Saturday 30 June 2012

London College of Fashion - Footwear


The graduates of the London College of Fashion exhibited their work last week. Here's some of the footwear designs:
GABRIELLA DAZZO
Astoria

Inspired by a trip to New York and the architecture there, particularly from the Gothic and Art Deco periods. She wanted to create designs with modern clean lines that looked stylish, exciting and unique.

CATHERINE McALEER
Rococo Stone

Catherine combines traditional Irish crafts such as goldwork embroidery and metalwork with modern silhouettes to create dramatic statement pieces. There is strong influences from the Baroque era, which contrast with minimalist design details.

YEAJEE SUNG
Javese

The collection is inspired by Art Deco and Cubism and focuses on shapes which then allow the design to look more architectural and contemporary

LISA TENG

Titled 'Tidying up the Commotion' the collection is a series of neatly organised objects in various visual manifestos, with the main inspiration from the works of Ursus Werhli, author of 'Tidying up Art' yearning for a cleaner and more organized form of modern art.

ALEXANDRA KIRK

Left: Jaisalmar Ovolo. Right: Ellora Rerados
Inspiration: stone masonary, strong lines, delicate patterns and interlocking structures.

ROSANNA GAULT

Victoria laser cut ankle boot
Inspiration within the Victorian architecture and artifacts of  her home city of London, she focuses on the attention to detail that the Victorians paid.

ALICE GRAVES
Left: :Lykke. Right: Freyja

Titled Prism, the design influences have been inspired from minimal forms, urban street style and the sculptural works of Danish artist Olafur Eliasson.
The Lykke boot is a combination of irredescent leather and painted spray effects to reflect an oil slick surface and hints of colour seen from prisms.
The Freyja is a high wedge boot using neutral Scandinavian colours and light wood for inspiration. the wedge is sculpted and shaped to add quirky geometric features.

BENJAMIN SALTER
Crampon Oxford

Inspiration from Robert Falcon Scott and polar exploration equipment dating from his final expedition to this very day
 
YING ER KOO
BER- Rhodes

BERBEZA " footwear with infinite possibilites"  Do-It-Yourself customization offering trimmings, straps, etc that are attachable and detachable. The main feature for BERBEZA S/S 13 collection, it's to allow consumer to mix and match within the colour range as well as the detachables.









 



2 comments:

  1. Wow! The Victoria laser cut ankle boot are amazing, so sexy!

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  2. Looks like some particularly awesome boots with a vintage feel. They look awesome. The BER- Rhodes ones with the spikes on the front look especially classy.

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