About Me
AGGIE KONIOR, GRADUATE FROM NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Experienced knitwear and textile designer with a demonstrated history of working in the fashion industry, skilled at managing multiple projects to meet deadlines. A born leader, qualified garment technologist, and knitwear engineer with high attention to detail. Strong design professional with a Bachelor’s degree obtained at Nottingham Trent University.
Great commercial awareness, former accessories designer for high street stores including NEXT, George, Nutmeg, Dunelm, and TU. Currently working as knitwear product developer and vendor for high street stores such as Urban Outfitters both UK and US customers, MissGuided, Asos, and many more. Skilled in coordinating and executing seasonal lines from concepts to final products and negotiating with agencies/customers on line-up developments. Directly worked with vendors and for the vendors.
INSPIRATION
HYPER-REAL ‘PERFECT’ BODY- DO NOT EXIST! Body idealisation in media is sharing a negative message
In a world full of constantly changing trends and body shaming oppression from society, that had deconstructed US Women as NOT attractive, neither alluring. It’s time to redefine the definition of women's bodies. Targeting the issue, breaking it apart, and coming up with a solution. I want to be part of making this world a better place, where perimeters of beauty do not exist and all women feel desirable, sophisticated, and comfortable despite their size, ethnicity, or skin colour.
Since my early teenage years, I’ve had always been mindful about my body, not only because I was impressed by how perfect women in media looked; impossibly slim, no stretch marks, and no fat bodies. But being constantly judged against those bodies to conform to being one, unless I wanted to be obese and ugly. Visiting high street stores only held standard size clothing, making me feel rejected and misjudged. Segregated into a category, because I was outstanding the unrealistic shift of skinny bodies.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
RECONSTRUCTED EMPOWERMENT INSPIRATION BOARD
RECONSTRUCTED EMPOWERMENT COLOUR BOARD
RECONSTRUCTED EMPOWERMENT DETAIL AESTHETIC
RECONSTRUCTED EMPOWERMENT FABRIC CONCEPT
AGGIE KONIOR RESUME
DETAIL
Reconstructed Empowerment - timeless clothing range designed for Autumn/Winter 2024
Reconstructed empowerment is a project full of passion. It comes from many years of struggle where women bodies had been prejudiced by society as not attractive and not worth anything. The biggest strength behind this project is the motivation to change perspective in fashion industry. This issue had been a problem for many years now and I am driven to change it. It is not about creating voluminous outcomes; it is not about haute couture but it’s about understanding the issue. Building understanding of body and what they require, breaking standard practices in manufacturing and coming up with a solution. This project is based on refining the definition of women empowerment in plus-size industry, strong powerful suits that fit curvier body shapes and build up confidence. It would be preposterous to lecture about this issue and not touch up on the issues of Global warming and environment. Therefore, this whole collection is made using recycled cotton and pre-consumer recycled polyester and acrylic.
'Beauty is the enemy. We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There is no definition of beauty...' -Miley Cyrus
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