhibition

 

 

Phillip Beesley, Hylozoic Series, 2011

 

Peter Robinson, Snow Ball Blind Time, 2008

 

Monika Grzymala, The River, 2011

 

 

(All of these shapes above are made from the guns below when they are fanned out)

 

Li Hongbo, Ocean og Flowers, 2012

 

Tiffany Sign, Knock On The Sky Listen To The Sound, 2011

Fashion System for Tomorrow for Fashionably Early

These are the final photos that Amy and I decided to use for our proposal for a Fashion System for Tomorrow for the Fashionably Early exhibition at the Gallery of Australian Design. We did the shoot down at the Cotter Damn crossing and I think the landscape really enhanced the garments in the final images!

Photographer | Kent Marcus

Model | Deirdre Crossan

Hair and makeup | Hayley Boyle

Channel Vision

I was very excited to stumble across a segment on channel 64 called 4me (I think it is only on in the ACT) on Fashionably Early! You can see it on the website below, with Selvedge2Selvedge images as well as EDITION and AYLOR images. Great interview with Kate Shaw head of Fashion at CIT also

http://www.channelvision.com.au/shows/born-from-a-vision/?video=878

FASHIONABLY EARLY

Selvedge 2 Selvedge's image used for the promotion of the exhibition! This image was my favourite from the shoot, pity the feet were missing or we would have used it for the life size image at the exhibition!

See more info about events at fashionablyearly.com.au 

Design Process for EDITION for 'Fashion Systems of Tomorrow'

For the GAD exhibition we have been very busy getting everything together! These are some of the images that show the EDITION process I went through to create my 'Follow the unknown dress'

For me the process involves starting with an image and the lines I want to use for my pattern making, and then playing in the garment. I always want to see how it will move and work with the body. This involves lots of trial and error and getting to know the piece. I am so looking forward to Amy arriving in Canberra on Monday for the Opening of the exhibtion!

BTS of the S2S shoot for Fashionably Early Exhibition

Had so much fun with the great team on the weekend despite it being freezing in Canberra with Kent Marcus, Deirdre Crossan and Hayley Boyle. Amy and I were so excited to finally do this shoot for GAD as it has been a long time coming!!! This shoot has been in the planning for ages and we have been stressing about what we will present and will we be good enough to go up against other emerging Australian designers. We decided that what we love is creating an atmosphere where the model and our designs look at ease in the environment and the garments are complimented by beautiful hair and makeup. I think that we got this right and the final images are exactly what we were after. Cant wait to see them printed and the main one printed at life size for the exhibition!